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April 8th - 12th, 2001

European Union of Geosciences



EUGXI Programme
PM Session, Sunday 8th April, 2001





Symposium AI02 Room G3

Studies in Underground Research Laboratories for Radioactive Waste Disposal and Predicting the Behaviour of Engineered and Natural Barriers for the Geological Isolation of Wastes

Convenors: David Savage, Scott Altmann, Ross McCartney, Lucy Philip & Vala Ragnarsdottir

Session chaired by David Savage

14:00 Low-Temperature Diagenesis in Callovo-Oxfordian Shales of Haute-Marne (France): Effect on Natural Confinment Properties: Rousset D, Clauer N, Lavastre V, Javoy M & Decarreau A (AI02:SUpm25:G3).

14:15 Mineralogical and Geochemical Evolution in a Fractured Zone in Shales at the Tournemire Site (Aveyron, France): Peyaud J & Pagel M (AI02:SUpm26:G3).

14:30 Fluid-Granite Interactions along Fault Surfaces: Geochemical Modelling of Meteoric Alteration (Albala Granite, SW Variscan Iberian Massif): Escuder-Viruete J, Marti D, Jurado MJ, Peréz-Estaún A & Carbonell R (AI02:SUpm27:G3).

14:45 Role of the Alteration Gel in Remobilization of Contaminants from Ultimate Glassy Wastes: Motelica M, Gauthier A & Le Coustumer P (AI02:SUpm28:G3).

15:00 Mobility of REE in Hydrothermal Uranium Deposits as Natural Analogue of HLWR: René M (AI02:SUpm29:G3).

15:15 Fracture Systems in Deep Underground Granitic Sites: Genter A, Bourgine B, Chilès J & Delpont G (AI02:SUpm30:G3).

15:30 The Mobility of Depleted Uranium in the Balkan Wars Zone of 1999: Ragnarsdottir KV & Heasman D (AI02:SUpm31:G3).

15:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Scott Altmann & Ross McCartney

16:15 Migration of Fissiogenic REE within the Groundwater Table of Bangombe (Gabun): Bracke G, Stille P & Gauthier-Lafaye F (AI02:SUpm34:G3).

16:30 Detection and Quantification of Groundwater Flow: Geothermal Scanning of the Sub-Surface for Temperature Residuals of Advective Origin: Clauser C, Hartmann A, Rath V, Ruehaak W, Schellschmidt R & Zschocke A (AI02:SUpm35:G3).

16:45 Behavior of Si and O during Hydrothermal Alteration of Nuclear Waste Glass, using 29Si and 18O Isotope Tracing and Ion Probe Depth Profiling: Valle N, Libourel G & Deloule E (AI02:SUpm36:G3).

17:00 Leaching of Concrete by Waters Little Mineral-Bearing and Sulphated Waters: Albert B, Bilal E & Guy B (AI02:SUpm37:G3).

17:15 Coupled ESEM and Digital Image Analysis for Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Bentonite Swelling: Montes-hernandez G, Duplay J & Martinez L (AI02:SUpm38:G3).


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Symposium BG02 Room G1

Oxygen and Evolution

Convenor: Martin Brasier

Session chaired by John Lindsay

14:00 KEYNOTE New Insights into the History of Oxygen Growth: Runnegar B (BG02:SUpm25:G1).

14:30 Origin of Organisms That Evolve Oxygen: Nisbet EG (BG02:SUpm27:G1).

14:45 Pb-Isotopic Evidence for Pre-3700 Ma Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Rosing M & Frei R (BG02:SUpm28:G1).

15:00 Archaean Cyanobacterial Diversity: More Questions Than Answers: Brasier M (BG02:SUpm29:G1).

15:15 BREAK

Session chaired by John Lindsay

15:45 What can the Fossil Biota from the Early Archaean Rock Record Tell us About Atmospheric Oxygen?: Westall F, Walsh M, de Vries S & Nijman W (BG02:SUpm32:G1).

16:00 Photosynthesis and Early Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere: Constraints from the Geological Record: Schidlowski M (BG02:SUpm33:G1).

16:15 Biogenic Methane as the Unified Explanation for Archaean Greenhouse Warming, the Rise of Oxygen, and Palaeoproterozoic Glaciation: Catling D, McKay C & Kevin Z (BG02:SUpm34:G1).

16:30 Fixed Nitrogen Availability: The key to Understanding the Rise of Atmospheric O2: Siefert J & Kasting J (BG02:SUpm35:G1).

16:45 Oxygen and Evolution of the Precambrian Iron Banded Formations: Yegorov D (BG02:SUpm36:G1).

17:00 Planetary Evolution and the Early Carbon Isotope Record; Evidence from Western Australian Basins: Lindsay J & Brasier M (BG02:SUpm37:G1).

17:15 Tropical Laterites, Atmospheric O2 and CO2 Levels, and Life on Land in the Early Proterozoic: Beukes N, Gutzmer J & Dorland H (BG02:SUpm38:G1).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium BG02


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Symposium CC05 Room G2

Glacial-Interglacial Cycles - Records, Models, and Mechanisms

Convenor: Gideon Henderson

Session chaired by Keith Rodgers

14:00 Alternation of Glacial-Interglacial Periods between 187 and 74 ka Recorded in a Speleothem from Clamouse Cave (South of France): Plagnes V, Causse C, Genty D & Blamart D (CC05:SUpm25:G2).

14:15 Glacial-Interglacial Paleo-Rainfall Record in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Evidence from the Speleothems Calcite 18O and Fluid Inclusion D Data: Bar-Matthews M, Ayalon A & Matthews A (CC05:SUpm26:G2).

14:30 Milankovitch-Scale Multi-Proxy Records for the Fluvial Sediments of the Last 2.6 Ma from the Pannonian Basin, Hungary: Nádor A, Lantos M, Müller P, Tham-Bozs E, Kercsmár Z,
T-Th-Makk Á & Farkas-Bulla J
(CC05:SUpm27:G2).

14:45 Glacier Advance in Southernmost South America Coinciding with the Antarctic Cold Reversal: Millennial-Scale Asynchrony: Sugden D, McCulloch R, Hulton N, Purves R & Bentley M (CC05:SUpm28:G2).

15:00 Do Glacial Episodes Produce Pluvial Conditions in the Great Basin of North America?: Delusina I & Verosub KL (CC05:SUpm29:G2).

15:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Gideon Henderson

15:45 Climatic Forcing during the Past 800,000 Years and the Response of Continental Asia: New Results from the Baikal Paleoclimate Record: Prokopenko A, Karabanov E, Williams D, Khursevich G & Kuzmin M (CC05:SUpm32:G2).

16:00 Changes of the Mineral Dust Cycle by Glacial Climate Conditions: Werner M, Tegen I, Roelandt C, Harrison SP & Rodhe H (CC05:SUpm33:G2).

16:15 The Impact of Insolation Change and Vegetation Modification during the Eemien: A Modelling Study: Loutre M, Crucifix M, Cortijo E & Turon J (CC05:SUpm34:G2).

16:30 The Deuterium Excess over the Last 420 000 Years in the Vostok Cores: Information on the Hydrological Cycle in the Southern Hemisphere: Vimeux F, Masson V, Jouzel J, Petit J & Stievenard M (CC05:SUpm35:G2).

16:45 Towards the Coupling between a Climate Model of Intermediate Complexity and a 3D Thermomechanical Ice-Sheet Model: Charbit S, Ritz C & Ramstein G (CC05:SUpm36:G2).

17:00 The Flux of 10Be into Deep Sea Sediments: A Record of the Intensity of the Earth´s Magnetic Field?: Christl M, Strobl C, Siegle S & Mangini A (CC05:SUpm37:G2).

17:15 Is There a Link between Galactic Cosmic Ray Fluxes and Earth´s Climate?: Mangini A, Christl M, Strobl C & Frank N (CC05:SUpm38:G2).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium CC05


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Symposium EVO5 Room F5

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

Convenors: Joerg Mutterlose, Elisabetta Erba & Helmi Weissert

Session chaired by Helmi Weissert

14:00 Calcareous Nannofossils and Milankovitch Cycles in the Lower Jurassic Belemnite Marls (Pliensbachian, UK): Walsworth-Bell B, Bown PR & Weedon GP (EVO5:SUpm25:F5).

14:15 The Carbonate Signal and Calcareous Nannoplankton Distribution in Jurassic Marl-Limestone Alternations of the Tethyan Realm: Mattioli E & Pittet B (EVO5:SUpm26:F5).

14:30 Geochemistry of Mesozoic Organic-Carbon-Rich Sediments from the Norwegian Shelf and Barents Sea: Lipinski M & Brumsack H (EVO5:SUpm27:F5).

14:45 Icehouse-Greenhouse Fluctuations in the Early Cretaceous Induced by Methane Release Events and/or Changes in Oceanic Circulation: Gröcke DR (EVO5:SUpm28:F5).

15:00 Phosphate Accumulation Rates for the Valanginian-Hauterivian: Paleoceanographic Implications: van de Schootbrugge B & Föllmi K (EVO5:SUpm29:F5).

15:15 Calcareous Nannofossils: Palaeoecological Proxies for Deciphering Environmental Changes in the Cretaceous: Mutterlose J & Erba E (EVO5:SUpm30:F5).

15:30 BREAK

Session chaired by Elisabetta Erba

16:00 Interregional Correlation of Aptian OAE (Selli) Deposits between Slovak Western Carpathians and Swiss Pre Alps: Lintnerova O, Michalik J, Strasser A & Wissler L (EVO5:SUpm33:F5).

16:15 The Impact of Rising Atmospheric pCO2 on Early Aptian Carbonate Platforms: Wissler L, Funk H & Weissert H (EVO5:SUpm34:F5).

16:30 Extreme Isotopic Variation in the Early Cretaceous: An Assessment of Possible Methane Release or Volcanic Influences: Price G (EVO5:SUpm35:F5).

16:45 Island-Arc Carbonates of Guerrero Terranes (Cretaceous) in Mexico, Pacific Coast: Preliminary Data: Beltramo J, Martinez-Reyes J, Arnaud-Vanneau A, Föllmi K & Adatte T (EVO5:SUpm36:F5).

17:00 Biotic Response to the Upper Aptian 13C Excursion in the Central Atlantic Ocean (DSDP 545) and Western Tethys (Vocontian Basin): Herrle J & Hemleben C (EVO5:SUpm37:F5).

17:15 Planktonic Foraminiferal Distribution Cyclic Patterns; Proxy from the Upper Aptian Piobbico Core, Central Italy: Premoli Silva I & Sala P (EVO5:SUpm38:F5).


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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 Susanne Th. Schmidt

14:00 KEYNOTE Bituminite Reflectance in Very Low Grade Metamorphic Studies: Ferreiro Mählmann R, Belmar M & Ciulavu M (FMF1:SUpm25:F4).

14:30 The Influence of Geotectonic Setting on Clay Mineral Assemblages in British Lower Palaeozoic Slate Belts: Merriman RJ (FMF1:SUpm27:F4).

14:45 Low-Grade Metamorphism in Northern New Caledonia: Evolution of Metapelites Under HP-LT Conditions: Potel S, Ferreiro-Mählmann R & Frey M (FMF1:SUpm28:F4).

15:00 Very Low Grade Metamorphism in the Danubian Window, South Carpathians (Romania): Ciulavu M, Ferreiro Mählmann R, Seghedi A & Frey M (FMF1:SUpm29:F4).

15:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Richard Merriman

15:45 Mineralogic and Organic Responses to the Stratigraphic Irregularities: An Example from the Lower Paleozoic Units in the Eastern Taurus Autochthon, Turkey: Bozkaya Ö, Yalçin H & Göncüoglu M (FMF1:SUpm32:F4).

16:00 Temperature Determination through Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry and Vitrinite Reflectance Values in the Diagenetic- and Anchi-Zones: Mullis J, Wolf M & Ferreiro Mählmann R (FMF1:SUpm33:F4).

16:15 Tobelite in Low-Grade Metamorphic Organic-Rich Shales from Douro-Beira, Portugal: Nieto Garcia F, Abad I & Livi KJ (FMF1:SUpm34:F4).

16:30 Chloritoid Composition and Formation in the Eastern Central Alps: HP or LP Formation?: Rahn MK, Steinmann M & Frey M (FMF1:SUpm35:F4).

16:45 Textural and Chemical Changes in Slate-Forming Phyllosilicates of a Foreland-Hinterland Transition of the Low-Grade Metamorphic Belt in the NW Iberian Variscan Chain: Abad I, Fernando N & Gabriel G (FMF1:SUpm36:F4).

17:00 Inter Laboratory "Illite Crystallinity" Calibration: Theoretical and Practical Approach: Jaboyedoff M, Adatte T, Goy-Eggenberger D, Kübler (deceased) B, Maignan M & Thelin P (FMF1:SUpm37:F4).

17:15 Can X-Ray Scattering Domain-Size Really Provide Information About Crystal Growth Mechanisms of Clay Minerals?: Warr L & Peacor D (FMF1:SUpm38:F4).


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Symposium LS05 Room F2

The Dynamics of Basin Inversion: Observations and Numerical Modelling

Convenors: Soren B. Nielsen & Ulf Bayer

Session chaired by Ulf Bayer

14:00 Modelling the Process of Basin Inversion: Hansen DL & Nielsen SB (LS05:SUpm25:F2).

14:15 3-D Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Inversion Tectonics: Gemmer L, Nielsen SB & Lykke-Andersen H (LS05:SUpm26:F2).

14:30 Analysis of Vertical and Horizontal Lithospheric Movements in Northern Europe, from the North Sea to Germany: Results from Dynamic Modelling: Marotta AM, Thybo H, Bayer U, Sabadini R & Scheck M (LS05:SUpm27:F2).

14:45 Salt Redistribution during Extension and Inversion Inferred from Observations and Modelling: Scheck M, Bayer U & Lewerenz B (LS05:SUpm28:F2).

15:00 Post Mortem Simulation Study of Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration on the Inverted South-Western Rim of the North German Basin- A 2D Basin Modelling Study: Kus J, Bueker C, Cramer B, Gerling P & Kockel F (LS05:SUpm29:F2).

15:15 The Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Dutch North Sea during the Paleogene: de Lugt IR, van Wees JDA & Wong TE (LS05:SUpm30:F2).

15:30 Mid-Paleocene Evolution of the Eastern North Sea Basin: Does Quantitative Basin Modelling Improve Geological Models?: Clausen OR, Gemmer L & Mads H (LS05:SUpm31:F2).

15:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Søren B. Nielsen

16:15 Inversion Tectonics in Central Alborz Range; Evidences from Geometry and Kinematics of Thrust Sheets: Yassaghi A (LS05:SUpm34:F2).

16:30 Inversion Related Features along the Southern Margin of the Northeast German Basin: Otto V & Bayer U (LS05:SUpm35:F2).

16:45 A Major Stage of Convergence in the Issyk-Kul Basin (Northern Tien-Shan) at the end of the Neogene: Buslov M, Abrakhmatov K, De Batist M, Delvaux D, Dehandschutter B & Klerkx J (LS05:SUpm36:F2).

17:00 Lower Lithosphere Reflectors and Inhomogeneities of the Lithospheric Structure beneath the Central and Northern Europe: Grad M (LS05:SUpm37:F2).

17:15 CELEBRATION 2000: An International Seismic Experiment Crossing the Main Geoelogical Units in Central Europe: Guterch A, Grad M, Keller GR, Posgay K, Vozar J, Spicak A, Brueckl E, Hajnal Z, Thybo H, Selvi O & Working Group (LS05:SUpm38:F2).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium LS05


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Symposium LS09 Room G0

The Subduction Factory

Convenors: Catherine Chauvel & Tim Elliot

Session chaired by Matthew Thirwall

14:00 Role of Subduction Factory in the Evolution of the Solid Earth: Tatsumi Y (LS09:SUpm25:G0).

14:15 Subduction Cycling of U, Th and Pb: Perspectives from Altered Oceanic Crust: Kelly K, Plank T, Farr L, Ludden J, Staudigel H & Alt J (LS09:SUpm26:G0).

14:30 The Behaviour of HFSE in Subduction Zones: New Insights from Hf Isotopes and High Precision Measurements of Nb/Ta, Zr/Hf and Lu/Hf in Arc Rocks from Kamchatka: Münker C, Weyer S, Wörner G & Mezger K (LS09:SUpm27:G0).

14:45 Hf Isotopes in Arc Lavas Point to Sediment Melting in the Mantle Wedge: Marini J, Chauvel C & Maury R (LS09:SUpm28:G0).

15:00 Petrogenetic Significance of Hf Isotope Variations in Island Arcs: Pearce JA & Kempton PD (LS09:SUpm29:G0).

15:15 The Trace of Wedge Melts in Mantle Rocks: Wiechert U, Hofmann AW, Mazzucchelli M & Rumble III D (LS09:SUpm30:G0).

15:30 Slab Melt-Mantle Wedge Interaction and Adakitic (Na) Metasomatim beneath the Lesser Antilles Arc: Tiepolo M, Kepezhinskas P, Vannucci R & Defant M (LS09:SUpm31:G0).

15:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Tim Elliot

16:15 Experimental Evidence for Mantle Metasomatism by Hydrous Silicic Melts Derived from Subducted Oceanic Crust: Prouteau G, Scaillet B, Pichavant M & Maury R (LS09:SUpm34:G0).

16:30 Upper Mantle and Crustal Seismic Anisotropy across the Taupo Back-Arc Region, New Zealand: Audoine E, Savage M & Gledhill K (LS09:SUpm35:G0).

16:45 Mantle Dynamics and Element Recycling at the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone: Geochemical Evidence from Lavas of the Kermadec Island Arc and Havre Trough: Haase KM, Stoffers P, Garbe-Schönberg D & Wright I (LS09:SUpm36:G0).

17:00 Lead Sources in the Lesser Antilles Arc: Constraints from Double-Spike Pb Isotope Data: Thirlwall M (LS09:SUpm37:G0).

17:15 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Magmatism of the Izu-Bonin Arc Based on Trace Element Chemistry and Isotope Systematics: Ishizuka O, Taylor RN, Milton JA, Nesbitt RW, Uto K, Yuasa M & Hochstaedter AG (LS09:SUpm38:G0).


Programme for the Next Session in Symposium LS09


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Symposium MS04 Room F6

Deciphering the Chemical Signal of Oceanic Basalts

Convenors: Kevin W. Burton & Pierre Schiano

Session chaired by Pierre Schiano

14:00 KEYNOTE MORB Petrogenesis- Confused Signals from the Mantle: O'Hara M & Herzberg C (MS04:SUpm25:F6).

14:30 Experimental Determination of Melting Reactions and Liquid Compositions Produced by Small Degree Melting of Depleted Mantle: Seyler M, Toplis MJ, Laporte D & Ratteron P (MS04:SUpm27:F6).

14:45 Vesiculation and Vesicle Loss in Normal MORB: Pressure Influence on He, Ne, Ar Elemental Fractionation: Sarda P & Manuel M (MS04:SUpm28:F6).

15:00 The Two-Stage Melting Hypothesis for the Relationship between the OIB and MORB Sources also Provides a Nice Resolution to the "He-Paradox" (Ne+ Ar+): Phipps Morgan J & Morgan WJ (MS04:SUpm29:F6).

15:15 Nb, Zr and Y Systematics in the Kerguelen Large Igneous Province and Indian MORB: Doucet S, Scoates JS, Weis D, Damasceno D, Ingle SP & Frey FA (MS04:SUpm30:F6).

15:30 BREAK

Session chaired by Kevin W. Burton

16:00 Hf Isotope Evidence for Garnet Depletion in the Source of some Barberton Komatiites: Real or Artifact?: Blichert-Toft J, Arndt NT & Gruau G (MS04:SUpm33:F6).

16:15 Plume-Ridge Interaction Inferred by Osmium Isotopes in MORB from the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Escrig S, Bourdon B, Jean-Guy S & Claude A (MS04:SUpm34:F6).

16:30 Extreme Os Isotopic Heterogeneity in Magmatic Sulfides of Oceanic Peridotites: Alard O, Luguet A, Lorand J, Pearson NJ, Griffin WL & O'Reilly SY (MS04:SUpm35:F6).

16:45 Os-Isotopic Composition of Basalts and Picrites from the Galapagos Hotspot: Brügmann G, Hofmann A & White W (MS04:SUpm36:F6).

17:00 Plume Sources and Processes: A Combined Os, U-Series, Sr, Nd and Pb Isotopic Study of the Azores: Schaefer B, Turner S, Parkinson I & Rogers N (MS04:SUpm37:F6).

17:15 Os Isotope and Source Characteristics of the Iceland Plume: Smit Y, Parkinson IJ, Peate DW, Cohen A & Hawkesworth C (MS04:SUpm38:F6).


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Symposium OS04 Room G8

Tectonics and Sedimentation

Convenors: Tom McCann & A. Saintot

Session chaired by Tom McCann

14:00 Evolution of the Southern Margin of the Donbass (Ukraine) from Devonian to Early Carboniferous Times: McCann T, Saintot A, Alekseev A, Brem A, Chalot-Prat F, Fokin P, John T, Kitchka A, Sachsenhofer R & EUROPROBE-INTAS Team (OS04:SUpm25:G8).

14:15 Alluvial Fan, Fan Delta, and Turbidite Facies Associations in a Tectonically Active Basin: The Miocene Köprü Basin (Isparta Angle, Southern Turkey): Deynoux M, Monod O, Karabyikoglu M, Ciner A, Manatschal G, Tuzcu S & Kuzucuoglu C (OS04:SUpm26:G8).

14:30 Neogene Morphotectonics in the Köprü Basin (Isparta Angle, Southern Turkey): Monod O, Manatschal G, Deynoux M, Çiner A, Karabiykoglu M, Tuzcu S & Kuzucuoglu C (OS04:SUpm27:G8).

14:45 'The History of the Hudson Bay- Constraints from 2D Subsidence Modelling': Hanne D, White N & Jones S (OS04:SUpm28:G8).

15:00 Growth Faulting and Hydrothermal Activity in Earth's Earliest Sedimentary Basins: De Vries ST & Nijman W (OS04:SUpm29:G8).

15:15 Relay Ramps and Fault Linkage along the Early Coffee Soil Fault System, Danish Central Graben: Hjelm L, Clausen OR, Hunsdale R, Korstgård JA & Vagle KR (OS04:SUpm30:G8).

15:30 BREAK

Session chaired by Aline Saintot

16:00 Structural and Sedimentological Evolution of the Ruhr Basin (NW-Germany)- Modelling and Simulation of a Palaeozoic Foreland Basin: Suess MP, Fischer K, Drozdzewski G, Jahr T, Jentzsch G & Schaefer A (OS04:SUpm33:G8).

16:15 A Neoproterozoic Orogen at the Present-Day SW Margin of the East European Craton: Zelazniewicz A, Seghedi A, Jachowicz M, Bobinski W, Bula Z & Cwojdzinski S (OS04:SUpm34:G8).

16:30 Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Tertiary Piemonte Basin (Alpine Domain, Northwest Italy): Carrapa B, Bertotti G, Wijbrans J & Krijgsman W (OS04:SUpm35:G8).

16:45 The Québec Promontory Nappe: From Syntectonic Flexural Extension to Taconian Overthrusting: Gayot T, Kirkwood D & Malo M (OS04:SUpm36:G8).

17:00 Geometry and Timing of Cretaceous to Eocene Compresional Structures on the Northern Flank of the Eastern Pyrenées: Chistophoul F, Soula JC, Elibana B, Stéphane B & Déramond J (OS04:SUpm37:G8).

17:15 Can Diapirism Explain Salt Anticlines?: Kaus B & Podladchikov Y (OS04:SUpm38:G8).


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Symposium OS08 Room G7

Geochronology and Stable Isotopes

Convenor: Bob Cliff

Session chaired by Bob Cliff & Klaus Mezger

14:00 New Advances in Lu-Hf Geochronology: Scherer E, Muenker C & Mezger K (OS08:SUpm25:G7).

14:15 New Garnet Lu-Hf and Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb Data Confirm a Late Cretaceous Age and Fast Exhumation Rate for the Type-Locality Eclogites in SE Austria (Saualpe, Eastern Alps): Thöni M, Blichert-Toft J, Armstrong R & Miller C (OS08:SUpm26:G7).

14:30 Rb-Sr Geochronology by MC-ICPMS: Waight T & Baker J (OS08:SUpm27:G7).

14:45 NEPTUNE: A New MC-ICPMS For High Resolution Isotope Ratio Measurements: Schwieters J, Hamester M, Jung G, Pesch R & Rottmann L (OS08:SUpm28:G7).

15:00 Diffusion of Rb, Sr and Ar in Synthetic Micas: Hammouda T, Cherniak DJ & Arnaud NO (OS08:SUpm29:G7).

15:15 The Influence of Topography on Low-T Geochronology: Stuewe K (OS08:SUpm30:G7).

15:30 Alpha-Recoil Track Dating (ART-D)- Method and Application: Glasmacher UA & Wagner GA (OS08:SUpm31:G7).

15:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Klaus Mezger & Bob Cliff

16:15 13C and 18O Determinations from Carbonates and DIC using Continuous Flow Techniques: Fourel F, Phillips A, Morrison J & Merren T (OS08:SUpm34:G7).

16:30 Evidence for Archean Seawater Interaction in Komatiites from Kambalda, Western Australia Based on the Use of Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes: Jane M, Cartwright I & Stone B (OS08:SUpm35:G7).

16:45 The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Eclogitic Rocks from the Umba-Kolvitsa Suture Zone (Kola Peninsula): A Key for Tracing the Evolutionary History from Mantle Source to Mid-Crustal Levels: Krylov D, Hoernes S & Raith MM (OS08:SUpm36:G7).

17:00 High Temperature Geospeedometry Based on 18O/16O Exchange between Minerals. Application to Adirondack Uplift Rate: Jaoul O & Béjina F (OS08:SUpm37:G7).

17:15 A Stable Isotope Study of Smithsonite with Application to Pb-Zn Deposits of SW Sardinia, Italy: Gilg HA, Aversa G & Boni M (OS08:SUpm38:G7).


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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 David Vaughan

14:00 KEYNOTE Molecular Environmental Science: Shedding New Light on Heavy Metal Pollutants in the Environment using Synchrotron Radiation: Brown, Jr. GE (PCM1:SUpm25:G6).

14:30 An X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy Study of Iron(III)-Silica and Gallium-Silica Complexes in Aqueous Solution. Implications for the Hydrolysis and the Formation of Iron and Aluminum Oxy-Hydroxides and Silicates: Pokrovski GS, Schott J, Hazemann J, Martin F, Farges F & Pokrovsky OS (PCM1:SUpm27:G6).

14:45 Influence of Mn and Cd Ions on Solution on the Aragonite-Calcite Transformation: Cubillas P, Prieto M & Fernández-González A (PCM1:SUpm28:G6).

15:15 BREAK

Session chaired by G Calas

15:45 Variable Temperature XAS Studies on Uranyl(VI) Speciation in Nitrate-, Chloride-, Citrate- and Acetate-Bearing Solutions: Mosselmans JF, Bailey E & Schofield P (PCM1:SUpm32:G6).

16:00 Structural Development of Amorphous Transition Metal Sulfides: Moyes L, Pattrick R, Vaughan D, Livens F & Charnock J (PCM1:SUpm33:G6).

16:15 In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of Mica Dissolution Mechanisms: Preliminary Investigation: Pachana K & Zuddas P (PCM1:SUpm34:G6).

16:30 Redox Conditions in a Hydrothermal System: An EPR Study: Gehring AU & Weidler PG (PCM1:SUpm35:G6).

16:45 Biofilm Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity: Experiments from the Microscopic to the Macroscopic Scale: Brydie J, Roy W, David V, Caesar M & Steve B (PCM1:SUpm36:G6).

17:00 KEYNOTE In Situ Synchrotron Studies of Hydrothermal Reactions in the CaO-SiO2-H2 System: Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Reaction Mechanisms of Gyrolite Formation: Henderson C, Shaw S & Clark S (PCM1:SUpm37:G6).


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Symposium PCM7 Room G5

Frontiers in Stable Isotope Geochemistry: Beyond the Light Elements

Convenors: Ariel Anbar & Francis Albarede

Session chaired by Chloe Marechal

14:00 Fe Isotope Variations in Natural Systems: An Effective "Biosignature"?: Bullen T, McMahon P, Wiederhold J, Childs C, Mandernack K & Amundsen R (PCM7:SUpm25:G5).

14:15 Iron Isotope Fractionation in Soils: von Blanckenburg F (PCM7:SUpm26:G5).

14:30 Cu, Zn (and Pb) Isotopes in Aerosols and Loesses: Ben Othman D, Luck J, Grousset F, Rousseau DD & Albarede F (PCM7:SUpm27:G5).

14:45 Cu and Zn Isotopes in Meteorites: Luck J, Ben Othman D, Barrat JA & Albarede F (PCM7:SUpm28:G5).

15:00 High-Resolution Mo Isotope Fractionation Measurements by MC-ICP-MS: Siebert C, Nägler TF & Kramers JD (PCM7:SUpm29:G5).

15:15 Thallium Isotope Variations in Ferromanganese Crusts: Rehkamper M, Frank M, Halliday A & Hein J (PCM7:SUpm30:G5).

15:30 BREAK

Session chaired by Tom Bullen

16:00 Copper, Selenium and Sulphur Isotope Systematics of Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems: Rouxel O, Fouquet Y & Ludden J (PCM7:SUpm33:G5).

16:15 Mass-Dependent Cadmium Isotope Fractionation in Meteorites and Experiments: Wombacher F, Rehkämper M, Mezger K, Münker C & Bischoff A (PCM7:SUpm34:G5).

16:30 Fractionation of Copper and Zinc Isotopes on Anion-Exchange Resin: Maréchal CN & Albarède F (PCM7:SUpm35:G5).

16:45 Mechanism of Nonbiological Fractionation of Fe Isotopes: Roe JE, Anbar AD & Barling J (PCM7:SUpm36:G5).

17:00 Effects of Organic Ligands on Iron Isotope Fractionation: Guynn R, Brantley S, Liermann L, Bullen T, Anbar A, Barling J & Bau M (PCM7:SUpm37:G5).

17:15 Analysis of Ca, Fe and Se by MC-ICP-MS: Three Solutions: Guilfoyle S, Miller P & Nelms S (PCM7:SUpm38:G5).


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Symposium RCM5 Room F3

Sediment Supply, Transport and Deposition: The Link from Land to Ocean Margin

Convenor: Maria Mutti

Session chaired by Maria Mutti

14:00 Unravelling the Significance of Sand Compositional Changes across Boundary Surfaces of Stratigraphic Units: Amorosi A & Zuffa GG (RCM5:SUpm25:F3).

14:15 Quantifying Timescales of Sediment Recycling at the Continental Margin: Sherlock S & Kelley S (RCM5:SUpm26:F3).

14:30 3.6 Ga Zircon Deposited in a Near-Shore to Upper-Slope Environment in the Svecofennian Västervik Basin: Elvin L, Björklund L, Claesson S & Plink-Björklund P (RCM5:SUpm27:F3).

14:45 Indus Fan and River Initiation Following Latest Paleocene India-Asia Collision and Uplift of Southern Tibet: Clift P, Shimizu N, Blusztajn J, Layne G, Gaedicke C & Schlüter H (RCM5:SUpm28:F3).

15:00 Morphology and Seismic Structure of the Present Zaire Channel-Levee (ZaïAngo Project): Babonneau N, Savoye B & Cremer M (RCM5:SUpm29:F3).

15:15 Holocene Sediment Accumulation Rates on the Zaire Deep-Sea Fan: Dennielou B, Jouanneau J, Lopez M, Suc J, Danelian T, Volat J, Babonneau N, Migeon S & Savoye B (RCM5:SUpm30:F3).

15:30 Morphology, Seismic Structure and Deposits of a Distal Lobe complex: The Zaire Case Study (ZaïAngo Project): Savoye B, Cremer M, Lopez M & Babonneau N (RCM5:SUpm31:F3).

15:45 BREAK

Session chaired by Maria Mutti

16:15 Temporal Variability of Turbiditic Facies on a Levee of the Rhone Neofan (Western Mediterranean Sea): Autocyclicity vs Allocyclicity. A Case Study from the IMAGES Core MD99-2344: Dennielou B, Huchon A, Migeon S & Berne S (RCM5:SUpm34:F3).

16:30 End Miocene Tectonism and Growth Faults Associated with Messinian Salt- The Role in Creating Space for Sediments of the Plio-Quaternary Megasequence in the Gulf of Lions (Shelf Pro Deltas and Deep Basin Turbidites): Gorini C, Reis T, Lofi J, Mauffret A & Berné S (RCM5:SUpm35:F3).

16:45 Great Australian Bight Sediments: Linking a Mid-Latitude Cool-Water Carbonate Margin with Southern Ocean Paleoceanography: Andres MS & McKenzie JA (RCM5:SUpm36:F3).

17:00 High-Resolution Cyclostratigraphy and Architecture of a Carbonate Platform Interior- The Latemar, Middle Triassic, Southern Alps: Zühlke R & Bechstädt T (RCM5:SUpm37:F3).

17:15 Termination of Middle Triassic Carbonate Production: A Key to Reconstruct Different Palaeoclimatic Regions within the Tethys: Sattler U, Schlaf J, Krystyn L & Lein R (RCM5:SUpm38:F3).


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Symposium SS01 Room F1

Correlation and Synchronisation of High Resolution Terrestrial Sediment Profiles (An ELDP-Initiated Symposium)

Convenors: Achim Brauer & Jörg F.W. Negendank

Session chaired by Achim Brauer

14:00 Highly Laminated Sediments of Lac Pavin, A Maar Lake in the Auvergne/France- Results of Sedimentology and Microstratigraphy: Kulbe T, Brüchmann C, Stebich M & Negendank JF (SS01:SUpm25:F1).

14:15 Weichselian Late Glacial Lake-Level and Stable Isotope Records from the French Jura: Aalbersberg G & Magny M (SS01:SUpm26:F1).

14:30 Surface Scanning Magnetic Susceptibility and Multiproxy Data for Characterisation of Late Glacial Environmental Changes in the Lautrey Lake (Jura, France): Vannière B, Bossuet G, Aalbersberg G, Magny M, Ruffaldi P, Bégeot C & Walter-Simonnet A (SS01:SUpm27:F1).

14:45 Comparison of Lake Van and Greenland Ice Core Records: The Late Pleistocene/Holocene Transition: Landmann G & Kempe S (SS01:SUpm28:F1).

15:00 Late Pleistocene and Holocene Palaeoclimate Record from the Dead Sea, Israel: Migowski C, Prasad S, Negendank JF & Stein M (SS01:SUpm29:F1).

15:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Jörg F.W. Negendank

15:45 Linking Mediterranean Terrestrial and Marine Paleorecords using the High-Resolution Tephrochronological Record of the Last 100 ka from Lago Grande di Monticchio (Southern Italy): Wulf S, Brauer A, Frank U, Mingram J, Negendank JF & Zolitschka B (SS01:SUpm32:F1).

16:00 Volcanological Features of the Piànico Tephra: A New Stratigraphical Marker of the Early Middle Pleistocene in Italy: Pinti DL, Quidelleur X, Chiesa S, Ravazzi C & Gillot P (SS01:SUpm33:F1).

16:15 High and Low Resolution Geochemical Records of the Kalya Platform and Ridge in Central Lake Tanganyika: Weathering, Biological and Redox Processes: Cardinal D, André L, Plisnier P, Lezzar K, Cohen A, Eagle M, Zilifi D & Michelo V (SS01:SUpm34:F1).

16:30 The Huguang Maar Lake (Huguangyan)- A Long, Continuous and High Resolution Archive of Palaeoenvironmental and Palaeoclimatic Changes from the South China Sea Coast: Mingram J, Schettler G, Nowaczyk N, Luo X, Lu H, Yancheva G, Liu J & Negendank JF (SS01:SUpm35:F1).

16:45 The Lake Baikal Drilling Project: A Decade's Effort to Extract the Paleoclimatic and Tectonic History of Asia from the World's Deepest Lake: Williams D, Kuzmin M, Karabanov E, Prokopenko A & Khursevich G (SS01:SUpm36:F1).

17:00 First Glaciation of Siberia at 2.8-2.5 Ma: Evidence from Lake Baikal Sediments: Karabanov E, Prokopenko A, Khursevich G, Williams D, Kuzmin M, Bezrukova E, Sochina N, Fedenia S & Gvozdkov A (SS01:SUpm37:F1).

17:15 Evidence for Sub-Milankovitch Events in Lake Baikal Sediments (Siberia): Oberhaensli H, Schettler G, Vorobieva L & Fagel N (SS01:SUpm38:F1).


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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 Hans Keppler

14:00 KEYNOTE The Composition of Brine Trapped in Diamonds: Izraeli ES & Navon O (VPP1:SUpm25:G4).

14:30 High Pressure Element Partitioning between Coexisting Supercritical Fluid and Crystalline Phases in a S-Type Granitic System: Burchard M & Schreyer W (VPP1:SUpm27:G4).

14:45 Fluids in the System Forsterite-Phlogopite-H2O: Experimental Results at 6 GPa: Stalder R, Ulmer P & Günther D (VPP1:SUpm28:G4).

15:00 Element Fractionation during Fluid and Carbonate Melt Metasomatism in Suboceanic (S. Atlantic) and Subcontinental (Antarctica) Mantle: Kogarko L (VPP1:SUpm29:G4).

15:15 BREAK

Session chaired by Oded Navon

15:45 Bromine Behaviour in Synthetic and Natural Silicic Melts: Bureau H & Métrich N (VPP1:SUpm32:G4).

16:00 Boron and Carbon in Highly Evolved Magmatic Systems: Accumulation in Residues and Fractionation between Immiscible Melts and Fluids: Veksler IV, Thomas R & Nielsen TF (VPP1:SUpm33:G4).

16:15 Neodymium and Strontium Decoupling in the Infiltration Process: Implication for Sr-Nd Isotope Systematic of Metasomatism Related Rocks: Savatenkov V & Levsky L (VPP1:SUpm34:G4).

16:30 Orthomagmatic Copper Origin in Zaldivar Cu-Porphyry Deposit, Chile: Campos E, NIkogosian I & Touret JRL (VPP1:SUpm35:G4).

16:45 Exsolution of Salt-Rich Melts: Observations in Highly Fractionated Melts from Hornblendite Cumulates: Renno AD, Franz L & Herzig PM (VPP1:SUpm36:G4).

17:00 Diamond Formation during Source Carbonation- Unusual Inclusion Parageneses in Diamonds from Namibia: Léost I, Stachel T, Ryabchikov ID, Brey GP & Harris JW (VPP1:SUpm37:G4).

17:15 Trace Element Distribution in Melilite-Bearing and Melilite-Free Series- Derivatives from Ca-Rich and Ca-Poor Mantle Alkaline-Ultrabasic Melts: Rass IT, Kravchenko SM & Laputina IP (VPP1:SUpm38:G4).


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