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ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGE OF DATE FOR
MODERN OCEAN FLOOR PROCESSES
AND THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, UK
20th - 21st MAY 1997
CONVENOR: DR KEITH HARRISON
ABSTRACT AND REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
4th DECEMBER 1996
REPLY TO: bridge at earth.leeds.ac.uk
Apologies to those of you who have also received this announcement via BRIDGE.
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A joint meeting of the Marine Studies Group of the Geological Society,
BRIDGE and the Challenger Society for Marine Science.
The latest cutting-edge research in the deep-ocean will be applied to
ore-bearing and fossilised mid-ocean ridge systems on land. Leading experts
will present their findings on both modern and ancient systems. This
meeting has been rescheduled from 14th - 15th May to avoid an overlap with
the Neves Corvo Field Conference in Lisbon. Now you can attend both.
OUTLINE PROGRAMME:
Tuesday 20th May
Introduction
Keynote address
Session 1 - Crustal accretion at modern and ancient mid-ocean ridge systems
Lunch
Session 2 - Alteration of oceanic crust and evaluation of hydrothermal fluxes
Poster session at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (where Humphry Davy
discovered Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium and
Michael Faraday.)
Social event
Wednesday 21st May
Session 3 - Refining our understanding of ore formation
Lunch
Session 4 - Site colonisation: Evidence from modern systems and the
geological record
It is anticipated that this meeting will result in a Special Publication of
the Geological Society, as did the previous joint meetings: Hydrothermal
Vents and Processes (No. 87), and Tectonic, Magmatic, Hydrothermal and
Biological Segmentation at Mid Ocean Ridges (No. 118).
Those interested in attending should register with the convenor as soon as
possible. Offers of papers/posters should also be sent to the convenor.
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Dr Keith Harrison
BRIDGE Programme Manager
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT Tel: +44 (0)113 233 5241
UK Fax: +44 (0)113 233 5259
The British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative is a thematic programme of the
Natural Environment Research Council
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