GSWA in the Goldfields

The Joe Lord Core Library will be the venue for GSWA in the Goldfields to be held on Thursday 15 November 2018. There will be presentations from 2 to 4.30 pm with an introduction and welcome by Ian Tyler, Director, Geoscience, GSWA.

The following core will be on display:

Raglan Drilling Geology Lecture Series — Hannans Club, 44 Brookman St, Kalgoorlie, 5.30 pm for 6 pm start.

Presentations

To register for this FREE event, email deenikka.preedy@dmirs.wa.gov.au Print the flyer

Free database and online systems training — only November sessions left for 2018

Learn how to access geoscience data online and understand the department’s systems at these FREE training courses. GSWA eNews

Systems include:

A desktop computer will be available for each participant.

PERTH SESSIONS
The Perth training has been divided into two sessions: for mining companies/geologists (morning), and for prospectors (afternoon).

KALGOORLIE
The Kalgoorlie training is open to anyone (full day).

This follows GSWA in the Goldfields event to be held on 15 November (see previous story).

Register
To register for the Perth and Kalgoorlie sessions, email publications@dmirs.wa.gov.au. Please include your details (name, company name, telephone number), with the name, location and date of the training you wish to attend. For the Perth sessions, please indicate whether you wish to attend the mining companies/geologist (morning) or prospector (afternoon) training.

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Understanding the Meckering earthquake, Western Australia, 14 October 1968

Locals recall an eerie feeling on the Queen’s birthday holiday morning of 14 October 1968 in the wheatbelt town of Meckering, 130 km from Perth.

Wildlife and livestock were acting strangely but none of the town’s 500 residents suspected the calamity that would engulf their community at 10.59 am.

Striking with the force of 10 atomic bombs similar to the one that destroyed Hiroshima in World War II, an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale flattened the small town in 40 seconds.

Amazingly, no one was killed but 20 people were injured, 50 homes were destroyed and shops, churches, sheds and water supplies were devastated. The survivors were lucky that it was a public holiday and the school and shops were closed. Major roads were impassable, telephone and power connections were cut, and the damage bill reached
$1.5 million (about $5 million today).

The Shire Meckering earthquake Cover of Cunderdin and the community of Meckering recently commemorated the 50th anniversary of one of Australia’s most significant earthquakes. The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) was invited to contribute to the commemoration event by producing a special 30-page book to help people understand what happened 50 years ago and why. Free copies were available on the day.

‘Meckering 50yrs On’ Event Co-ordinator Rebekah Burges is thrilled with the publication, Understanding the Meckering Earthquake.

‘The department has certainly gone above and beyond anything we ever expected,’ Rebekah said. ‘We had no idea that we would end up with something this good.’

Quality photos, colour diagrams, a geological map identifying the fault traces, and detailed explanations of how earthquakes happen are all packaged into Understanding the Meckering Earthquake. This compact colourful book will be of interest to residents, visitors and anyone who wants to know more about Western Australian geology.

The Meckering earthquake was located in a well-documented zone of seismic activity which is the most active region in Australia, measuring roughly 300 by 500 km, about 150 km east of Perth and known as the South West Seismic Zone.

More than 12 000 earthquakes have been recorded in the area since September 2001; most of these events were aftershocks of larger events.

Get your free PDF of Understanding the Meckering Earthquake, Western Australia, 14 October 1968 on the eBookshop. View the book as a two-page spread

New releases

MAP
GABANINTHA 1:100 000 Geological Series map
by Romano, SS

RECORD
Record 2018/8 Geology, resources and exploration potential of the Ellendale diamond project, West Kimberley, Western Australia
by Boxer, R and Rockett, G

NON-SERIES  BOOKS
Fieldnotes: GSWA newsletter July 2018 number 87
Fieldnotes: GSWA newsletter October 2018 number 88

For more products, please check online at www.dmp.wa.gov.au/ebookshop

Flashback sale — special 50% discount for premium publications — while stocks last!

DMIRS is offering its premium publications backlist for a limited time at a discount of 50% off the original advertised price. Act now to get some huge geological bargains while stocks last!

The cover of Bulletin 146 The geology of Shark Bay Discovery trails to early Earth Geology and landforms of the Perth region Guidebook to the geology of Rottnest Island cover Cover of the book Cover of The birth of supercontinents Cover of the book

Bulletin 145 Devonian reef complexes – current price $50 – discounted price $25
Bulletin 146 The geology of Shark Bay – current price $70 – discounted price $25
Discovery trails to early Earth – current price $25 – discounted price $15
Geology and landforms of the Perth Region – current price $22 – discounted price $11
Guidebook to the geology of Rottnest Island – FREE
The birth of supercontinents – current price $33 – discounted price $15
Australia goes it alone – current price $33 – discounted price $15
A Paleozoic perspective of WA – current price $33 – discounted price $15
MRB 15 Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia – FREE
MRB 16 Talc, pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia – FREE
MRB 17 Barite and fluorite in Western Australia – FREE
MRB 18 Limestone and limesand resources of Western Australia – FREE
MRB 19 Kaolin in Western Australia – FREE
MRB 20 Bentonite, attapulgite, and common clays in Western Australia – FREE
MRB 21 Silica resources of Western Australia – FREE
MRB 22 Tantalum in Western Australia – FREE

To buy any of these publications, please email bookshop@dmirs.wa.gov.au. Shipping costs will be added to the discounted price.

Digital-only Fieldnotes — October issue now available

Fieldnotes cover Image The Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) quarterly newsletter Fieldnotes will no longer be printed. It will be digital only.

Fieldnotes October 2018 number 88 is now available

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Hard copies

Maps, USB data packages, and nine premium publications are available to purchase as hard copies from the eBookshop or the First Floor counter at Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004. A new online cart and payment system is in place. Records, reports, bulletins and other non-series books cannot be purchased in hard copy but are all available as PDFs to view and download free of charge.

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