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AGID HEADQUARTERS & AGID PRESIDENT: MS AFIA AKHTAR, Director General, Geological Survey of Bangladesh

Segunbagicha, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Tel: +88 02 8314810-14, E-mail: [email protected]

OFFICE OF THE PAST PRESIDENT AND EDITOR: DR. SHRIKANT D. LIMAYE, Director, Ground Water Institute

2050 Sadashiv Peth, Pune 411030, India. E-mail: [email protected]

SECRETARY - TREASURER: DR. A J REEDMAN. Director (Retd.), British Geological Survey

15, Malvern Rd, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 5GZ UK. E-mail: [email protected]

AGID VICE PRESIDENTS: DR. A B MACEDO, Brazil,<[email protected]>; DR. SANDRA BARR, Canada, <[email protected]>;

PROF. VIQAR HUSAIN, Pakistan,<[email protected]>,<[email protected]>

DR. GBENGA OKUNLOLA, Nigeria, <[email protected]>; DR. VACLAV NEMEC, Czech Republic, <[email protected]>

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F R O M E D I T O R' S D E S K

The 7th World Water Forum will be held in April2015 at Daegu, Korea. Around 32,000 to 35,000delegates from world-over are expected to attend thisMega-event. The initial meeting or the 'kick-off' meetingfor planning the broad spectrum of Technical Sessions atthis Mega-event took place on 14th and 15th May, atthe prestigious EXCO Convention Centre in Daegu. I wasinvited to attend this meeting and was very muchimpressed by the facilities and management. During themeeting I have given suggestions to include topics like (a)Involvement of NGOs, (b) Promoting Hydro-ethics &Geoethics and (c) Encouraging web-based projects fordissemination of information to the society on waterconservation and watershed management. There is also aneed to find out why IWRM is not picking up the speedin spite of strong international promotion in variousmeetings & conferences for past 15 to 20 years.

In the December 2012 issue of AGID News, thefollowing lines have appeared on Page 2 regarding theItalian Court's convictions of seven senior geoscientists. "TheCourt has imposed a punishment of 6 years in jail plus asumptuous fine of on seven Italian volcanologists underthe clause of 'manslaughter'. This judgment has caused agreat turmoil and resentment in the global community ofgeoscientists. AGID expresses its serious concern about suchharsh judgments holding Geoscientists personally andlegally responsible for the death of around 300 people.It is true that no one expects geoscientists to give theexact prediction of an earthquake. What is expected ofthem is just a word of caution. L'Aquila has thus

underscored the need for better lines of communicationbetween the geoscientists and the society. But fundamentalquestion is "Are Geoscientists responsible forcommunication with the society?" Or they should onlyreport to a separate Government department which shouldbe in-charge of issuing appropriate warnings on naturalhazards to the society without causing panic.''

Although the above lines are in agreement with theviews expressed by many Institutions and Associations theworld over, I would like to clarify that the above are mypersonal views and are not the official views of AGID andIAPG, the two important Geoscience Associations of whichI am the Past President and the Vice President, respectively.The decision of the lower court in L'Aquila case has beencontested in higher court and we will soon know if theunfortunate Geoscientists involved in the case get somerespite or acquittal. In the meanwhile I may express mysympathy towards the Geoscientists and my personal concernabout such harsh sentences by the Italian Court.

In the next few months AGID will be associated withthree Conferences : in Pribram (Czech Republic), in Karachi(Pakistan) and in Bhubaneswar (India). Announcements ofboth the events are included in this issue. Readers arerequested to send their technical Papers for various Themesof these Conferences. (see Coming Events.)

Now a good news : The Council of InternationalUnion of Geological Sciences (IUGS) has granted affiliationto both International Association for Promoting Geoethics(IAPG) & International Association of Geoethics (IAGETH).

Dr. Shrikant D. LimayeHon. Editor and Past President, AGID

AGID's Geoscience Newsletter - July 2013

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E N V I R O N M E N TAir Pollution from China:

Chinese air pollution casts a "global shadow,"according to several years' worth of science reporting inThe New York Times. Here in North America, airmonitoring stations up and down the west coast - Californiato British Columbia - routinely trigger alarms when cloudsof Chinese pollution arrive, essentially intact, after a trans-Pacific journey.

At least 30% of the air pollution on the US westcoast is attributable directly to "imported" Chinese cloudsof gunk, according to Chemical & Engineering News.

But blowing China's air pollution out to sea, and overto California, is a "non-solution" to a critical problem - anda temporary one, at that. The key is to find the originsof China's air pollution problem. China needs to go to thesource.

The worst of China's air pollution, just now, iscomprised of fine particulates. It's the small stuff thatforms into smog, gets into peoples' lungs and causes allmanner of other health and safety problems.

What's the origin? Well, most of the really badmaterial in China's air comes from uncontrolled dieselexhaust. This exhaust spews from the tailpipes of literallymillions of trucks and other diesel vehicles that ply China'sroads, as well as innumerable electrical generators thatback-up China's unreliable power grid.

New Research: Yellowstone volcano larger thanpreviously thought

New research at the University of Utah shows themagma chamber under Yellowstone national park is biggerthan previously thought. What's more, scientists believe themolten rock in this chamber is rising at an unprecedentedrate displacing the surface crust. Knowing the size of thechamber and the rate at which magma rising can helpgauge the size of a future eruption.

Past Yellowstone eruptions have buried much of theMidwest in tens of feet of ash and blotted out the sunfor weeks. If Yellowstone were to have an eruption similarto its most recent blast, it could literally be the end ofthe civilization as we know it. The eruption of theYellowstone super volcano could cover half of the USunder one meter of ash.

Deep-Well Injection Helps Solve Selenium MitigationConcerns

Embraced by numerous industries and municipalutilities as an environmentally safe and cost-effectivedisposal option for liquid wastes, deep-well injectiontechnology has been installed at a Southern Californiautility to resolve environmental concerns over its dischargeof spent cooling-tower water.

The El Centro Generating Station (ECGS), part ofthe Imperial Irrigation District (IID) near the Mexicanborder, discharges brine waste from its cooling towers intothe 376-square-mile Salton Sea, California's largest inlandbody of water.

Testing showed that the water exceeded theMaximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for selenium, whichaquatic plants and invertebrates absorb. Bioaccumulationof this naturally occurring trace element has been linkedto severe impacts in fish and aquatic birds.

Meanwhile, restoration of the Salton Sea -- a highlysaline, below sea-level lake in California's Colorado Desert-- has become a growing priority. With minimal rain, 90%of the lake's inflow is nutrient-rich agricultural runoff fromthe Imperial, Coachella and Mexicali Valleys.

A consultant evaluated several options, including ROtreatment with evaporation ponds for the waste stream.Additionally, IID personnel learned that nearby geothermalenergy plants had a long, successful history withunderground injection technology.

The utility issued an RFP and Layne Christensen Co.,which has nationwide experience with UndergroundInjection Control (UIC) technology, was awarded theproject.

"Although other options offered a lower capital cost,we were not confident that they would offer us a long-term solution," said Henryk Olstowski, IID AssistantManager for Energy. "Sinking the deep injection wells wasconsidered a calculated risk because you don't know if thewell is going to comply with the permit until you've drilledit. But we were confident that this option provided us withthe lowest lifecycle cost and, more importantly, a long-term solution to mitigating the selenium."

According to the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, UIC technology provides industrial and municipal

Layne Christensen installing deep injection wells for

Imperial Irrigation District located in El Centro, California.


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operations with an option that safely removes wastes fromthe surface environment by isolating them far beneath theland surface and away from drinking water resources. Thegeology must be suitable for UIC to be considered.

The history of deep injection traces to the 1930s,when oil companies began disposing of oil field brines andother waste products into depleted reservoirs. Today,according to USEPA, there are over 550 Class I deepwells in the United States. There are six classes of UICwells regulated by USEPA.

Characterized by wide diameters with multiple casings,Class I wells are specifically designed to protectunderground drinking water sources. Such wells are usednationally by food production, chemical, refining andpharmaceutical industries to discharge non-hazardous liquidwaste streams. Numerous municipal utilities in Florida relyon deep injection wells to discharge treated wastewater.

"Deep injection technology serves a diverse crosssection of American industry," said Edward McCullers,Layne Christensen's General Manager of Injection WellOperations. "For several decades, deep injection wellsprimarily served water utilities in Florida and chemical-industrial concerns in the Midwest. In recent years, large-scale water users, including several power companies, havebeen increasingly turning to UIC technology for dischargeof blow-down water from cooling units."

For IID, the rigorous permitting process spanned twoyears, during which time injection formation tests had toprove specific porosity, permeability, static formationpressure, and effective thickness of the injection zone, aformation of sands and fine gravel more than 2,000 feetbelow land surface. Additional tests had to confirm thereceiving zone was below the lowermost UndergroundSource of Drinking Water (USDW). The USDW ischaracterized as containing Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) of10,000 ppl or less (as defined in 40 CFR §§144.3 and146.3).

Sink Holes

calcium / magnesium carbonate into solution turning theground into a slushy mix that washes out under thestructures built on top of it.

But rarely do sinkholes kill. Most sinkholes givewarning signs of their impending devastation.

However, a sinkhole in Tampa, Florida opened upand swallowed the bedroom where Jeffrey Bush, 37, wassleeping. Rescue crews and his brother acted quickly totry and save him, but listening devices and cameras placedin the hole failed to pick up any signs of life. The fast-acting sinkhole that likely took Bush in his sleep isunusual.

If a sinkhole is in the process of forming, thestructures on top of it can give a hint to its existence:for example, slumping or sagging fence posts and treesthat start to lean. More subtle signs can include doors andwindows that don't close properly as the frames getskewed.

Heavy rains can trigger the collapse of a sinkholethat had been slowly forming. When rainfall collects in anarea where water previously did not collect, that isanother sign that the land is subsiding. If a sinkhole isspotted early, city authorities can inject cement grout intothe hole to rebuild a foundation over the degradingbedrock. It's similar to a dentist filling a cavity.

China in the Arctic

At the first Arctic Summit organized in Oslo on 12March 2013, though India was not represented, climatechange issues figured as much as the region's undiscoverednatural resources, which many countries and oil companiesare eyeing. While India set up a research station in theArctic in the 2008, and is keen to have a say in the area,its neighbor China is far ahead.

A Chinese icebreaker made a three-month journeyin the Arctic Ocean last year, thus becoming the first Asianship to navigate through the treacherous waters. Dr.Huigen Yang, director of the Polar Research Institute ofChina, said the country was very keen on an Arctic searoute since it would be beneficial. China, he said, wascommitted to mitigating climate change, but was also keenon exploration in the Arctic and there were a lot of tradeneeds. If a new sea route could be opened due to theice melt, it would be an opportunity, he remarked. Whileeveryone was seeing the bad aspects, China was enthusedby the prospects of trade and transport. Last year Chinacarried out its fifth Arctic expedition.

Three possible Arctic sea routes were beingexplored, Dr. Huigen said, adding that the Arctic searoute, if operational by 2030, could take half thecontainer ship traffic. China would double its economy sizeby 2020 and the new sea routes would boost Chinesetrade hugely as per the Polar Research Institute's

These pictures show major sink holes in limestone-dolomitic terrain. They are from South Carolina (USA),Germany and Nanjing, China

Sinkholes are a common feature in limestone anddolomitic bedrocks as groundwater easily dissolves the


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calculations. The new sea routes would be shorter and alsoreduce carbon dioxide emissions, Dr. Huigen said. Chineseports might benefit from the Arctic sea route and thecountry was discussing sea routes with North Korea.

The Chinese icebreaker also carried out experimentsin the Atlantic Ocean. While oil companies are keen onexploring the reserves, the Arctic poses stiff challenges.The summit brought together a wide variety ofstakeholders, but opposition to indiscriminate explorationof the Arctic, which many described as a unique region,came to the surface.

For the roughly 4.5 million inhabitants of the Arcticregion, climate change was not a distant phenomenon,said Lars Kullerud, president of the University of theArctic, a group of academics. There are 40 differentcommunities in the Arctic region and they were alreadyseeing signs of change in the form of early spring, wintersbeing less cold, and snow being no longer dry. Animalsused to dig through the dry snow for food, but that hadchanged. Fish stock had moved due to the changingclimate and hunting seals had become difficult since theice had melted. In the past, thick ice allowed transportto communities and mining centres, but now melting icemade it difficult for trucks to move.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Groundwater around the World: A GeographicSynopsis

Jean Margat, France, Jac van der Gun, TheNetherlands CRC Press-Balkema Publication.Price: $ 79.95 (£ 49.99)

This book presents a unique and up-to-date summaryof what is known about groundwater on our planet, froma global perspective and in terms of area-specific factualinformation. Unlike most text-books on groundwater, itdoes not deal with theoretical principles, but rather withthe overall picture that emerges as a result of countlessobservations, studies and other activities related togroundwater in all parts of the world. The focus is onshowing the role and geographical diversity of groundwater- a natural resource of great importance in daily life, butpoorly understood by the general public and even by manywater sector professionals.

Hydrological, hydro-geological, hydrodynamicbehavior of Mikkes basin by Ms. Kaltoum Belhassan

Mikkes basin is located at the northcenter of Morocco and is famous forirrigated agriculture. It comprises threedistinct zones presenting diversifiedgeological formations and sheltering aphreatic, a confined aquifer in Saïs basin,and a shallow aquifer in the Tabular Atlas.The interpretation of Mikkes piezometricdata suggests the existence of a hydraulic

connection between the groundwater and the River. Theimportant decrease of water level in the Mikkes aquifers,observed since the beginning of the 1980's, is probablydue to a combined effect of dryness and overexploitation.The Saïs phreatic groundwater springs have shown thegreatest depletion, whereas the deep or mixed-origingsprings experienced lesser flow variations. This can beexplained to the relative position of piezometric levelcompared to the River level. For the Saïs groundwater,the positive correlation between the River flow and thepiezometric levels outside flood periods, suggests theassumption of a supply-drainage relationship between theaquifer and the River. The hydrochemistry of Mikkes basinwaters is largely related to the geology of formationstraversed. It may also be related to the interaction ofsurface water and groundwater. (Note: I was involved inthe process of writing of this Book as a friend, reviewerand technical adviser for Ms. Kaltourm, who studied inMorocco and is now settled in UK)

Groundwater and Ecosystems

Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

Published: June 14, 2013 by CRC Press - 358Pages; Price: UK £99

Features

l Presenting contributions in a large range of topics

l Covering different approaches in the domain ofhydrogeology/groundwater science

l Focusing on the importance of hydrogeology as amultidisciplinary science

Groundwater resources are facing increasing pressurefrom consuming and contaminating activities. There is agrowing awareness that the quantitative and qualitativepreservation of groundwater resources is a global need,not only to safeguard their future use for public supplyand irrigation, but also to protect those ecosystems thatdepend partially or entirely on groundwater to maintaintheir species composition and natural ecological processes.Known as groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs), theyhave been a fast-growing field of research during the lasttwo decades.


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This book is intended to provide a diverse overviewof important studies on groundwater and ecosystems,including a toolbox for assessing the ecological waterrequirements for GDEs, and relevant case studies ongroundwater/surface-water interactions, as well as the roleof nutrients in groundwater for GDEs and ecosystemdependence (vegetation and cave fauna) on groundwater.Case studies are from Australia (nine studies) and Europe(12 studies from nine countries) as well as Argentina,Canada and South Africa.

This book is of interest to everybody dealing withgroundwater and its relationship with ecosystems. It ishighly relevant for researchers, managers and decision-makers in the field of water and environment. It providesup-to-date information on crucial factors and parametersthat need to be considered when studying groundwater-ecosystem relationships in different environments worldwide.

COMING EVENTS

(Many more events are available at the website http://iugs.org/index.php?page=calendar)

l 1-7 July 2013

1st International Congress on Stratigraphy -

STRATI2013. Lisbon, Portugal

Details: http://www.strati2013.org

l 4-7 July 2013

ECSEE 2013 - The European Conference on

Sustainability, Energy and the Environment.

Brighton, United Kingdom

Website: http://ecsee.iafor.org/

l 6-7 July 2013

2nd International Conference on Geological and

Environmental Sciences (ICGES 2013). Hong

Kong, China

Website: http://www.icges.org/

l 14-18 July 2013

World Renewable Energy Congress - Australia

2013. Murdoch University, Western Australia.

Website: http://www.promaco.com.au/events/WREC_2013/index.html

l 14-19 July 2013

10th International Conference on Fluvial

Sedimentology. Leeds, United Kingdom

Website: http://www.icfs10.co.uk/

l 15-17 July 2013

3rd International Conference on Environmental

Pollution and Remediation. Toronto, Ontario,

Canada

Website: http://icepr2013.international-aset.com/

l 20-24 July 2013

IAVCEI General Assembly - 2013: Forecasting

Volcanic Activity: reading and translating the

messages of nature for society. Kagoshima, Japan

Website: http://iahs-iapso-iaspei2013.com/index.asp

l 22-28 July 2013

24th International Congress of History of Science,

Technology and Medicine (ICHSTM2013). Theme

"Knowledge at Work". Manchester, England

Website: http://www.ichstm2013.com/index.html

l Date Pending

7th International Earth Science Olympiad - 2013,

India

Contact: [email protected]

l 2-5 September 2013

The 18th International Conference on Soil

Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Paris,

France

Website:

h t tp : //www. i s smge2013 .o rg/EN/even t s .php?IDManif=561&IDModule=71&IDRub=79\

l 2-6 September 2013\

15th Annual Conference of the International

Association for Mathematical Geosciences,

Moncloa Campus, Madrid, Spain

Website: http://www.igme.es/internet/iamg2013/


Xth International Eclogite Conference.

Courmayeur, Italy

Website: http://www.iec2013.unito.it/


12th European Geoparks Conference. Cilento and

Vallo di Diano Geopark, Italy

Website: http://egnconference2013.cilentoediano.it


2nd South African Geoheritage meeting.

Oudtshoorn, South Africa



European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium

2013. Edinburgh, United Kingdom



1st Inter-Regional Conference on Land and Water

Challenges "Water, Environment and Agriculture:

Challenges for Sustainable Development". Bari,

Italy

Website: http://www.landandwater2013.iamb.it/


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IAH 2013 Congress, Perth Australia

Theme : "Solving ground water challenges of 21st

century." Info : www.iahcongress2013.org


IX Forum of Earth Sciences, Geoitalia 2013, Pisa,

Italy

Website: http://www.geoitalia2013.it/


International Conference "GEOFLUIDS: Lubricants

of the Dynamic Earth", Tubingen, Germany.

Meeting partners: Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft,

Geologische Vereinigung & Sediment

Website: http://www.dmg-gv2013.de/


Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Website:

http://www.ice-conferences.com/Upcoming-events/ICE-

Breakwaters


The 8th Conference on Sustainable Development

of Energy, Water and Environment Systems -

SDEWES Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Website: http://www.dubrovnik2013.sdewes.org/


NGWA Conference on Groundwater in Fractured

Rock and Sediments (#5017), Burlington,

Vermont Canada

Website: http://www.ngwa.org/Events-Education/

conferences/5017/Pages/5017sep13.aspx


6th International Symposium on Submarine Mass

Movements and Their Consequences, GEOMAR,

Kiel, Germany

Circular: 1st circular


International Symposium and 9th Asian Regional

Conference of IAEG. Beijing, China

Website: http://www.iaegasia2013.com


SEG & SEG Canada Foundation Conference,

"Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery",

Whistler, BC Canada. Society of Economic Geologists

Website: http://www.seg2013.org/


International Symposium on Slope Stability in

Open Pit Mining and Civil Engineering. Brisbane,

Australia

Website: http://www.slopestability2013.com/


World Gold 2013. Brisbane, Australia

Website: http://ausimm.com.au/worldgold2013/index.asp

l 29 September - 3 October 2013

2013 Canadian Geotechnical Conference -

GeoMontreal 2013. Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Website: http://www.geomontreal2013.ca/


The Second Geometallurgy Conference 2013.

Brisbane, Australia

Website: http://www.ausimm.com.au/geomet2013/


IAUS - The galactic center: feeding and feedback

in a normal galactic nucleus. Santa Fe, USA



Sardinia 2013 - 14th International Waste

Management and Landfill Symposium Conference.

S. Margherita de Pula, Cagliari, Italy

Website: http://www.sardiniasymposium.it/

l October 5-8, 2013'

International Conference on water, minerals and

energy resources, Karachi, Pakistan

In association with : Shahzed International PetroleumExploration, SEGMITE and AGID [Contact : Prof. ViqarHusain <[email protected]> Abstract invited]

l October 14-18, 2013'

The International Conference on Geoethics,

Pribram, Czech Republic'

The Conference will be arranged in the framework ofthe MINING PRÍBRAM SYMPOSIUM 2013 accordinglyto the International Declaration of Geoethics agreed onbehalf of the Working Group for Geoethics of theAssociation of Geoscientists for InternationalDevelopment (AGID). The participation at theConference is open to any person interested in thetopic. Further Info: Dr Vaclav Nemec<[email protected]>

l December 3-5, 2013

The 2nd International Conference on Geology and

Geophysics, Sanya, China.


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More information: www.engii.org/workshop/ICGG2013December. Abstracts submission before: Aug.21, 2013

l January 17-19 2014International Seminar on Geosciences for MineralDevelopment and Environmental Challeges,(GEMDEC 2014), Bhubaneshwar, India.

Abstracts or Full Papers by 15 Nov 2013. MoreInformation: Prof Madhumita Das, Convener<[email protected]>

l 19-21 March 2014

Berlin, Germany

Website: www.globallandproject.org

June 2-6, 2014

World Landslide Forum III. China NationalConvention Center, Beijing.

Theme: "Landslide Risk Mitigation Towards a SaferGeo-Environment". Website: http://icl.iplhq.orgHomePage.aspx?TabID=4945&Site=Portal&Lang=en-US

l July 9-11, 2014. Paris

10th GeoENV conference on geostatistics forenvironmental application Paris.

Please visit the conference website for moreinformation: http://www.geoenv2014.org/


IAEG XII (International Association of Engineering

Geology and the Environment) Congress. Torino,

Italy

Website: http://www.iaeg2014.com/


XXth Congress of the Carpathian BalkanGeological Association. Tirana, Albania


Website: www.cbga2014.org


Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) 2014

Conference, Keystone, Colorado, USA

Building Exploration Capability for the 21st Century,

Website: www.seg2014.org

l April 2015

The 7th World Water Forum, Daegu, Korea.

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