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Hi Michelle,

Wow - how have I missed the previous announcements? I wish I'd known about
this awhile ago. I don't know if I'll be able to swing it at this late date!
It sounds great, though.

Barb

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Michele Cooke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Location: Madison, WI
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> When: May 20-22, 2010
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> Application Deadline: Extended to April 1
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> Decision Date: April 5, 2010
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> No Registration or Workshop Fees!
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>
> The Structural Geology and Tectonic Forum is a new meeting that hopes to
> combine the best of the well-established “Tectonic Studies Group” meetings
> (UK, Australia) and “Deformation, Rheology, and Tectonics” (European)
> meetings.  Basically, it is an informal specialist meeting focusing on
> research, and providing an environment for testing of new ideas and
> discussion of ongoing research.  It is aimed at professional geologists,
> although advanced graduate students are encouraged to attend.
>
> Pre-meeting:
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> Workshop on digital databases in Structural Geology (D. Walker; Kansas)
>
> Fieldtrip to Marquette district, upper peninsula, Michigan (S. Marshak;
> Illinois & D. Holm; Kent State) - 3 day
>
> Short course on low temperature thermochronology (P Reiners; Arizona) - 1
> day
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>
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> Post meeting:
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> Short course on Teaching displacements, strain, and stress (T. Blenkinsop;
> James Cook & S Wojtal; Oberlin College)
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> Numerical modeling using Adele (P. Rey; Sydney) - 5 day
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> Fieldtrip to Baraboo, Wisconsin (J Craddock; Macalaster College)
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> Keynotes (so far):
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> Becky Flowers (University of Colorado)
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> George Hilley (Stanford University)
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> Steve Micklethwaite (University of Tasmania)
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> Steve Reynolds (Arizona State University)
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> Sarah Titus (Carleton College)
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> Organizing committee: B Tikoff & L Goodwin (U Wisconsin), M Cooke (U
> Mass.), J Evans (Utah State), J Newman (Texas A&M), B van der Pluijm (U
> Michigan), C Siddoway (Colorado College)
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>
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> Website with registration: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~struct/mtg2010<http://www.geology.wisc.edu/%7Estruct/mtg2010>
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> Questions? Contact Richard Becker
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> Immediately following the Forum, also in Madison, will be EBSD 2010: 3 day
> Electron Backscatter Diffraction conference (1 day tutorial for beginners &
> 2 days of talks & posters). Much student support.  Apply immediately -
> Seating limited.
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> www.microbeamanalysis.org/topical-conferences/ebsd or [log in to unmask]
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> ------------------------------------------------
> Michele Cooke
> Geosciences Dept
> UMass - Amherst
> 611 North Pleasant St
> Amherst, MA 01003-9297
> www.geo.umass.edu/faculty/cooke
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