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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:

Location: Madison, WI

When: May 20-22, 2010

Application Deadline: Extended to April 1

Decision Date: April 5, 2010

 

No Registration or Workshop Fees!

 

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:

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

 

Post meeting:

Short course on Teaching displacements, strain, and stress (T. Blenkinsop; James Cook & S Wojtal; Oberlin College)

Numerical modeling using Adele (P. Rey; Sydney) - 5 day

Fieldtrip to Baraboo, Wisconsin (J Craddock; Macalaster College)

 

Keynotes (so far):

Becky Flowers (University of Colorado)

George Hilley (Stanford University)

Steve Micklethwaite (University of Tasmania)

Steve Reynolds (Arizona State University)

Sarah Titus (Carleton College)

 

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)

 

Website with registration: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~struct/mtg2010

 

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.

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
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