Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite your contributions to the session 'Advances in Noble Gas Research' to be convened at the upcoming Goldschmidt Conference, held 24-29 June in Montreal, Canada.
17k. Advances in Noble Gas Research
(Theme 17, Frontiers in Analytical Techniques)
Co-convenors:
David Hilton (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) - drhiltonatucsd.edu
Bernard Marty (CRPG-Nancy, France), bmartyatcrpg.cnrs-nancy.fr
Yuji Sano (Tokyo University, Japan), [log in to unmask]
Session description:
Noble gases have had an enormous impact in the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Applications include formation of planets, outgassing of atmospheres, mantle and crustal evolution, climate variations, landscape development, ocean circulation and geochronology. The continuing success of the noble gases is predicated on innovative approaches involved in their detection, collection, extraction, preparation and measurement, and their application to both contemporary and new research themes. This session is a celebration of all things noble gas, with a focus on novel aspects of noble gas research leading to new and unique datasets that challenge our understanding of both the behavior of noble gases in nature and the natural systems which influence their distribution in time and space. We solicit contributions on a wide variety of topics associated with noble gases which include, but are not limited to, new experimental approaches to sample treatment and noble gas extraction, innovative measurement techniques, unusual datasets including temporal records, new modeling advances, re-interpretation of existing noble gas records. Given the wide-ranging applicability of noble gases, we hope to see new data exploiting basalts, xenoliths, minerals, groundwaters, natural gases, meteorites, IDPs, stardust, and a host of other materials amenable to the noble gas approach.
Keynote Speaker: Pete Burnard
Abstracts are due by 1 February, 2012. To submit an abstract, follow the link below:
http://www.vmgoldschmidt.org/2012/abstracts.htm
All the best and look forward to seeing you in Montreal,
David, Bernard and Yuji
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