FFFF,0000,0000PENROSE CONFERENCE - second
announcement
Dear List-members;
Please chek out the new web sites for the GSA Penrose Conference
"Three-dimensional flow, fabric development and strain in deformed
rocks
and the significance for mountain building processes: new approaches,"
to be held August 18 - 24, 2002 in Ascona, Switzerland.
http://www.westga.edu/~hlebit/penrose/welcome.html
http://www.geosociety.org/profdev/penrose/3Dflow02.htm
We encourage graduate students and young carreer scientists to apply.
Limited funds are available for participant support.
Application deadline is March 15, 2002
Prior to the conference we plan a 7 day field trip to examine the major
domains of the Western Alps of Switzerland and Italy. Costs for this
trip will
be held to a minimum.
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A Geological Society of America Penrose Conference entitled
"Three-dimensional flow, fabric development and strain in deformed
rocks
and the significance for mountain building processes: new approaches,"
will be
held August 18 - 24, 2002 in Ascona, Switzerland.
The major goal of the conference is to discuss new approaches to
structural
geology and tectonics, focusing on the spatial and temporal
complexities of
three-dimensional deformation processes. Potentially controversial
topics will
be addressed, which should stimulate future discussion within the
discipline.
Topics to be covered include a broad range of subjects and
methodologies, from
large-scale views of lithospheric processes to the micro-mechanics at
the grain
scale of deformation. They include:
- the nature of heterogeneous strain fields in repeatedly deformed
rocks as a
result of superposed folds or reactivated shear zones. How do strains
accumulate
in such systems and how does the state of finite strain correlate with
the
development of structures and fabrics in these rocks?
- the significance of final structures and fabrics for the analysis of
complex
deformation. Can rock structures and rock fabrics be used to track the
deformation path?
- the relationship between rock fabrics and finite or incremental
strain. How do
fabrics and textures behave under non-steady deformation, and is fabric
development cumulative, cyclic or does it reflect certain segments of
the
deformation path.
- the scale dependency of structural analysis. Can we use outcrop-scale
information to interpret the regional kinematics, and are macroscopic
structures
controlled by local strain or by the regional background deformation?
- three-dimensional forward modeling of deformation systems. How can we
approach
the complexity of deformation paths arising from non-steady state
conditions
and/or three-dimensional displacement fields? Which models are
appropriate?
The conference is to be held at Monte Verita, a small ETH conference
center
above Ascona, on the shores of Lago Maggiore
(http://www.csf-mv.ethz.ch/), where
nearby spectacular rock exposures will be studied in order to integrate
direct
observations into our discussions. The Alps are an ideal environment
for this
conference as these mountains represent one of the best documented
geological
archives of a complex tectonic history which perfectly exemplifies the
conference topics. Three of the six conference days are reserved for
field trips
to different areas of the Alps relevant to the conference themes, The
other
three days are devoted to lectures, poster presentations and
discussions. The
Conference is being co-sponsored by the Swiss Geological Society, the
Tectonic
Studies Group of the Geological Society and ETH Zurich.
The conference is limited to 80 participants. We encourage interested
graduate
students to apply and some partial student subsidies will be available.
The
registration fee, which will cover lodging, meals, field trips, and all
other
conference costs, except personal incidentals, is not expected to
exceed $950.
Participants will be responsible for transportation to and from the
conference
site. Further information on travel will be provided in the letter of
invitation
but is also available at:
http://www.csf-mv.ethz.ch/official/travelinfo/travelinfo.htm All
participants
will be encouraged to present posters and short notes on their current
research
related to the topics of the meeting and significant time will be given
to view
and discuss these.
Co-convenors are:
Hermann Lebit and Catalina Luneburg, Department of Geoscience, State.
University
of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA. 30118, (770) 838-3203, fax (770) 836
4373,
e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Peter Hudleston, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of
Minnesota,
310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (612) 625.0046, fax
(612)
625.3819, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
John Ramsay, Cratoule-Issirac, F-30760 St. Julien de Peyrolas, France,
e-mail:
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The application deadline is March 15th, 2002. Invitations will be
mailed to
participants by early April, 2002. Potential participants should send a
letter
of application to Hermann Lebit (address above), including a brief
statement of
interests, the relevance of the applicant's recent work to the themes
of the
meeting and the subject of any proposed presentation. Potential
participants
should also indicate their interest in an optional, low cost (~$500),
pre-conference field trip. This one-week to 10 day excursion will
transect the
major domains of the Alps exposed in Switzerland and Italy.
____________________________
Dr. Hermann Lebit
Department of Geosciences
State University of West Georgia
Callaway Bldg. phone: ++(770) 838 3203
Carrollton, GA, 30118 (Sec.) ++(770) 836 6479
USA fax: ++(770) 836 4373
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http://www.westga.edu/geology/
