Papua New Guinea Geoscience at AGCC 2018
The Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC) in Adelaide will represent the launch event for the Papua New Guinea Geoscience Network. The Papua New Guinea Geoscience Network is a new initiative to promote sustainable geoscience in Papua New Guinea and bring together the next generation of researchers and geologists. Papua New Guinea offers vast opportunities for advancement of geoscience frontiers through, for example, a resources economy open to industry collaboration, a necessity for public communication, particularly with regard to geological hazards, an emerging market for geotourism, and real scope to make new and exciting research discoveries.
Rob Holm, Dulcie Saroa and Moira Lunge will be presenting a poster entitled "Introducing the Papua New Guinea Geoscience Network" and explain how the network aims to develop an innovative and sustainable geoscience agenda that will foster knowledge sharing and support the development aspirations of Papua New Guinea. This is an emerging initiative and any enthusiastic input and contributions would be greatly appreciated, so definitely drop into the poster session and have a chat.
Also at the AGCC conference, Dulcie Saroa will be presenting a talk, "Overview of geoscience development in Papua New Guinea - The challenges and way forward". In this presentation Dulcie will be explaining the importance of geoscience to Papua New Guinea and provide a history of geoscience through the development of Papua New Guinea as a nation. Dulcie will also discuss the important limitations and challenges in the geoscience sector at the present and propose a pathway for the future growth of integrated and sustainable geosciences.
Rob Holm will be talking about exciting new research that provides a significant advance in our understanding of Papua New Guinea tectonics, but also the important links between the basement rocks of Papua New Guinea and the Tasman Orogenic Zone of eastern Australia. Research into the Miocene-Pliocene volcanism of the Papuan Peninsula resulted in the unexpected discovery of extensive inherited zircon populations that constrain the formation of much of Papua New Guinea far to the southeast along the eastern margin of the Australian continent, not to the north of Australia as currently inferred.
Moira Lunge will also be presenting a poster on geotourism developments in Papua New Guinea, "Linking northern Australia to Papua New Guinea's southern coast through geotourism". Moira will explain how a development and conservation approach to promote sustainable tourism is being utilised by the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) and the Mineral Resources Authority’s Geological Survey Division (MRA-GSD) to promote the rich geological heritage of Papua New Guinea, initially through a collaborative pilot project from PNG's coastal village of Boera.
Related Publications:
Holm, R., Saroa, D., Lunge, M., 2018. Introducing the Papua New Guinea Geoscience Network. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
Holm, R., Saroa, D., Heilbronn, K., Geological Survey Division (MRA-PNG), 2018. The misplaced Mesozoic history of eastern Australia is found in Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
Lunge, M., Saroa, D., 2018. Linking northern Australia to Papua New Guinea’s southern coast through geotourism. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
Saroa, D., 2018. Overview of geoscience development in Papua New Guinea - The challenges and way forward. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
23 September 2018
Rob Holm, Dulcie Saroa and Moira Lunge will be presenting a poster entitled "Introducing the Papua New Guinea Geoscience Network" and explain how the network aims to develop an innovative and sustainable geoscience agenda that will foster knowledge sharing and support the development aspirations of Papua New Guinea. This is an emerging initiative and any enthusiastic input and contributions would be greatly appreciated, so definitely drop into the poster session and have a chat.
Also at the AGCC conference, Dulcie Saroa will be presenting a talk, "Overview of geoscience development in Papua New Guinea - The challenges and way forward". In this presentation Dulcie will be explaining the importance of geoscience to Papua New Guinea and provide a history of geoscience through the development of Papua New Guinea as a nation. Dulcie will also discuss the important limitations and challenges in the geoscience sector at the present and propose a pathway for the future growth of integrated and sustainable geosciences.
Rob Holm will be talking about exciting new research that provides a significant advance in our understanding of Papua New Guinea tectonics, but also the important links between the basement rocks of Papua New Guinea and the Tasman Orogenic Zone of eastern Australia. Research into the Miocene-Pliocene volcanism of the Papuan Peninsula resulted in the unexpected discovery of extensive inherited zircon populations that constrain the formation of much of Papua New Guinea far to the southeast along the eastern margin of the Australian continent, not to the north of Australia as currently inferred.
Moira Lunge will also be presenting a poster on geotourism developments in Papua New Guinea, "Linking northern Australia to Papua New Guinea's southern coast through geotourism". Moira will explain how a development and conservation approach to promote sustainable tourism is being utilised by the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) and the Mineral Resources Authority’s Geological Survey Division (MRA-GSD) to promote the rich geological heritage of Papua New Guinea, initially through a collaborative pilot project from PNG's coastal village of Boera.
Related Publications:
Holm, R., Saroa, D., Lunge, M., 2018. Introducing the Papua New Guinea Geoscience Network. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
Holm, R., Saroa, D., Heilbronn, K., Geological Survey Division (MRA-PNG), 2018. The misplaced Mesozoic history of eastern Australia is found in Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
Lunge, M., Saroa, D., 2018. Linking northern Australia to Papua New Guinea’s southern coast through geotourism. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
Saroa, D., 2018. Overview of geoscience development in Papua New Guinea - The challenges and way forward. Proceedings of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC), Adelaide, SA, October 2018.
23 September 2018