Goldschmidt conference 2022 - Hawai'i
We recently attended the Goldschmidt 2022 Geochemistry conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i USA. We went to present the latest research from our ongoing PhD work. The week-long conference was filled with excellent talks, poster sessions and social events to keep us busy – including a sunset reception at the Honolulu conference centre rooftop terrace! It was a great conference with a rich and diverse programme to cater for every aspect of geochemistry. There were plenty of interesting plenaries, talks, and poster sessions. Other than the breath-taking views of the Hawaiian Islands and the lush tropical climate, we were spoiled with a taste of traditional Polynesian cuisine and culture at the rooftop party on the penultimate night of the conference.
Adam Eskdale
I presented on the Wednesday of the conference week with a poster presentation. My poster was on the use of stream sediment geochemistry as a geological mapping tool, and as a prospectivity tool for As-Co-Cu-Ni mineralisation in the UK county of Cumbria. This has been ongoing research through the past year of my PhD programme, allowing me to build and develop key geospatial, geochemical, and of course geological skills through the use of software such as ioGAS, QGIS and R.
This presentation led to some great conversations with those who came by my work and will hopefully leading to some exciting more research in the future. Keep an eye out for it!
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Peter A.B. Krizan
I presented an update on the initial results from my doctoral research project, aimed at searching for extraterrestrial liquid water in astromaterials (such as asteroid and meteorite samples). Planetary science is definitely coming back into fashion, and this has become noticeably more apparent with each passing year. Perhaps, this has been aided considerably by the recent successful sample return missions to two near-Earth asteroids, along with the ongoing sample return mission to Mars led by NASA.
My oral presentation facilitated some very interesting and helpful discussions regarding the direct study of liquid water on asteroid parent bodies, along with the extent and effects of hydrothermal alteration throughout the Solar System. I would like to thank the Royal Holloway ES Research Committee, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Geochemistry Group of the Geological Society of London and Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, for kindly collectively providing funding to allow me to attend this amazing conference. I was able to build on and maintain numerous academic and industry connections during this conference. My decision to volunteer for the conference definitely helped with this too, as I was able to make really great friends and connections that will stay with me throughout my academic career and beyond.
Mahalo!
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Charlotte E. Green
I presented a flash talk and poster on my current PhD research, which explores the relationship between large igneous province (LIP) volcanism and a rapid global cooling event known as the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT), using mercury in marine sediments to track volcanic signatures. I had some useful and interesting discussions with those who came by my poster, particularly surrounding the complex nature of Hg as a proxy and other potential sample sites, and a few thoughtful questions from the audience at my flash talk. This work and travel was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and ARIES DTP.
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