Dear Colleagues,
This is the second announcement for GeoMod2008,
An international conference on geological modelling (analogue and
numerical)
to be held in Florence, Italy from 22 to 24 Sept. 2008.
We have now defined the list of invited speakers and a provisional
program,
which is reported below. Updates and details can be found on the
website of the meeting:
www.geomod2008.org
The second circular of the conference can be downloaded from the above
website.
Note that on-line abstract submission will start on March 1st.
Day 1 -- Modelling large-scale processes
Rheology & large-scale deformation
Luigi Burlini (ETH Zurich)
Evgene Burov (Université P. & M. Curie, Paris)
James Jackson (Bullard Labs, Cambridge)
Subudction zones & mantle dynamics
Francesca
Funiciello (Università RomaTre)
Taras Gerya (ETH Zurich)
Cesar Ranero (CSIC,
Barcelona)
Day 2: Development of orogens and rift zones
Mountain Building and Thrust Systems
Jean-Pierre Burg (ETH Zurich)
Onno Oncken (GFZ Potsdam)
Adrian Pfiffner (Universität Bern)
Lithospheric Extension
Jean-Pierre Brun
(Géosciences Rennes)
Roger Buck (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory,
Palisades)
Luc Lavier (University of Texas, Austin)
Day 3: Sedimentary budget & surface processes
Basins & sedimentary budget
Roy Gabrielsen (University of Oslo)
Paola Ronchi (ENI-AGIP)
Bruno Vendeville (Université de Lille)
Surface Processes
Stephane Bonnet (Géosciences Rennes)
Jean Braun (Géosciences Rennes)
Sean Willet (ETH Zurich)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Roger Buck (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory,
Palisades)
Alexander
Cruden (University of Toronto)
Jean-Marc
Daniel (Institut Français du
Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison)
Claudio Faccenna (Università di RomaTre)
Manel Fernandez (CSIC, Barcelona)
Luca Ferrari (UNAM, Queretaro)
Gianreto Manatschal (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg)
Luc Lavier (University of Texas, Austin)
Onno Oncken (GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam)
Giorgio Ranalli (Carleton University, Ottawa)
Dimitrios
Sokoutis (Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam)
Basil Tikoff (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Giacomo Corti (CNR-IGG, Firenze)
Marco Bonini (CNR-IGG, Firenze)
Piero Manetti (Universita' di Firenze)
Giovanna Moratti (CNR-IGG, Firenze)
Federico Sani (Universita' di Firenze)
IMPORTANT DATES:
1st MARCH 2008 - Start of abstract submission and on-line payment
15th APRIL 2008 - Deadline for submission of extended abstract
1st MAY 2008 - Notification of acceptance/refusal of abstract
30th MAY 2008 - Deadline for early conference registration
21st SEPTEMBER 2008 - Pre-conference workshop
22nd/24th SEPTEMBER 2008 - GeoMod2008 conference
25th/26th SEPTEMBER 2008 - Post-conference field trip
Location: Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. Website:
http://www.lapietracorporation.com
For any other information, do not hesitate to contact us.
The organizing committee looks forward to welcoming you to Florence for
the GeoMod2008 Conference!
Giacomo Corti on behalf of the Organizing Committee
PS: Apologies for multiple postings!!
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Dr. Giacomo Corti
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse
UO Firenze
Via G. La Pira, 4
50121 Firenze
Italia
Tel: +39 055 2757528
Fax: +39 055 290312
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GeoMod2008: www.geomod2008.org
web page CNR-IGG: www.igg.cnr.it
web page Tectonic Modelling Lab: www.geo.unifi.it/ricerca/strutturale/tgpmlindex.htm