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Ithaca Unbound? Finding Odysseus’ True Home - We Report on the Latest Progress SCIENTISTVOLUME 28 No. 04 ◆ MAY 2018 ◆ WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST GEOThe Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London UK / Overseas where sold to individuals: £3.95 PRESIDENT’S DAY 2018 Next month - register NOW! Ithaca unbound? Finding Odysseus’ true home - we report on the latest progress FOSSIL RUSH DALESMAN DON ONLINE SPECIAL Nina Morgan on a generous Douglas Palmer Bryozoan Bonanza - Sedg- offer that went wrong celebrates Adam Sedgwick wick Museum’s biggest gift Marine Minerals poster 2018 v3 9-4-2018_Layout 1 09/04/2018 17:28 Page 1 CONFERENCE Marine Minerals: A New Resource for the 21st Century 31 October –1November 2018 The Geological Society, Burlington House, London Event partner: Marine Studies Group Marine minerals activities are gathering pace. More and more entities are seeking licences from the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for manganese nodule exploration and mining in the North Pacific and for hydrothermal minerals exploration and mining on mid-ocean ridges worldwide. The U.K. has an important role in marine minerals activities through its sponsorshi p of several exploration licences with the ISA and active marine minerals research by the NOC, BGS and Universities in U.K. waters and the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Central themes of the Conference will include Convenors research on these increasingly important mineral deposits David Cronan (Imperial College London) and their resource potential, together with mining and Robert Gatliff (BGS) environmental considerations. Bramley Murton (NOC) Call for abstracts Expected highlights We welcome oral and poster abstract In addition to featuring current U.K. work on marine minerals, contributions for this meeting. To be expected highlights of the conference include the latest considered for a slot in the programme research and development on: or a poster presentation, please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to • Metalliferous brines and sediments in the Red Sea and [email protected], no island arcs later than Friday 29 June 2018. • Arctic Ocean, NW Pacific and NE Atlantic ferromanganese crusts Further information • Indian Ocean ferromanganese nodules and crusts For further information please contact: • Hydrothermal minerals on the Mid Atlantic Ridge including Georgina Worrall, Conference Office, The Geological Society, in the Norwegian EEZ Burlington House, Piccadilly, • Ferromanganese nodules in the Cook Islands EEZ and London W1J 0BG central Pacific T: 0207 434 9944 • Placer minerals in the EEZs E: [email protected] Web: There will also be a keynote comparative evaluation of the www.geolsoc.org.uk/marineminerals18 resource potential of marine and land based mineral deposits Follow this event on Twitter: by Dr James Hein of the USGS. 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