The IAS is pleased to accept nominations for two new awards to be presented at the 29th IAS Annual Meeting of Sedimentology in Schladming, Austria (September 2012). These awards are designed as a complement to the SORBY MEDAL, which will continue to be awarded once every four years. The JOHANES WALTHER medal will be awarded to a middle career scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of sedimentology. The medal will be awarded once every two years. An EARLY CAREER medal will be awarded annually and is designed for sedimentologists who are not more than seven years past their PhD. Candidates should have or be poised to make major contributions to the field.
The awards will consist of a medal and a certificate. Awardees will have the travel, accommodation, and registration at the annual meeting paid by the IAS. Nomination letters including a CV of the candidate should be sent to the Secretary –General of the IAS, Vincenzo Pascucci (pascucci@uniss.it) by March 1, 2012.
The Ruhr-Universität Bochum – faculty of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics invites applications for the position of a Junior-Professor in Sedimentary Geology with Focus on Carbonate Archives.
The University of Calgary has a post-doc opportunity for an individual interested in fluvial stratigraphy and sedimentology. Beginning January 2012. Please contact Dr. Andrew Leier.
The list with allocated Postgraduate Grant Scheme grants for the first session of 2011 is now available.
Due to the lack of sufficient applications, the IAS has decided to cancel the scheduled Summerschool 2011 in Albania. The IAS apologizes for the inconvenience.
João Trabucho Alexandre, Poppe L. De Boer and Darren R. Gröcke would like to announce a Special Issue in the Open-Access journal, Solid Earth:
"Phanerozoic black shales and oceanic anoxic events: geochemistry, sedimentology and stratigraphy"
The open call will last until the 31st December 2011.
Prof Paul A Carling - "I am preparing an outline for an Encyclopaedia that is cutting-edge with the above title. I wish to solicit (i) suggestions as to topics that should be included; (ii) offers to contribute articles; (iii) offers to assist on an editorial board. The gestation period is up to 3 years and so the workload need not be onerous. As the series is within the Springer Earth Science series the focus will be primarily geomorphological, sedimentological, hydraulic and hydrological with a consideration of vegetative influences as appropriate. The impact of humankind might also be a focus."
The Institute for Environment, Geo-Engineering and Development (EGID) has a vacancy for a permanent position of senior lecturer in reservoir geology and sedimentology. The job announce will be available on Euraxess http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess. Additional information can be obtained by contacting raphael.bourillot@egid.u-bordeaux3.fr.
