Dear All, (with apologies for multiple postings)
A reminder as the GSA abstract deadline is coming soon!
Please help us celebrate the many contributions of Dr. Sorena Sorensen
of the Smithsonian Institution by submitting an abstract, due August 11
(11:59PM PDT) for the 2015 GSA meeting
Topical Session T168: *Subduction, fluids, accessory minerals, and trace
elements: A Celebration of Sorena Sorensen's Career*
This session will focus on metamorphosed subduction-related rocks
including metamorphosed rocks of the subduction channel as well as arc
crust, associated fluids, and minerals, cathodoluminescence, and trace
elements that provide information about their petrogenesis.
Invited speakers are:
Prof. Elizabeth Catlos, Univ. Texas - Austin
Dr. George Harlow, AMNH
Prof. Mark Cloos, UT - Austin
Sorena Sorensen has made fundamental contributions to our understanding
of subduction-related metamorphic rocks and the importance of fluid and
mass transfer pervasive in these environments. She was one of the first
researchers to use state-of-the art cathodoluminescence imaging with
trace element analyses to visualize the former presence of fluids and
decipher the petrogenesis of these rocks in ancient and modern arcs.
Her work is also important because subduction is a major modifier of the
continental crust, new methods to extract petrogenetic fingerprints from
metamorphosed rocks are continuously being developed. To celebrate her
career, this session brings together researchers studying subduction
zone processes, metasomatism, metamorphism from low temperature to UHP
environments, fluids, whole rock and trace element geochemistry,
mineralogy and imaging to highlight advances made in understanding these
environments.
In addition to these scientific contributions, as a long time curator at
the Smithsonian Institution, she has worked tirelessly to acquire
important petrological collections for their preservation and continued
use. Her work on the petrology hall showcased our science to millions of
visitors.
Technical Program: Sessions are listed in GSA Today and on the GSA
website. Abstracts Deadline: 11 August 2015.
http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/science-careers/sessions
Sponsored by: Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society
Thank you from the session organizers:
Barb Dutrow, Sarah Penniston-Dorland, Virginia Sisson
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Dr. Barb Dutrow
Adolphe G. Gueymard Professor
Dept. Geology & Geophysics
E235 Howe-Russell Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
voice: 225-578-2525
fax: 225-578-2302
http://www.geol.lsu.edu/dutrow
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