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April 8th - 12th, 2001

European Union of Geosciences



EUGXI Programme
AM Session, Monday 9th April, 2001





Symposium AI01 Room G5

Contributions of Industrial Geosciences to Fundamental Understanding and Vice Versa: Building Materials

Convenor: Bruno Messiga

Session chaired by Bruno Messiga

08:30 Natural Building Stones: Fabric Induced Anisotropy and its Influence on Mechanical Properties: Strohmeyer D & Siegesmund S (AI01:MOam01:G5).

08:45 Control of Marble Disintegration by Fabric Properties and Thermal Dilatation: Ruedrich J, Weiss T, Tschegg E & Siegesmund S (AI01:MOam02:G5).

09:00 Frost Action on two Types of Sandstone Used in Alsatian Monument Building: Thomachot C & Jeannette D (AI01:MOam03:G5).

09:15 Calcite Crystals as Mortar Aggregate in Northern Italy: Bugini R & Folli L (AI01:MOam04:G5).

09:30 Thin Section Analysis of Ancient Plaster and Mortar: Laue S (AI01:MOam05:G5).

09:45 Technical Handling and Control of the Transformation of Anhydrite to Gypsum : Schwotzer M, Scheiber J, Schweike U, Weidler PG & Nueesch R (AI01:MOam06:G5).

10:00 BREAK

Session chaired by Siegfried Siegesmund

10:30 Models and Geomechanical Properties of Dense Grain Packings: Hecht CA (AI01:MOam09:G5).

10:45 Characterisation of the Solvus Brownmillerite-Perovskite in the CaAl0.5Fe0.5O2.5-CaTiO3 System: Ingrin J, Blanchard M & Touzo B (AI01:MOam10:G5).

11:00 Glass Ceramic Manufacts Belonging to ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2 System: Study of Bulk Nucleation and Crystal Growth. Chemical Physical Characterization for Industrial Applications: Baldi G, Barzanti A & Faso V (AI01:MOam11:G5).

11:15 Chromian-Rich Phases in the System MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-Cr2O3 and their Relevance on Chromium Inertization in Ceramic Refractories: Brigida C, Valle M & Poli S (AI01:MOam12:G5).

11:30 The Join CaO-Al4(Si4O10)(OH)8 (Kaolinite): An Experimental Study between 1100-1300 °C: Capasso F, Messiga B, Riccardi MP & Anselmi Tamburini U (AI01:MOam13:G5).

11:45 Incorporation in Ceramic Pastes Utilized in the Manufacture of Utilitarian and Decorative Ware of Slurries Produced during the Processing of Aggregates from Volcanic Rocks: Silva J, Gomes C, Naudin JN & Bobos I (AI01:MOam14:G5).




Symposium AI03 Room F1

Waste Solutions: Environmental Questions, Environmental Answers

Convenor: Jeremy Joseph
& Katrin Wendt-Potthoff

Session chaired by Katrin Wendt-Potthoff

08:30 KEYNOTE Weathering of Slag Materials: Rammlmair D (AI03:MOam01:F1).

09:00 KEYNOTE Stability of Mineralogical Assemblages in Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator (MSWI) Bottom Ash: An Experimental Study: Delville N, Montel J & Boivin P (AI03:MOam03:F1).

09:30 Thermodynamic Stability of Waste Glasses: Perret D, Crovisier J, Stille P, Shields G, Mäder U, Advocat T, Schenk K & Chardonnens M (AI03:MOam05:F1).

09:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Max Coleman

10:15 The Langoya Gypsum Landfill and its Suitability to Store Inorganic Waste: Jahren J, Aagaard P, Olsen WM, Loeken T & Sverreson T (AI03:MOam08:F1).

10:30 Seepage Water from Uranium Mining Dumps in Eastern Thuringia, Germany: A Hydrogeochemical Study: Geletneky JW, Merten D & Büchel G (AI03:MOam09:F1).

10:45 In Situ Stimulation of Microbial Sulfate and Iron Reduction in an Acidic Mining Lake by Addition of Organic Substrate: Wendt-Potthoff K, Koschorreck M, Frömmichen R, Herzsprung P, Kellner S, Lorke A & Geller W (AI03:MOam10:F1).

11:00 Physico-Chemical Controls on Kinetics of Natural Attenuation of BTEX and Chlorinated Solvents: Atteia O & Franceschi M (AI03:MOam11:F1).

11:15 Determination of Chlorine Stable Isotopic Composition in Chlorate and Perchlorate: Ader M & Coleman M (AI03:MOam12:F1).

11:30 Radionuclides as Tracers of Atmospheric Fallout Enrichment Processes in Mountain Soils: Pourcelot L, Louvat D, Gauthier-Lafaye F, Del Nero M & Stille P (AI03:MOam13:F1).




Symposium BG02 Room G1

Oxygen and Evolution

Convenor: Martin Brasier & John Lindsay

Session chaired by Martin Brasier

08:30 KEYNOTE Baryte-Rich Sedimentary Fe and Mn Oxide Deposits and the Re-Oxygenation of Neoproterozoic Seawater after "Snowball-Earth": Bau M, Buehn B, Dulski P & Ohmoto H (BG02:MOam01:G1).

09:00 KEYNOTE Evolution of Oxygen Distribution in Seawater: Shields G (BG02:MOam03:G1).

09:30 KEYNOTE CO2 Changes- Pacemaker of the Evolution: Beckmann G, Klopries B, Hämmerle H, Inacker O & Smolka P (BG02:MOam05:G1).

10:00 BREAK

Session chaired by Martin Brasier

10:30 KEYNOTE Numerical Models of Phanerozoic O2 Evolution: Carbon and Sulfur Isotope Records and the Physiological Response of Plants to Varying O2/CO2 Ratios: Berner R, Petsch S, Beerling D & Lake J (BG02:MOam09:G1).

11:00 KEYNOTE Biological and Environmental Consequences of Changing Oxygen Levels in the Late Palaeozoic: Scott AC & Beerling DJ (BG02:MOam11:G1).

11:30 Mapping out Microbial Communities using Stable Isotopes in the 2.7 Ga Belingwe Belt, Zimbabwe: Grassineau NV & Nisbet EG (BG02:MOam39:G1).BG02:MOam13:G1)




Symposium CC02 Room G3

High Latitude Cenozoic-Quaternary Ice Sheets and Climate ­ Records of their Role in Global Climate Change

Convenors: Gary Wilson, Ralph Schneider, Andrew Kerr & Ross Powell

Session chaired by Gary Wilson & Andrew Kerr

08:30 Sedimentary Facies and Landforms Associated with Valley Glaciers in Svalbard: Evidence for Changing Dynamic and Thermal Regimes: Hambrey MJ & Glasser NF (CC02:MOam01:G3).

08:45 Geophysical Investigations of Ice-Influenced Sedimentation on Arctic Continental Margins: Dowdeswell J, Kenyon N & O'Cofaigh C (CC02:MOam02:G3).

09:00 Two New Mechanisms of Sediment Erosion/Deposition beneath Fast Moving Ice Streams: Bougamont M & Tulaczyk S (CC02:MOam03:G3).

09:15 Carbonate Diagenesis of the Cenozoic Sedimentary Sequence from the CRP-3 Core, Ross Sea, Antarctica: Aghib FS & Fielding C (CC02:MOam04:G3).

09:30 Landscape Evolution of the Convoy Range and Mackay Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains: Sugden D & Denton G (CC02:MOam05:G3).

09:45 The Application of Cosmogenic Exposure Dating to Glacial Deposits of the Last Deglaciation in the Southern Andes of Chile: Fogwill C, Kubik PW & Phillips B (CC02:MOam06:G3).

10:00 New Evidence for Stable Pliocene Climate in Antarctica from In Situ Cosmogenic Noble Gases: Oberholzer P, Baur H, Denton GH, Lewis AR, Marchant DR, Schaefer JM, Schluechter C, Wieler R & Willenbring JK (CC02:MOam07:G3).

10:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Gary Wilson & Andrew Kerr

10:45 Millennial-Scale Climate in the Labrador Sea: Linkages between Atmosphere, Surface-Water, and Deep-Water: Weber M (CC02:MOam10:G3).

11:00 Ice Sheet Response to Moisture Supply and Orbital Forcing from a Late Pliocene Arctic Ocean Record: Knies J, Matthiessen J, Vogt C & Stein R (CC02:MOam11:G3).

11:15 Oligocene and Miocene Antarctic Paleoglacial History from Cape Roberts Cores Compared with Global Proxy Records: Powell RD, Hambrey MJ, van der Meer JJ & Krissek LA (CC02:MOam12:G3).

11:30 Environmental Magnetic Record of Cenozoic Climate Change from the Victoria Land Basin, Ross Sea, Antarctica: Verosub KL, Sagnotti L, Roberts AP, Florindo F & Wilson GS (CC02:MOam13:G3).

11:45 A New High-Resolution Magnetostratigraphy from Eocene-Oligocene Sediments, Maud Rise, Antarctica: Florindo F & Roberts A (CC02:MOam14:G3).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium CC02


(Symposium CC02 Continued in Session MO pm on Page 47)



Symposium CC05 Room G2

Glacial-Interglacial Cycles - Records, Models, and Mechanisms

Convenor: Gideon Henderson

Session chaired by Augusto Mangini

08:30 Low Latitude Insolation Forcing of the Indian Monsoon and Global Climate Changes: Leuschner DC & Sirocko F (CC05:MOam01:G2).

08:45 A Tropical Mechanism for Deglaciation: Rodgers K, Lohmann G, Lorenz S, Schneider R & Henderson G (CC05:MOam02:G2).

09:00 The Mid-Pleistocene 41 kyr to 100 kyr Glacial Cycle Transition, and the Source of Asymmetry between Glaciation and Deglaciation Times: Tziperman E & Gildor H (CC05:MOam03:G2).

09:15 High Resolution Comparison of Ocean, Atmosphere and Ice Records over 400,000 Years POP(1): Shackleton N, Chappellaz J, Grimalt J, Jouzel J, Stocker T & Waelbroeck C (CC05:MOam04:G2).

09:30 Towards a Common Orbital Time Scale for Ice Cores and Marine Sediments: Hoffmann G, Jouzel J, Waelbroeck C & Parrenin F (CC05:MOam05:G2).

09:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Gideon Henderson

10:15 Constraints on Temperature and Timing of Gas Changes Across Termination III (240 ky BP) from Argon Isotopes in Trapped Air in the Vostok Ice Core: Caillon N, Severinghaus J, Jouzel J, Barnola JM & Chappellaz J (CC05:MOam08:G2).

10:30 Glacial Intensification of the Deep Circulation in the SW Pacific Ocean over the Last 1.2 Ma: McCave I, Hall IR, Shackleton NJ, Weedon GP & Harris S (CC05:MOam09:G2).

10:45 The Sea of Okhotsk- High Resolution Paleoclimatic Archive and Paleoceanographic View into the N-Pacific: Nürnberg D, Tiedemann R, Kaiser A, Biebow N & Pedersen U (CC05:MOam10:G2).

11:00 High Resolution (231Pa/230Th)xs,0 Profiles in the Equatorial Pacific over the Last 85 kyr: Pichat S, Albarede F, Sims KW, Francois R & McManus JF (CC05:MOam11:G2).

11:15 Millennial Scale Variability during the Last Climatic Cycle: Evidences from the Western Subtropical Atlantic Ocean: Vautravers M, Shackleton N & Bianchi G (CC05:MOam12:G2).

11:30 Mineralogical and Geochemical Records of Glacial-Interglacial Cycles in the North Atlantic Ocean over the Last Million Years: Bout-Roumazeilles V, Vanderaveroet P, Recourt P & Davies G (CC05:MOam13:G2).

11:45 Sr- and Nd-Isotopes in Central Arctic Ocean Sediments: Tracers for the Change of Sediment Provenance and Sedimentary Processes in Glacial-Interglacial-Cycles: Strohmeyer D, Eisenhauer A & Hansen BT (CC05:MOam14:G2).




Symposium EVO5 Room F5

Rapid Changes in Mesozoic Palaeoceanography: Micropalaeontological, Sedimentological and Geochemical Proxies

Convenors: Joerg Mutterlose, Elisabetta Erba & Helmi Weissert

Session chaired by Hugh Jenkyns

08:30 The Recovery of Planktonic Foraminifera after the Early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a: Evidence from the Italian Pelagic Sequences: Premoli Silva I & Verga D (EVO5:MOam01:F5).

08:45 Dinoflagellate Cyst Fluctuations in Mid-Cretaceous Flysch Deposits of the Bavarian Area (S-Germany)- Changes in Climatic or/and Oceanographic Circulation Patterns in the Alpine Tethys: Kirsch K, Wortmann U & Hauck J (EVO5:MOam02:F5).

09:00 Stability of Tropical Warmth and Global Carbon Cycle Perturbation in the Mid-Cretaceous Greenhouse: Wilson PA & Norris D (EVO5:MOam03:F5).

09:15 Evidence for a Higher Magnitude of the Carbonate 13C-Excursion at the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary from Brachiopod Calcite of North Cantabria: Voigt S (EVO5:MOam04:F5).

09:30 Cyanobacterial N2 Fixation Fuelled Enhanced Production in the Euxinic North Atlantic during the Late Cenomanian Oceanic Anoxic Event: Kuypers MM, Pancost RD, Nijenhuis IA & Sinninghe Damsté JS (EVO5:MOam05:F5).

09:45 A Climate Model/Geochemical Model on the Influence of Precessional Insolation Cycles on the Late Creataceous Climate System: A Case Study for the Western Interior Seaway: Floegel S, DeConto R & Hay W (EVO5:MOam06:F5).

10:00 BREAK

Session chaired by Izabella Premoli-Silva

10:30 Paleoenvironmental Controls on Turonian Black Shale Deposition within the Western Interior Basin (U.S.A.): Evidence for Changes in Paleoceanography: Forster A, Schwark L, Thein J & Trappe J (EVO5:MOam09:F5).

10:45 A Santonian Cooling Event? Evidence from the Late Cretaceous Planktonic Foraminifera of the Exmouth Plateau (NW Australia, Indian Ocean): Petrizzo MR (EVO5:MOam10:F5).

11:00 Evidence for Late Jurassic Release of Methane from Gas Hydrate: Opening of a Pangean Gateway?: Padden M, Weissert H & de Rafelis M (EVO5:MOam11:F5).

11:15 Hot LIPs, Methane and the Carbon Isotope History of the Apticore: Opdyke B, Erba E, Larson R & Herbert T (EVO5:MOam12:F5).

11:30 Orbital Chronology for the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum: Roehl U & Bralower TJ (EVO5:MOam13:F5).

11:45 Expanded Carbon Sinks at the Palaeocene/Eocene Boundary: A Global Biological Response to Clathrate Induced Climate Change: Bains S, Norris R & Corfield R (EVO5:MOam14:F5).




Symposium FMF1 Room F4

Diagenesis and Low-grade Metamorphism: In Memoriam of Martin Frey and Bernhard Kübler

Convenors: Susanne Th. Schmidt & Laurence Warr

Session chaired by Howard Day

08:30 KEYNOTE Isotopic Constraints to Illitization Process: A Review: Clauer N (FMF1:MOam01:F4).

09:00 Constraining Timing of Dyke Emplacement and Alteration in the Northern Sydney Basin, Australia: Zwingmann H, Carr P & Doyle R (FMF1:MOam03:F4).

09:15 Parameters Controlling the Process of Volcanic Glass Palagonitisation: Stroncik N & Schmincke H (FMF1:MOam04:F4).

09:30 Geochemical Variations during Early Low-Temperature Alteration in Young Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts: Le Bricon G, Honnorez J, Chabaux F, Agrinier P & Laverne C (FMF1:MOam05:F4).

09:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Laurence Warr

10:15 Chlorite Composition Controlled by Whole-Rock Geochemistry; A DRX-EMPA-HRTEM-AEM Study in Cambrian Basaltic Rocks from the Ossa Morena Zone, SW Spain: Lopez-Munguira A, Nieto F & Morata D (FMF1:MOam08:F4).

10:30 Chemical and Structural Evolution of Phyllosilicates in Associated Low-T Metamorphic Pelites and Basic Magmatites: A Case Study from the Graz Paleozoic, Eastern Alps, Austria: Árkai P, Fenninger A & Nagy G (FMF1:MOam09:F4).

10:45 Hydrothermal Origin of Pumpellyite-Amphibole Parageneses in Subgreenschist Facies Metabasites, Sierra Nevada, U.S.A: Day HW & Springer RK (FMF1:MOam10:F4).

11:00 The Very Low-Grade Metamorphism of the Portage Lake Volcanics, Keweenaw Peninsula/Michigan/USA- Results Based on Stable Isotopes (O, H, C) and Fluid Inclusions: Pueschner U, Schmidt S & Mullis J (FMF1:MOam11:F4).

11:15 Low Grade Metamorphism in the Argentine Precordillera: A Record of Extension at the Margin of Gondwanaland?: Rubinstein N, Bevins R & Robinson D (FMF1:MOam12:F4).

11:30 Low-Grade and Contact Metamorphism in Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Successions, Rio Tinguiririca Valley, Central Andes of Chile: Belmar M, Schmidt ST, Frey M, Ferreiro Mählmann R & Mullis J (FMF1:MOam13:F4).




Symposium LS01 Room F2

Earthquake Deformation and Related Surface Processes

Convenors: M. Meghraoui & G. Michel

Session chaired by Mustapha Meghraoui

08:30 Seismic Activity and Fault Segmentation of the NAF in the Bolu Mountain: Relationship between the November 12, 1999 and the February 1, 1944 Earthquakes: Barka A, Altunel E, Akyuz S, Cakir Z, Kozaci O, Lettis W, Bachhuber J, Hitchcock C & Helms J (LS01:MOam01:F2).

08:45 Large Earthquakes and Creep in a Collision Zone: The Chelungpu and Chihshang Faults, Taiwan: Angelier J, Jian-Cheng L, Jyr-Ching H & Hao-Tsu C (LS01:MOam02:F2).

09:00 The 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake: The Latest in a Cluster of Large Earthquakes in the Eastern California Shear Zone: Rockwell T (LS01:MOam03:F2).

09:15 Slip-Rate and Earthquake Recurrence Time on the Hebgen Lake Fault (Montana, USA): Constraints from Surface Exposure Dating of Alluvial Terraces and Bedrock Fault Scarp: Van der Woerd J, Benedetti L, Caffee M, Finkel R, Ryerson F & Hebgen Lake Paleoseismology Working Group (LS01:MOam04:F2).

09:30 Geodetic vs Seismic Strain Rates, Ways to Estimate the Amounts of Accumulated Seismic Moments in Central Asia?: Gero MW, Reiberger C & Michajljow W (LS01:MOam05:F2).

09:45 The August 17, 1999 Turkey Earthquake Seen with INSAR Imagery and Tectonic Field Observations: Cakir Z, De Chabalier JB, Armijo R, Meyer B, Barka A & Peltzer G (LS01:MOam06:F2).

10:00 Active Faulting and Seismic Hazard in Lebanon: Tapponnier P, Daeron M, King G, Jacques E, Sursock A & Elias A (LS01:MOam07:F2).

10:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Gero Michel

10:45 Paleoseismic Investigations along the February 5, 1783 Earthquake Ruptures (Cittanova Fault, Calabria, Southern Italy), and Methodological Observations: Bosi V & Galli P (LS01:MOam10:F2).

11:00 Evidence for Holocene Normal Faulting in the Epicentral Area of the 1356 Basel Earthquake (Switzerland): New Paleoseismic Results from Trenching and Geophysical Prospecting: Ferry M, Meghraoui M, Delouis B, Huggenberger P, Spottke I, Giardini D & Granet M (LS01:MOam11:F2).

11:15 Investigation of the Surface Rupture of the April 14 and 18, 1928 Earthquakes in Bulgaria: Camelbeeck T, Shanov S, Vanneste K, Nikolov G & Verbeeck K (LS01:MOam12:F2).

11:30 The 1904 Struma Earthquakes (SW Bulgaria): Meyer B, Armijo R & Dimitrov D (LS01:MOam13:F2).

11:45 Long Paleoseismic and Paleogeodetic Records of Subduction from Sumatran Coral: Sieh K, Natawidjaja D, Rivera L, Suwargadi B & Galetzka J (LS01:MOam14:F2).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium LS01


(Symposium LS01 Continued in Session MO pm on Page 49)



Symposium LS09 Room G0

The Subduction Factory

Convenors: Catherine Chauvel & Tim Elliot

Session chaired by Gerhard Wörner

08:30 Boron and Fluid-Mobile Element (FME) Fluxes across Kamchatka: Leeman W, Wörner G, Churikova T, Tonarini S & Heuser A (LS09:MOam01:G0).

08:45 Boron Isotope Compositions of Tourmaline in High- and Ultrahigh-Pressure Metasedimentary Suites: Records of Subduction-Zone Boron Cycling: Bebout G & Nakamura E (LS09:MOam02:G0).

09:00 Lithium Systematics of Arc Lavas: Bouman C, Vroon P & Elliott T (LS09:MOam03:G0).

09:15 Ubiquitous Salt-Rich Brines in HP and UHP Rocks: Philippot P & Markl G (LS09:MOam04:G0).

09:30 Phase Relationships in Hydrous Peridotites at High Pressure: Consequences for Water Transport at Subduction Zones: Fumagalli P, Poli S & Stixrude L (LS09:MOam05:G0).

09:45 Experimental Constraints on the Water Content of Primitive Arc Basalts from St Vincent, Lesser Antilles: Pichavant M, Mysen B & Macdonald R (LS09:MOam06:G0).

10:00 Seismic Images of the Japan Subduction Factory: Zhao D (LS09:MOam07:G0).

10:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Catherine Chauvel

10:45 Sources and Ascent Paths of Fluids and Melts in the Central Andean Subduction Zone from High Resolution Attenuation Tomography: Schurr B, Rietbrock A & Asch G (LS09:MOam10:G0).

11:00 Crustal Structure and Rate of Growth of the South Sandwich Arc from Wide-Angle Seismic Data: Bruguier N & Larter R (LS09:MOam11:G0).

11:15 The Thermal Structure of Subduction Zones, Honshu- A Case Study: Kiefer B, van Keken P & Peacock S (LS09:MOam12:G0).

11:30 Balancing Transpressional Magmatic Arc Crustal Thickening-Tectonic Shortening Versus Magmatic Underplating: Haschke M & Guenther A (LS09:MOam13:G0).

11:45 Seismic and Gravity Analyses Show Accretionary Process and Underplating beneath Juan de Fuca Strait (Cascadia Subduction Zone): Graindorge D, Spence G, Hyndman R, Collot J & Charvis P (LS09:MOam14:G0).




Symposium MS01 Room F6

Geochemistry, Structure, Defects and Dynamics of the Earth's Mantle and Core

Convenors: Chris Ballentine, John Brodholt, Mark Rehkämper & David Price

Session chaired by Chris Ballentine

08:30 A Hafnium Isotope and Trace Element Perspective on the Nature of the Depleted Mantle: Chauvel C & Blichert-Toft J (MS01:MOam01:F6).

08:45 Mantle Domain Boundaries in the Western Pacific: Evidence from Nd-Hf Isotope Systematics: Kempton PD, Pearce JA, Gill J & Barry T (MS01:MOam02:F6).

09:00 U-Series Evidence for Differentiated Upwelling Rates at the 41-45°N Mid-Atlantic Ridge: A Non-Plume Origin for the 43°N Anomaly?: Kokfelt TF, Hémond C, Wörner G, Goslin J & Schilling J (MS01:MOam03:F6).

09:15 Evidence for Distinct Primitive Mantle Sources; A Noble Gas Study of the Reunion Hotspot Track: Hanyu T, Dunai TJ, Davies GR, Kaneoka I, Nohda S & Uto K (MS01:MOam04:F6).

09:30 Trace Element and Isotopic (Pb-Nd-Sr and U-Series) Study of Post-Glacial Volcanic Rocks from the Neo-Volcanic Zones on Iceland: Hauff F, Kokfelt TF, Hoernle K & Werner R (MS01:MOam05:F6).

09:45 New Os Isotope Data for the Deccan Traps; Plume Heads and Crustal Contamination: Parkinson I, Widdowson M & Gibson S (MS01:MOam06:F6).

10:00 BREAK

Session chaired by John Brodholt

10:30 In-Situ and Whole-Rock Os Isotope Study of the Massif Central Mantle Lithosphere Reveals a Complex Story of Melting and Metasomatism: Alard O, Reisberg L, Lorand J, Pearson NJ, Griffin WL & O'Reilly SY (MS01:MOam09:F6).

10:45 Melt Percolation in an Ophiolite Mantle Monitored by Os Isotopes, PGE and REE Abundances: Büchl A, Brügmann G, Batanova V & Hofmann A (MS01:MOam10:F6).

11:00 Mantle Heterogeneity and Processes in the Back-Arc Region of Patagonia: Rivalenti G, Mazzucchelli M, Laurora A, Ciuffi SI, Vannucci R, Zanetti A & Cingolani CA (MS01:MOam11:F6).

11:15 Pervasive Metasomatism and Peridotite-Melt Interaction in the Lithospheric Mantle: Evidence from Mantle Xenoliths in Basalts Near the Southern Rim of the Siberian Craton: Ionov D, Chazot G, Prikhodko V & Weis D (MS01:MOam12:F6).

11:30 Petrology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Erro-Tobbio Peridotites (Voltri Massif-Italy): Romairone A, Rampone E, Piccardo GB & Abouchami W (MS01:MOam13:F6).

11:45 Coupled Major and Trace-Element Melting Indicators in Mid-Ocean Ridge Peridotites: Hellebrand E, Snow JE, Dick HJ & Hofmann AW (MS01:MOam14:F6).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium MS01


(Symposium MS01 Continued in Session MO pm on Page 50)



Symposium OS04 Room G8

Tectonics and Sedimentation

Convenors: Tom McCann & A. Saintot

Session chaired by Aline Saintot

08:30 Facies Architecture and Evolution of the Late Permian Upper Rotliegend at the Northern Margin of the NE German Basin: Rieke H, McCann T & Negendank J (OS04:MOam01:G8).

08:45 Climate Stratigraphy: A Chronostratighraphic Reference Frame for Tectonically Active Basins (Late Miocene, SE Spain): Brachert TC, Krautworst UMR, Hultzsch N & Knoerich AC (OS04:MOam02:G8).

09:00 Various Models of the Geodynamic Evolution and Paleogeography of the Carpathian Region: Slaczka A & Golonka J (OS04:MOam03:G8).

09:15 Constraints on Himalayan Tectonic and Exhumation History Determined from the Kamlial Formation Foreland Basin Sediments, Pakistan: Najman Y, Pringle M, Garzanti E, Stix J, White N & Khan I (OS04:MOam04:G8).

09:30 The Age of the Oldest Recorded Himalayan Foredeep Continental Sediments: Implications for the Orogen's Evolution: Najman Y, Pringle M, Godin L & Oliver G (OS04:MOam05:G8).

09:45 Exhumation and Sedimentation- The Example of the Central Alps: I. Ar/Ar Geochronology and Chemistry of Detrital White Mica: von Eynatten H & Wijbrans JR (OS04:MOam06:G8).

10:00 BREAK

Session chaired by Tom McCann

10:30 A Provenance Study of a Post-Collisional Transgressive Sequence (Molare Formation, Italy) through Integrated Facies Analysis, Mineral Chemistry and 40Ar/39Ar Dating: Barbieri C, Carrapa B, Di Giulio A & Wijbrans J (OS04:MOam09:G8).

10:45 Excimer Laser ICP-MS Dating of Zircons from Earth's Major Rivers: Preliminary Results from North America: Eriksson K, Campbell I, Palin M & Allen C (OS04:MOam10:G8).

11:00 Nd-Isotope Systematics of Lower Palaeozoic Sediments from Eastern Avalonia: Precise Monitoring of Magmatic and Orogenic Activity: Gerdes A, Pharaoh TC, Debacker T, Verniers J & Noble SR (OS04:MOam11:G8).

11:15 Geochemical Provenance Indications of Pre-Andean Sediments in Southernmost Chile (47° to 51° S): Implications for a Continental Tectonic Setting: Augustsson C, Bahlburg H & Dobrzinski N (OS04:MOam12:G8).

11:30 Major Trends in Caledonian Volcanic Activity Derived from Metabentonites of the Baltic Basin: Motuza V, Sliaupa S & Lashkovas J (OS04:MOam13:G8).

11:45 Measuring Pb and Ar Isotopes on the Same Material: A Tool for Provenance Evaluation: Copeland P, Evans M & Derry L (OS04:MOam14:G8).




Symposium OS08 Room G7

Geochronology and Stable Isotopes

Convenor: Bob Cliff

Session chaired by Bob Cliff & Mike Cosca

08:30 The Fate and Memory of Zircon Xenocryts in Melted Metasediment: Cornell D, Werner M, Hult J & Schersten A (OS08:MOam01:G7).

08:45 Trace and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Magmatic and Metamorphic Zircon: Caveats for Geochronological Interpretation Based on Th/U and Morphology Only: Möller A, Poller U, Kennedy A & Kröner A (OS08:MOam02:G7).

09:00 Low P-T Disturbance of Titanite and Uranium-Rich Paleoproterozoic Zircons, Central Sweden: Högdahl K, Gromet PL & Broman C (OS08:MOam03:G7).

09:15 The Timing of Pre-Alpine High-Pressure Metamorphism in the Eastern Alps: Constraints from U-Pb SHRIMP Dating of Eclogite Zircons from the Austro-Alpine Silvretta Nappe: Ladenhauf C, Armstrong R, Konzett J & Miller C (OS08:MOam04:G7).

09:30 U-Pb SHRIMP-Dating of Zircon Domains from Eclogites of Antrona (Western Alps): Evidence for a Valais-Ocean Origin: Liati A & Gebauer D (OS08:MOam05:G7).

09:45 Timing of Metamorphism in the Central High Himalaya (Makalu Region) Constrained by In-Situ Th-U-Pb Dating of Monazite by Laser Ablation ICPMS: Kosler J, Buriankova K, Tubrett M & Sylvester P (OS08:MOam06:G7).

10:00 U-Pb Dating of Speleothems from the Spannagel Cave, Austria: Cliff RA & Spoetl C (OS08:MOam07:G7).

10:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Mike Cosca & Bob Cliff

10:45 Submicroscopic Illitization and Excess Argon Incorporation in Phengite Related to Fluid Ingress during Late Miocene Extension in the Betic Cordilleras, South-Eastern Spain: de Jong K, Féraud G, Ruffet G, Amouric M & Wijbrans J (OS08:MOam10:G7).

11:00 Effects of Deformation on 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology- A Case Study of Defect-Enhanced Ar-Loss in Slowly Cooled Muscovite: Mulch A, Cosca MA & Handy MR (OS08:MOam11:G7).

11:15 The Role of Deformation on Argon Diffusion in Muscovites: Kramar N, Cosca MA & Buffat P (OS08:MOam12:G7).

11:30 K-Feldspars: What Does Ar-Ar Date?: Villa IM, Hanchar JM, Gnos E & Challandes N (OS08:MOam13:G7).

11:45 The Thermal Evolution of a Deeply Exhumed Paleoproterozoic Orogen, Assessed by 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb Geochronology: Willigers BJ, Krogstad E, Wijbrans J & van Gool J (OS08:MOam14:G7).




Symposium PCM1 Room G6

Environmental Mineralogy and Geochemistry ­ The 'Molecular Environmental Science' Perspective

Convenors: David Vaughan, S. Clarke, G. Calas & J.V. Smith

Session chaired by J V Smith

08:30 KEYNOTE Molecular-Level Speciation of Lead and Arsenic in Soils over Geochemical Anomalies: Morin G, Juillot F, Lecoq D, Ildefonse P, Calas G, Brown Jr. GE, Ostergren J, Chevallier P, Borensztajin S & Sole A (PCM1:MOam01:G6).

09:00 Electrochemical Oxidation of Pyrite in Alkaline and Acid Electrolytes: An Investigation Employing Glancing Incidence X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Farquhar M, Wogelius R, Vaughan D & Wincott P (PCM1:MOam03:G6).

09:15 Speciation of As by XAFS Spectroscopy in Si-Bearing Fe Hydroxide Precipitates: Tommaseo C & Kersten M (PCM1:MOam04:G6).

09:30 Evolution of Mineral-Fluid Interfaces Studied at Pressure with Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques: Wogelius RA, Dysthe DK, Tang CC & Neild AA (PCM1:MOam05:G6).

09:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Simon Clarke

10:15 Interaction of Metals in Solution with Alumina Surfaces Studied with Electronic Structure Simulations: Warren M, Yong CW, Vaughan D & Hillier I (PCM1:MOam08:G6).

10:30 Etch-Pit Honeycombs on Weathered Feldspar Surfaces: Catalytic Reactors for the Origin of Life?: Parsons I & Lee M (PCM1:MOam09:G6).

10:45 Heavy Metal Distribution in Surface Sediments of the Protected Wetland el Kelbia (Tunisia): Khedhiri S, Gueddari-Darragi F & Duplay J (PCM1:MOam10:G6).

11:00 The Interaction of U with the Calcite Surface: Batch Sorption and Synchrotron X-Ray Standing Wave Studies: Rihs S, Sturchio N, Orlandini K, Cheng L & Fenter P (PCM1:MOam11:G6).

11:15 Non-Dissociative Adsorption of Water at the Surface of Zircon: A Clue for the Origin of its Resistance to Dissolution: Balan E, Mauri F & Calas G (PCM1:MOam12:G6).

11:30 Parallel Computational & Experimental Studies of the Morphological Modification of Calcium Carbonate: Braybrook AL, Heywood BR, Jackson RA & Pitt K (PCM1:MOam13:G6).

11:45 Structural Characterisation of Natural Actinides (Th and U) in Natural Ceramics and Analogues: XANES and EXAFS Studies on Natural Zircons: Harfouche M, Farges F & Petit PE (PCM1:MOam14:G6).




Symposium RCM6 Room F3

Carbonate Mounds, Fluids and Margin Architecture

Convenors: George Wolff, C. Dullo, J.-P. Henriet & T. van Weering

Session chaired by Tjeerd van Weering

08:30 KEYNOTE Polygenetic Types of Seepage-Related Carbonate Deposits and Mounds: Reitner J, Peckmann J & Arp G (RCM6:MOam01:F3).

09:00 Coolwater Coral Reefs and Carbonate Mounds: Freiwald A & Dullo W (RCM6:MOam03:F3).

09:15 Deciphering the Messages of Carbonate Mounds: The Porcupine Scientific Drilling Project: Henriet J, De Mol B, Dullo W, Freiwald A, Joergensen BB, Parkes J & Patching JW (RCM6:MOam04:F3).

09:30 Sedimentology of Cold Water Carbonate Mounds; Results from the Porcupine and Rockall Bank Margins: de Haas H, van Weering T, de Stigter H & Blamart D (RCM6:MOam05:F3).

09:45 Giant Carbonate Mounds in the Rockall Trough, NE Atlantic Ocean: van Weering TC, de Haas H, Lykke-Andersen H & de Stigter H (RCM6:MOam06:F3).

10:00 Downcore Distribution Patterns of Cold-Water Corals, Porcupine Margin, NE Atlantic Ocean: Richter TO, van Weering TC, de Haas H, Stadnitskaia A, van der Gaast S, Vaars A & Labeyrie L (RCM6:MOam07:F3).

10:15 BREAK

Session chaired by J-P Henriet

10:45 Specific Cementation in Carbonate Mud-Mound Sediments, SE Rockall Margin, NE Atlantic Ocean: Stadnitskaia A, van Weering TC & Ivanov M (RCM6:MOam10:F3).

11:00 The Darwin Mounds- Possible Fluid Escape Features in the Northern Rockall Trough: Masson D, Bett B, Billett D & Wheeler A (RCM6:MOam11:F3).

11:15 Biogeochemistry of the Darwin Mounds- Preliminary Results: Kiriakoulakis K, Bett BJ & Wolff GA (RCM6:MOam12:F3).

11:30 Characteristics of an Active Vent in the Fore-Arc Basin of the Sunda Arc, Indonesia: Wiedicke M, Beiersdorf H, Delisle G, Faber E, Marchig V, Weiss W, Sahling H, von Mirbach N & Koesnadi H (RCM6:MOam13:F3).

11:45 Growth Dynamics and Ecology of Upper Jurassic Mounds, with Comparisons to Mid-Palaeozoic Mounds: Nose M, Schmid DU & Leinfelder RR (RCM6:MOam14:F3).




Symposium VPP1 Room G4

Thermodynamic, Structural and Physical Properties of Melts and Element Fractionation in Fluid-Magmatic Systems

Convenors: Matthias Gottschalk, Igor D. Ryabchikov & Hans Keppler

Session chaired by Matthias Gottschalk

08:30 Fractionation of Platinum Group Elements and the Formation of Platinum Group Minerals in the Konder Massif, the Aldan Shield: Svet M. K (VPP1:MOam01:G4).

08:45 Fractional Distillation and Critical Phenomena in Earth's Interior: Ryabchikov I & Wyllie P (VPP1:MOam02:G4).

09:00 Thermodynamics of Solutes in Aqueous Hydrothermal Solutions at Extreme Conditions: Tough Problems and Potential Solutions: Driesner T (VPP1:MOam03:G4).

09:15 Thermodynamic of Fluid Mixtures at High Temperature and Pressures: Churakov S & Gottschalk M (VPP1:MOam04:G4).

09:30 Mathematical Model for Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of the NaCl-H2O System from 0-750°C, 0.1 to 500 MPa, and XNaCl=0-1: Driesner T (VPP1:MOam05:G4).

09:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Peter Ulmer

10:15 Magmatic Volatile Phase Evolution- Torres del Paine Laccolith (Patagonia/Chile): Putlitz B, Baumgartner L, Oberhänsli R, Diamond L & Altenberger U (VPP1:MOam08:G4).

10:30 Metals Speciation in the High Temperature Volcanic Gases of the Kudrjaviy Volcano (Iturup Island): Churakov S, Tkachenko SI & Korzhinskii MA (VPP1:MOam09:G4).

10:45 Experiments in Conjugate Basalt-Water Systems- Clue to Podiform Chromite Formation and PGE Fractionation: Matveev S & Ballhaus C (VPP1:MOam10:G4).

11:00 Thermodynamical and Rheological Properties of a Hydrous Basaltic Melt: Bourgue E & Richet P (VPP1:MOam11:G4).

11:15 The Effect of Fe2O3 on the Viscosity of Melts in the Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2 System: Webb S & Buettner H (VPP1:MOam12:G4).




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