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I think that I have already replied. If not, I will attend the conference but not the post-conference field trip. Ed Ghent At 12:33 AM 12/18/2006, you wrote: >Eclogite 2007 schrieb: >>Dear Colleagues >> >>This is to extend a cordial invitation to attend the International >>Eclogite Field Symposium in Scotland next summer. This is the next in >>the biennial series of Eclogite Conferences that have run since 1982. The >>meeting will run from Friday 29th June - Saturday 7th July, and will be >>followed by an optional post-conference excursion in Brittany and Vendee, >>France from Monday 9th - Thursday 13th July. The meeting immediately >>follows the joint MSA/MinSoc/MAC Frontiers in Mineral Sciences conference >>in Cambridge, so if you come to the UK for the Frontiers meeting it >>should be possible to stay on for the Eclogite Symposium. >> >>The Symposium will commemorate the life and work of Tony Carswell, who >>died in June this year. Tony made a huge contribution to studies of >>eclogite facies terrains during a period of over forty years, and we wish >>the meeting to celebrate his achievements and reflect the breadth, rigour >>and insight of his work. >> >>The meeting incorporates the next Workshop for the International >>Lithosphere programme Task Group IV "Ultradeep Continental Crust >>Subduction". We look forward to welcoming members of the Task Group and >>all those working on UHP rocks (we haven't found any UHP rocks in Glenelg >>yet, but we're working on it!). >> >>Essential details of the meeting are set out below. If you are interested >>in attending and have not replied to previous announcements, >>we would ask at this stage that you indicate your interest in attending >>both the main meeting in Scotland, and the post conference field trip >>(please indicate for each "Definite", "Likely" or "Possible"). Full >>details of costs, registration, financial support and abstract submission >>will be published shortly on a conference website. >> >>The Eclogite Field Symposium will comprise a mix of short conference >>sessions and field visits. The field work will focus on the >>Glenelg-Attadale Inlier, that exposes Grenville-age eclogites, garnet >>peridotites, felsic eclogite-facies rocks and some unusual high-pressure >>lithologies including Fe-Mn-rich eulysites. This will be a rare >>opportunity to visit an accessible and well-exposed example of Grenville >>eclogites, and will be the first of the Eclogite Conferences to visit an >>area of Precambrian eclogite-facies metamorphic rocks. In addition to >>being the first place in which eclogite-facies rocks were discovered in >>Great Britain (by Clough, a colleague of the great duo Peach and Horne), >>it is also the area in which Ramsay began to develop his seminal work on >>fold patterns and mechanisms. Set in Glenelg and Loch Duich, among the >>mountains and sea-lochs of the north-west Highlands of Scotland, the >>field area is one of outstanding natural beauty, and is of great cultural >>interest. We have the option to visit further field sites in the >>Dalradian of the Grampian Highlands terrane en-route to the Symposium >>base, and a one-day trip to see garnetiferous ultramafic rocks in the >>sole to the Ballantrae ophiolite to the south of Glasgow. The Symposium >>will include some social events - suffice it to say at this stage that >>they will involve drinking a good deal of Scotch Whisky! We anticipate >>that, depending on the number of delegates and accommodation preferences, >>the cost for travel, accommodation, meals, publications and >>administration during the main Symposium will be similar to other, recent >>Eclogite Field Symposia, i.e. less than £800 or Euro1200 (this excludes >>travel to the meeting and some social activities). Some bursaries will be >>available to support participation, on application to the organising committee. >> >>The base for the Symposium will be the Cuillin Hills Hotel in Portree on >>the beautiful Isle of Skye, adjacent to the field area. There is a range >>of accommodation options available in Portree from low cost hostels to >>luxury hotels, including the conference centre itself. Two >>days of the Symposium will be set aside for conference sessions. >>Suggested themes are Proterozoic and Archaean eclogites, micro- and >>macro-structures associated with eclogite-facies rocks, unusual bulk >>compositions, kinetics of metamorphism and preservation, novel analytical >>methods in HP and UHP metamorphic petrology, and high-pressure >>metamorphism in the British Isles. However, the meeting is open to all >>subjects relevant to the geology of eclogite and related rocks. >> >>The post-conference trip will depart from Glasgow airport on Mon 9th July >>and will start in Lorient, Brittany. The excursion focuses on the >>high-pressure rocks of the Armorican Massif, which form part of the >>Moldanubian Zone in the Variscan orogen. We will visit the spectacular, >>transitional blueschist-eclogite rocks on the Isle de Groix (led by >>Michel Ballevre from Rennes). We then move on to the Vendee area >>near Nantes (led by Gaston Godard and Gisella Rebay), where we also have >>the opportunity to see a variety of different eclogite types, including a >>superb 3-dimensional exposure inside a large eclogite pod that is >>currently being quarried, plus high-pressure schists and cordierite >>gneisses overprinted by high-pressure kyanite-garnet assemblages. >>Participants will no doubt enjoy the relaxed atmosphere after the rigours >>of the Scottish mountains, and the good food and wine of this attractive >>region. The trip finishes on 13th July in Nantes, which has connections >>from its airport to several European locations, and a fast rail link to >>Paris and its airports. The full cost of the post-conference field trip, >>including flight from Glasgow, accommodation, food and travel in the >>field area should be about Euro600. >> >>Please note that your indication of interest does not imply any financial >>commitment on your part or that of the University of Paisley >>or other participating institutions at this stage. >> >>If you have any queries about the meeting, please don't hesitate to >>contact me at this e-mail address. >> >>Looking forward to meeting you in Scotland and France in 2007. >>Sincerely, >>Simon Cuthbert >>(on behalf of the Organising Committee) >Hello! > >I plan to attend the Eclogite 2007 meeting in Scotland. > >Main conference in Scotland: 'likely' >post conference field trip: NO > >best regards > >Benjamin Kaeser > >-- >***************** >Benjamin Kaeser >IGH >Universite de Neuchatel >Emile Argand, 11 CP 158 2009 NEUCHATEL SWITZERLAND > >email: [log in to unmask] Tel: +41 32 718 26 80 >Fax: +41 32 718 26 01 >***************** > >