Call for Abstracts

Abstract submission status: Closed.

Invitation

The Organising Committee for the 25th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition hosted by the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia and Australian Institute of Geoscientists invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at the Conference, to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 21 - 24 August 2016.

Abstracts must be a minimum of two pages and no more than eight pages and must not exceed 5mb. Abstracts must be prepared using the ASEG-PESA-AIG 2016 template.

The abstract is a short paper summarizing your presentation (oral or poster). It should include figures and references. It will be published in the conference digital proceedings and given to all conference attendees. Abstracts will be reviewed for technical content and selection purposes.

The abstract summary will be published in Preview.

Submitting an abstract

All abstracts must be submitted online by 5.00pm Australian Central Standard Time Tuesday 8 March 2016. Please plan your timetable for preparation and submission carefully.

Abstracts are to be submitted as Microsoft Word documents only using the ASEG-PESA-AIG 2016 template below.

Download ASEG-PESA-AIG 2016 template.

We recommend that you use this template and save your abstract before uploading. Submissions that do not adhere to the requested format may be returned to the authors for re-submission.

How to Submit an Abstract

To be selected to present you are required to submit an abstract via the website. All abstracts must be submitted electronically.

Prepare your abstract according to the submission guidelines and click the Submit Abstract button below.

1. Create an author account with EasyAbstracts
2. Complete the online submission form
3. Upload your abstract

You will be requested to complete an online form and upload your abstract as a PDF, MS Word .doc or .docx file.

Submission Closed

EasyAbstracts, will automatically append an ID number to your file name for identification.

How will I know that I have successfully uploaded my abstract?

Submitting an abstract involves two steps. Completion of the submission form and the upload of the abstract. Advice that your submission and file upload have been successful, will appear on your screen as "Your submission was saved successfully" and "The file was successfully uploaded". You will also receive a confirmation email.

Download EasyAbstracts user guide including how to amend or withdraw your submission.

If you have questions or are unable to use the online submission system please email the Conference Manager

Themes

The ASEG-PESA-AIG Programme Committee invites abstracts in one of the three key areas;

1. Petroleum
2. Minerals
3. Near-Surface/Engineering Geophysics

In each of these areas, key areas will focus expertise into main avenues throughout the conference.

You must select one of the three key areas above and then one theme/subtheme below that best describes your abstract.

1. Petroleum

• Seismic Acquisition
  • Marine
  • Land /Transition
  • 4D monitoring
• Seismic Processing
  • Broadband seismic processing
  • Multiples
  • PSDM
• Seismic Interpretation
  • Reservoir characterisation
  • Faults and structures
• Seismic velocities and applications
  • Depth conversion
  • VSP
• Inversion
  • Full waveform inversion
  • Borehole geophysics
  • Rock physics and anisotropy
• Unconventional hydrocarbons
• Stratigraphy and facies
  • Laboratory measurements
  • Seismic facies
  • Theoretical studies
• Passive seismic
  • Microseismic
  • Potential fields, Mag/Grav & CSEM
  • Deep exploration
• Technologies to unlock the future
• Acquisition to interpretatation studies

2. Minerals

Minerals has four super-themes based on four UNCOVER themes:

1. Characterising the cover
2. Understanding the underlying lithospheric architecture
3. Resolving the 4D geodynamic and metallogenic evolution of deposits
4. Characterising and detecting the distal footprints of ore deposits

• Characterising the cover
  • New Exploration Technologies
  • Electrical and EM Methods
  • Advances in near surface seismic
  • Passive Seismic/microseismic
  • Airborne EM
  • 3D inversion
  • Geological interpretation of geophysical datasets
  • Borehole geophysics and logging in hard rock environments
  • Potential Field Methods
  • Joint inversion
  • Data visualisation
  • 3D seismics for mineral exploration
  • Exploration Undercover
  • Mineral Exploration Frontiers - Uranium, REE, Lithium
  • Geo-metallurgy
  • Exploration for Industrial Minerals

• Understanding the underlying lithospheric architecture
  • Regional and Deep Crustal Studies
  • New Exploration Technologies
  • Electrical and EM Methods
  • Passive Seismic/microseismic
  • 3D inversion
  • Geological interpretation of geophysical datasets
  • Potential Field Methods
  • Joint inversion
  • Data visualisation
  • Geodynamic modelling
  • Model uncertainty
  • Planetary Geology – Mars, Asteroids, Comets

• Resolving the 4D geodynamic and metallogenic evolution of deposits
  • Mineral Exploration – Case Histories
  • Electrical and EM Methods
  • 3D inversion
  • Geological interpretation of geophysical datasets
  • Potential Field Methods
  • Joint inversion
  • Data visualisation
  • Geodynamic modelling

• Characterising and detecting the distal footprints of ore deposits
  • Mineral Exploration – Case Histories
  • Mineral Exploration Advances - IOCG, Porphyry, Epithermal, VMS
  • New Exploration Technologies
  • Electrical and EM Methods
  • Advances in near surface seismic
  • Passive Seismic/microseismic
  • Airborne EM
  • 3D inversion
  • Borehole geophysics and logging in hard rock environments
  • Potential Field Methods
  • Joint inversion
  • Data visualisation
  • Geodynamic modelling
  • 3D seismics for mineral exploration
  • Mineral Exploration Frontiers - Uranium, REE, Lithium
  • Exploration for Industrial Minerals

3. Near-surface/Engineering

• Geophysics for Mine Development
  • In-mine geophysics case studies
  • Infrastructure planning
  • Resource modelling
  • Groundwater mapping for mine development
  • Contaminant mapping
  • High resolution inversion
  • Borehole geophysics and logging
  • Karst / tunnels and cavities detection
  • Airborne EM applied to mine development
• Environmental and engineering geophysics case histories
• Geothermal
• Groundwater and contaminant mapping
• Karst / tunnels and cavities detection
• Electrical and EM Methods
• Advances in near surface seismic
• Passive seismic/microseismic
• Airborne EM applied to the near-surface
• Archaeological investigations
• High resolution inversion
• Geological interpretation of geophysical datasets
• New Exploration Technologies
• Joint inversion
• Data visualisation
• Engineering Geology- meaningful geotechnical data collection and interpretation

Presentation Format

Abstracts may be submitted for the following presentation types:

• 20 minute oral presentation plus 5 minutes question time within conference program
• Poster display

Abstracts must be submitted via the online submission process by Tuesday 1 March 2016. Final decisions on the type of presentation offered will rest with the Programming Committee and their decision is final.

Terms and Conditions

It is a condition of acceptance of the abstract that at least the presenting author must register to attend the Conference and present the paper either orally or participate within the dedicated poster sessions. Abstracts submitted before payment of registration are eligible for an offer of acceptance but final acceptance (and publication as a conference abstract) requires registration and payment by the deadline of 1 June 2016. All presenting authors must attend at least the full day of their presentation. Submission of abstracts implies the author’s agreement to publish the abstract in all Conference publications including the website.

Acceptance of abstracts does not imply any payment from the Conference Committee. Authors must arrange and pay their own accommodation, travel etc. to attend the Conference. Acceptance or otherwise is at the discretion of the Conference Program Committee whose decision is final.