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10-2008		EarthChem/Geoinformatics Booth and short course at GSA Meeting October 5-9, Houston TX EarthChem, the Geoinformatics Information Portal, and Paleostrat will be hosting an exhibition booth during the 2008 Geological Society of America Joint Annual Meeting to be held October 5-9, 2008 in Houston. A lunchtime short-course "Using Online Databases for Research and Teaching" will be held on Tuesday, October 7th at 12:00 pm in room 329 at the Hilton Americas-Houston. Email kblock@ldeo.columbia.edu to sign up for the workshop.

9-2008		eResearch Australasia Melbourne, Australia September 29th to October 3rd, 2008 Plenary by K. Lehnert Full-Day Workshop

8-2008		9th International Kimberlite Conference Frankfurt Download the abstract August 10-15, 2008 K Lehnert and J Klump, "Facilitating Research in Mantle Petrology with Geoinformatics", Poster

8-2008		33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo August 6-14, 2008 Abstract 1 Abstract 2

7-2008		Goldschmidt 2008 Workshop Using Online Geochemical Databases for Research and Teaching Wednesday, July 16 2-4:30 pm link The 18th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference will be held July 13-18, 2008 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. GfG staff will be running a workshop on the use of online geochemical databases in research and teaching applications. Participants will need to bring a laptop computer.

5-2008		EarthChem visit to China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences hosted EarthChem PI, Kerstin Lehnert for an educational workshop and discussion of future collaborations.

5-2008		EarthChem Workshop: Ar-Ar Dating University of Kansas, Lawrence May 2, 2008 EarthChem held its fourth geochronology workshop on May 2, 2008. This was devoted to working with representatives of the EARTHTIME Ar-Ar group and others to establish the necessary data structure for hosting and serving these data. The workshop was attended by Anthony Koppers (Oregon State), Matt Heizler (New Mexico Tech), Al Deino (Berkeley), Paul Renne (Berkeley), EarthChem PI Doug Walker, and EarthChem programmer Jason Ash. Kip Hodges (Arizona State) also contributed comments. The workshop defined a workable data structure and the controlled vocabulary. A final report should be available over the summer of 2008.

4-2008		EarthChem Workshop: Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating University of Kansas, Lawrence April 28, 2008 EarthChem held its third geochronology workshop on April 28, 2008. This was devoted to working with representatives of the CRONUS effort for Cosmogenic Nuclide dating to establish the necessary data structure for hosting and serving these data. The workshop was attended by John Gosse (Dalhousie), Nat Lifton (Arizona), Joe Licciardi (New Hampshire), Fred Phillips (New Mexico Tech), EarthChem PI Doug Walker, and EarthChem programmer Jason Ash. Greg Balco (University of Washington) also contributed comments. The workshop defined a workable data structure, and the controlled vocabulary is being developed. A final report should be available over the summer of 2008.

4-2008		EarthChem Portal releases new features including glossary search, citation log, data visualization and plotting tools! Take me to the Portal EarthChem releases new portal features to track downloads, search saved queries, and visualize data. Now you can search the EarthChem Portal glossary or create your own entry! Track downloads using the citation tool! See sample locations on dynamic and static maps! Plot data using the online x-y-z plotting tools!

2-2008		EarthChem to compile geochemical data from the Bushveld Complex EarthChem, in partnership with faculty and students at the University of Witwatersrand will begin compiling data from the Bushveld Complex starting in the summer of 2009. Read more about the BushveldDB project here.

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