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Session 11 of the upcoming annual meeting of the Minerlaogical Society
(Micro-Analysis, Processes, Time) conference to be held in Edinburgh
from Aug. 31st to Sept 2nd ( http://tinyurl.com/mapt2009 ) is entitled:
Recent advances in metamorphic and igneous petrology
Petrology plays a central role in the investigation of processes
operating in the Earth's crust and mantle. Detailed unravelling of the
structure, chemistry, texture and mineralogy of rocks has provided
unparalleled insight into large-scale processes, such as oceanic and
continental subduction and exhumation, continental collision, rifting
and orogenesis. The petrology of intrusive and extrusive magmatic
rocks provides the basis for our models on crustal differentiation and
of magma-chamber processes on the way to an understanding and
prediction of volcanic eruptions. On the boundary between metamorphic
and magmatic processes, crustal anatexis is playing an increasingly
important role in retracing and predicting geothermal gradients, the
formation of granites and the mechanical stability of mountain belts.
Detailed petrology including microstructural, mineralogical, chemical
and geochronological analyses is currently advancing our knowledge in
these fields.
In this session, we welcome contributions presenting a modern approach
to igneous and/or metamorphic petrology.
The keynote speaker will be Thomas Zack from the Universitaet Mainz
Conveners:
Mark Jessell, Université de Toulouse, France. <[log in to unmask]>
Horst Marschall, University of Bristol, UK. <[log in to unmask]>
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