Would neurodiversity be an advantage in an encounter with aliens? Let's find out! Heartbroken starships. Human-sized hamster balls. Superpowers unleashed by anxiety. A planet covered in mathematical fidgets. And we finally learn why aliens abduct cows. A diverse, hopeful anthology of neurodiversity-themed science fiction short stories, poetry and art for anyone who loves science fiction, who cares about neurodiversity, or who wants to see optimistic visions of the future. Featuring stories, poems and art from Tobias S. Buckell, M. D. Cooper, Ada Hoffmann, Jody Lynn Nye, Cat Rambo, and nearly forty other contributors, The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters was edited by Anthony Francis, author of the award-winning urban fantasy novel Frost Moon, and Liza Olmsted, editor of the writing inspiration book Your Writing Matters. The Neurodiversiverse includes themes of autism, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, synesthesia, several kinds of anxiety, avoidant attachment disorder, dissociative disorder, and more.
The Stavely Project is a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Victoria. During 2014 fourteen pre-competitive stratigraphic drill holes were completed in the prospective Stavely region in western Victoria in order to better understand subsurface geology and its potential for a variety of mineral systems. The Stavely region hosts several belts of poorly-exposed Cambrian volcanic and intrusive rocks, visible largely only in aeromagnetic data, which have similarities to those found in modern subduction-related tectonic settings. Mineralisation associated with porphyry Cu-Au and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide mineral systems is known where these rocks are exposed around Mount Stavely and the Black Range. However, despite a history of mineral exploration dating back to the late 1960s, significant economic deposits are yet to be discovered, and the Stavely region remains a greenfields terrane. Given the geological setting and known mineral potential, opportunity exists for the discovery of large mineral systems beneath extensive, but relatively thin, younger cover. The Stavely Project aims to provide the framework for discovery in the Stavely region primarily through the acquisition and delivery of pre-competitive geoscientific data."--Online abstract.
An assessment of the potential for magmatic-related uranium systems has been made using the fuzzy logic method ... The investigation has not attempted to identify specific sites of uranium mineralisation, but has rather focused on identifying igneous events and units which exhibit favourability for magmatic-related uranium systems. Potentially prospective units for each subcategory occur in all States and Territories. In many cases, identified prospective units occur in regions where uranium potential has been proven, including the Pine Creek, Curnamona and Georgetown-Cairns regions. Furthermore, potential has also been identified in regions not currently known for uranium mineralisation, including the Arunta, Musgrave and Halls Creek regions. The results of this study provide an initial tool for targeting magmatic-related uranium systems. This broad assessment should be further refined on a regional scale, making use of detailed local datasets and knowledge." --Executive summary.
The Stavely Project is a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Victoria. During 2014 fourteen pre-competitive stratigraphic drill holes were completed in the prospective Stavely region in western Victoria in order to better understand subsurface geology and its potential for a variety of mineral systems. The Stavely region hosts several belts of poorly-exposed Cambrian volcanic and intrusive rocks, visible largely only in aeromagnetic data, which have similarities to those found in modern subduction-related tectonic settings. Mineralisation associated with porphyry Cu-Au and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide mineral systems is known where these rocks are exposed around Mount Stavely and the Black Range. However, despite a history of mineral exploration dating back to the late 1960s, significant economic deposits are yet to be discovered, and the Stavely region remains a greenfields terrane." -- online abstract.
The Stavely Project is a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Victoria. During 2014 fourteen pre-competitive stratigraphic drill holes were completed in the prospective Stavely region in western Victoria in order to better understand subsurface geology and its potential for a variety of mineral systems. The Stavely region hosts several belts of poorly-exposed Cambrian volcanic and intrusive rocks, visible largely only in magnetic data, which have similarities to those found in modern subduction-related tectonic settings. Mineralisation associated with porphyry Cu-Au and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide mineral systems is known where these rocks are exposed around Mount Stavely and the Black Range."--Online abstract.
This release describes the geochemical methods and procedures used to acquire geochemical data as part of the Stavely Project. Data presented in this release include whole rock geochemistry, four acid digestion analysis, partial extraction techniques (soil gas hydrocarbon, Mobile Metal IonTM, Ionic LeachTM), sulphur isotope analysis, neodymium isotope analysis, lead isotope analysis, chromite analysis and pyrite analysis. Also included are reports on spatiotemporal geochemical hydrocarbon interpretation, chromite petrology and pyrite characterisation."--Online abstract.
Petrographic, geochemical and fluid inclusion studies have been undertaken at the Crocker Well granite-hosted uranium deposit in South Australia in order to better constrain the key processes in uranium mineralisation there ...The results of this study allow a genetic model for the Crocker Well deposit to be proposed." -- Abstract.
This Record presents 20 new zircon U-Pb geochronological ages, obtained via Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP), from three meta-sedimentary, eight volcanic-hypabyssal (subvolcanic), and nine plutonic samples from the Stavely Project area within the Grampians-Stavely Zone of the Delamerian Orogen in western Victoria (Table 1.1). The U-Pb age data presented here builds on earlier work of Lewis et al. (2015). The timing of emplacement of compositionally diverse igneous rocks associated with the Mount Stavely Volcanic Complex is not well understood (Buckland, 1987). Previous work suggests that some of the plutonic rocks share geochemical characteristics with the volcanic succession, whereas others are compositionally distinct (Taylor et al., 2014). This study was undertaken to better understand the chronology of felsic-intermediate magmatism in the Grampians-Stavely Zone."--Online abstract.
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