Dear all!
Join us at EGU 2016, 17–22 April 2016 in Vienna, by submitting an abstract
to an exciting and diverse session!
GMPV2.3/GD8.7 "Progress in metamorphic geology and geodynamic processes in
high-grade metamorphic terrains"
Invited speakers:
Jiri Konopásek (University of Tromsø, Norway)
Lucie Tajcmanová (ETH, Zurich)
Chris Clark (Curtin University, Australia)
The deadline for abstract submission is 13 Jan 2016, 13:00 CET. Session
description can be found below!
We hope to produce a Geological Society Special Publication, subject to
the usual reviewing process, mainly from –but not limited to- the
contribution presented in this session! More info will be provided shortly
before the meeting and during the session: let us know then if you are
interested!
See you in Vienna (presenting your work in our session, of course!).
Silvio Ferrero, Eugene Grosch, Philippe Goncalves, Pierre Lanari
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Progress in metamorphic geology and geodynamic processes in high-grade
metamorphic terrains
Unraveling the nature of crustal growth and mountain building processes
across Earth’s dynamic history relies on integrated studies involving the
reconstruction of pressure-temperature-time (P-T-t) -paths from preserved
metamorphic assemblages and their textures. Their characterization
requires studying microscale compositional variations in textural context,
and this session aims to deepen our understanding of petrogenetic
processes preserved in metamorphic rocks from a diversity of tectonic
settings, from ancient greenstone sequences to the youngest of orogenic
belts. Part of the session will be dedicated in particular to studies on
geodynamic evolution of high- and ultrahigh-temperature terrains,
including -but not limited to- crustal melting and melt extraction from
the lower crust.
This session wants to celebrate the progress in metamorphic petrology from
microscale to mountain belts. For this reason we would like to invite a
wide range of integrated field and petrological contributions, including
research in metamorphic terrains from low to ultrahigh pressure and
variable metamorphic grade, as well as studies of very low/low temperature
tectonic, diagenetic and hydrothermal environments. Talks focusing on
newly discovered metamorphic crustal processes, development and
application of novel petrological tools and in-situ
geochemical/geochronological techniques are particularly welcome. These
may include quantitative microscale mapping methods (e.g. MIcroRaman,
EMPA), petrochronology, thermodynamic modeling, fluid inclusion analyses,
in-situ stable isotope analyses, and XANES/synchrotron measurements.
Silvio Ferrero
tel. 0049(0)3319775705
Universität Potsdam
Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften
- Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences -
Haus 27, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25
14476 Potsdam
"In those early days people laughed at me. They quoted Saussure who had
said that it was not a proper thing to examine mountains with microscopes,
and ridiculed my action in every way. Most luckily I took no notice of
them"
(Henry Clifton Sorby)
To many petrologists a volatile component is exactly like a Maxwell
daemon; it does just what one may wish it to do.
(The evolution of the igneous rocks, N.L. Bowen, 1928)
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