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Dear colleagues,

As the deadline is in two days, we would like to invite your contribution one last time to the session: “Characterizing mid- to lower-crustal flow related to orogenic processes”, which is part of theme 5: “Evolution of the Continental Crust: Formation, Tectonics and Orogeny” at the upcoming Goldschmidt meeting, to be held 24-29 June 2012 in Montreal, Canada. 

You are invited to submit your abstract at the following address before THIS Wednesday February 1^st 2012.

http://www.vmgoldschmidt.org/2012/abstracts.htm

Description of the session:

5f. Characterizing mid- to lower-crustal flow related to orogenic processes

Co-convenors:

Félix Gervais (École Polytechnique de Montréal) - [log in to unmask]

Dan Gibson (Simon Fraser University) - [log in to unmask]

Laurent Godin (Queen’s University) - [log in to unmask]

Crustal flow within the mid- to lower crust is recognized as a fundamental orogenic process, and has far reaching implications when attempting to reconstruct the development of an orogen. Traditionally, fieldwork combined with structural geology and conventional thermobarometry have been the main tools applied to investigate the flow of rocks in the deep interior of orogenic belts. More recently, the integration of traditional approaches with analytical tools of ever growing sophistication has opened new avenues to unravel the complex processes of crustal flow. Significant insight has been gained from variety of disciplines and techniques, including metamorphic isochemical phase diagram modeling, geophysics, thermochronology, diffusion modeling, analogue and finite element modeling. In this session, we are looking for a variety of contributions ranging from traditional fieldwork to simulation modeling that will bring us a step closer to understanding the many intricacies of crustal flow related to orogenesis.

Keynote speaker: Clare Warren (The Open University)