Eclogite 2007 schrieb:
> Dear Colleagues
>
> This is to extend a cordial invitation to attend the International
> Eclogite Field Symposium in Scotland next summer. This is the next in
> the biennial series of Eclogite Conferences that have run since 1982.
> The meeting will run from Friday 29th June - Saturday 7th July, and
> will be followed by an optional post-conference excursion in Brittany
> and Vendee, France from Monday 9th - Thursday 13th July. The meeting
> immediately follows the joint MSA/MinSoc/MAC Frontiers in Mineral
> Sciences conference in Cambridge, so if you come to the UK for the
> Frontiers meeting it should be possible to stay on for the Eclogite
> Symposium.
>
> The Symposium will commemorate the life and work of Tony Carswell, who
> died in June this year. Tony made a huge contribution to studies of
> eclogite facies terrains during a period of over forty years, and we
> wish the meeting to celebrate his achievements and reflect the
> breadth, rigour and insight of his work.
>
> The meeting incorporates the next Workshop for the International
> Lithosphere programme Task Group IV "Ultradeep Continental Crust
> Subduction". We look forward to welcoming members of the Task Group
> and all those working on UHP rocks (we haven't found any UHP rocks in
> Glenelg yet, but we're working on it!).
>
> Essential details of the meeting are set out below. If you are
> interested in attending and have not replied to previous announcements,
> we would ask at this stage that you indicate your interest in
> attending both the main meeting in Scotland, and the post conference
> field trip (please indicate for each "Definite", "Likely" or
> "Possible"). Full details of costs, registration, financial support
> and abstract submission will be published shortly on a conference
> website.
>
> The Eclogite Field Symposium will comprise a mix of short conference
> sessions and field visits. The field work will focus on the
> Glenelg-Attadale Inlier, that exposes Grenville-age eclogites, garnet
> peridotites, felsic eclogite-facies rocks and some unusual
> high-pressure lithologies including Fe-Mn-rich eulysites. This will be
> a rare opportunity to visit an accessible and well-exposed example of
> Grenville eclogites, and will be the first of the Eclogite Conferences
> to visit an area of Precambrian eclogite-facies metamorphic rocks. In
> addition to being the first place in which eclogite-facies rocks were
> discovered in Great Britain (by Clough, a colleague of the great duo
> Peach and Horne), it is also the area in which Ramsay began to develop
> his seminal work on fold patterns and mechanisms. Set in Glenelg and
> Loch Duich, among the mountains and sea-lochs of the north-west
> Highlands of Scotland, the field area is one of outstanding natural
> beauty, and is of great cultural interest. We have the option to visit
> further field sites in the Dalradian of the Grampian Highlands terrane
> en-route to the Symposium base, and a one-day trip to see
> garnetiferous ultramafic rocks in the sole to the Ballantrae ophiolite
> to the south of Glasgow. The Symposium will include some social events
> - suffice it to say at this stage that they will involve drinking a
> good deal of Scotch Whisky! We anticipate that, depending on the
> number of delegates and accommodation preferences, the cost for
> travel, accommodation, meals, publications and administration during
> the main Symposium will be similar to other, recent Eclogite Field
> Symposia, i.e. less than £800 or Euro1200 (this excludes travel to the
> meeting and some social activities). Some bursaries will be available
> to support participation, on application to the organising committee.
>
> The base for the Symposium will be the Cuillin Hills Hotel in Portree
> on the beautiful Isle of Skye, adjacent to the field area. There is a
> range of accommodation options available in Portree from low cost
> hostels to luxury hotels, including the conference centre itself. Two
> days of the Symposium will be set aside for conference sessions.
> Suggested themes are Proterozoic and Archaean eclogites, micro- and
> macro-structures associated with eclogite-facies rocks, unusual bulk
> compositions, kinetics of metamorphism and preservation, novel
> analytical methods in HP and UHP metamorphic petrology, and
> high-pressure metamorphism in the British Isles. However, the meeting
> is open to all subjects relevant to the geology of eclogite and
> related rocks.
>
> The post-conference trip will depart from Glasgow airport on Mon 9th
> July and will start in Lorient, Brittany. The excursion focuses on the
> high-pressure rocks of the Armorican Massif, which form part of the
> Moldanubian Zone in the Variscan orogen. We will visit the
> spectacular, transitional blueschist-eclogite rocks on the Isle de
> Groix (led by Michel Ballevre from Rennes). We then move on to the
> Vendee area near Nantes (led by Gaston Godard and Gisella Rebay),
> where we also have the opportunity to see a variety of different
> eclogite types, including a superb 3-dimensional exposure inside a
> large eclogite pod that is currently being quarried, plus
> high-pressure schists and cordierite gneisses overprinted by
> high-pressure kyanite-garnet assemblages. Participants will no doubt
> enjoy the relaxed atmosphere after the rigours of the Scottish
> mountains, and the good food and wine of this attractive region. The
> trip finishes on 13th July in Nantes, which has connections from its
> airport to several European locations, and a fast rail link to Paris
> and its airports. The full cost of the post-conference field trip,
> including flight from Glasgow, accommodation, food and travel in the
> field area should be about Euro600.
>
> Please note that your indication of interest does not imply any
> financial commitment on your part or that of the University of Paisley
> or other participating institutions at this stage.
>
> If you have any queries about the meeting, please don't hesitate to
> contact me at this e-mail address.
>
> Looking forward to meeting you in Scotland and France in 2007.
> Sincerely,
> Simon Cuthbert
> (on behalf of the Organising Committee)
Hello!
I plan to attend the Eclogite 2007 meeting in Scotland.
Main conference in Scotland: 'likely'
post conference field trip: NO
best regards
Benjamin Kaeser
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Benjamin Kaeser
IGH
Universite de Neuchatel
Emile Argand, 11 CP 158
2009 NEUCHATEL
SWITZERLAND
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Tel: +41 32 718 26 80
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