Message forwarded from Joe Cann regarding a field course in Cyprus.

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>This message can also be found on the InterRidge website at:
>http://www.lgs.jussieu.fr/~intridge/bcast.htm
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>                 InterRidge/BRIDGE Troodos Opiolite Field Course
>                         on Mid-Ocean Ridge Processes in Cyprus
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>                                   Larnaca, Cyprus  July 11-17, 1999
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>                             Registration Deadline: March 15, 1999
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>                                          Field Trip Leaders
>Joe Cann, University of Leeds, UK
>Kathy Gillis, University of Victoria, Canada
>Costas Xenophontos, Cyprus Geological Survey, Cyprus
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>                                        Troodos Ophiolite
>The field course will provide an opportunity for graduate students,
>post-docs, and investigators working on ridge-related problems to gain
>first-hand knowledge of the geology of the Troodos Ophiolite (Cyprus) and
>its implications for mid-ocean ridge processes. The Troodos Ophiolite is the
>only accessible major ophiolite to have survived not only almost undeformed,
>but also unmetamorphosed.  The field course will concentrate on the upper
>part of the crustal section, including the volcanics, sheeted dykes, and all
>elements of the hydrothermal systems. The plutonic crust, upper mantle and a
>major transform fault terrane will also be studied.
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>                                      Participant Selection
>This trip is limited to 45 participants.  If more than 45 people apply,
>participants will be selected by the convenors in consultation with the
>InterRidge and Bridge Offices.  Priority will be given to senior scientists
>and non-USA graduate students and post-docs (the RIDGE Field School  held
>just prior to the InterRidge field trip is open to USA participants only).
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>                                                      Venue
>Participants will be housed in Larnaca in shared accommodations. Two
>packages of travel, accommodation and registration (but not meals) will be
>offered.
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>London to Cyprus return will cost about 440 UK pounds (725 US dollars)
>Boston to Cyprus return will cost about 850 UK pounds (1400 US dollars)
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>                                              Field trip itinerary
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>Note: Lectures about Cypriot geology will be given during a few evenings.
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>Sun., July 11    Arrival in Cyprus; evening lecture on the geology of Troodos
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>Mon., July 12    Cross section through the ophiolite from volcanics, through
>sheeted dikes, to crustal plutonics, and to the upper mantle, intended to
>set the scene for the meeting and to introduce some of the most important
>themes.
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>Tues., July 13    Volcanology, lava stratigraphy, dike-lava transition,
>sheeted dikes, introducing the problems of constructing a volcanic pile by
>extrusion of lavas from feeder dikes.
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>Wed., July 14    Margi/Kambia area - volcanic stratigraphy/structure in the
>upper part of the lava pile, sulphide deposits, off-axis alteration,
>faulting of the upper crust.
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>Thurs., July 15    Anatomy of hydrothermal systems (ore deposits and their
>root zones), including a visit to the Skouriotissa pit, now again producing
>copper, and to the hydrothermal reaction zones deep in the sheeted dikes
>where hydrothermal solutions were generated.
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>Fri., July 16    Plutonic and mantle sequences, including localities in the
>upper plutonics, with fractionated rocks, showing complex intrusive
>relationships, layered gabbros,harzburgite/dunite relationships and a
>chromitite deposit.
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>Sat., July 17    Limassol Forest - Arakapas Transform and associated
>lithologies in the Limassol Forest, showing the basement and fill of the
>transform trough, and the controversial highly-extended terrain to its south.
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>** This InterRidge/BRIDGE field course should not be confused with the RIDGE
>field school (July 1-11), which is only open to US participants.***
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>More information about the InterRidge/BRIDGE field course can be found on
>the InterRidge homepage at: http://www.lgs.jussieu.fr/~intridge/troodos.htm
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>Cara Wilson
>InterRidge Coordinator
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>InterRidge Office
>Laboratoire de Petrologie
>Tour 26, 3eme etage, couloir 26-25
>Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
>4 place Jussieu
>75252 Paris Cedex 05
>FRANCE
>Tel:+33 1 44 27 75 78  Fax:+33 1 44 27 39 11
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Dr Richard Herrington
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