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Qomolangma National Park, Tibet. Folds and faults in the Dingjie Formation, Division Talks ..........................................................................................................28 Tingri Group, Tibet, China. These strata are Middle to Upper Jurassic in age. They sit 4590m above sea level on the Tibet Plateau SOCIETY NEWS along the gravel road to a basecamp on Mt. Everest. The Dingjie Formation is more than Mountjoy Wrap-up .................................................................................................34 400m thick and is composed of yellow-green sandstone and dark gray shale alternating GeoWomen of Calgary partners with the CSPG ...................................................36 with quartz sandstone. Zekai Jia Go Take a Hike ................................................................................................................... 38 2017 Classic Golf Wrap-up .....................................................................................42 Stanley Slipper Medal Call for Nominations ........................................................43 RESERVOIR ISSUE 5 • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 5 2017 Ph.D and M. Sc. CALL FOR THESES Ph. D. AWARD Win $5,000, a framed certificate, and a one-year CSPG membership for the Doctoral thesis that makes the most significant contribution to Canadian sedimentary geology in 2017. M. Sc. AWARD Win $4,000, a framed certificate, and a one-year CSPG membership for the Masters thesis that makes the most significant contribution to Canadian sedimentary geology in 2017. Winning thesis in recent years have included: A study which developed a new and robust method of interpreting complex tidal successions using the Bluesky-Gething interval in the Peace River area as the study area; a field based outcrop study of the Lower Lajas Formation in the Neuquen Basin of west-central Argentina; a detailed stratigraphic, sedimentological and geochemical study of the mudstone dominated Carlile Formation in Eastern Alberta with a focus on advancing the model for the deposition of mudstones; a sedimentological and neoichnological examination of a modern mixed energy estuary at Tillamook Bay on the coast of Oregon; a re-interpretation of the classic Silurian reefs in Southern Ontario and Michigan; an integrated analysis of the evolution of the passive continental margin off the coast of Nova Scotia incorporating the extensive seismic data set acquired over the last 25 years; and evaporate diapirism in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 For submission, an electronic copy (.pdf format) of the thesis is preferred but a hard copy if properly bound will be accepted. 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