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Hi everyone, Just a quick note that we plan to run the Petrochronology short course again prior to the GSA annual meeting in Seattle, in October 2017. So if Pierre and Martin's shortcourse fills, or your travel plans include GSA next year, you may have a second opportunity. I’m still talking with GSA, so those plans aren’t finalized yet, however. If you can’t attend either course, all the chapters will be available as a RiMG volume. Best, Matt > On Nov 18, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Pierre Lanari <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > Over the last decade, petrochronology has emerged as a burgeoning new field in Solid Earth Geosciences. It greatly enhances the impact of isotopic studies by combining geochronology with petrology and geochemistry. We would like to draw your attention to two events that will take place just before and during EGU in Vienna next year: > > (1) Petrochronology is the topic of a 2-days short course that will take place in Vienna, at the Hotel NH Danube City, on April 22-23, 2017, just prior to EGU. This course will be taught by authors of the new RiMG (vol. 83 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) series, entitled “Petrochronology: Methods and Applications”. > > (2) A session entitled “Progress in Metamorphic Geology: Petrochronology” is being organized at EGU (GMPV3.4). Please consider submitting an abstract in this session. > > > > [1] GMPV3.4 Session: Progress in Metamorphic Geology: Petrochronolgy > > Session description: > Unraveling the nature of crustal growth and mountain building processes across Earth’s dynamic history relies on integrated studies involving the reconstruction of pressure-temperature-time (P-T-t) paths from preserved metamorphic assemblages and their textures. This session aims to deepen our understanding of petrogenetic processes based on the evidence preserved in metamorphic rocks. Part of this session will be dedicated specifically to studies on “petrochronology” that link chronometry to quantitative conditions at which metamorphic processes operate and to deformation in Earth’s lithosphere. To read and interpret the rich archive of such processes as preserved in metamorphic rocks, advances in petrological analysis are combined with high-resolution geochronology. > > This session welcomes recent advances made in the development of these techniques and their application, with tectonic and petrogenetic implications. Contributions expanding present analytical limitations are encouraged, as are case studies ranging in scale from (sub)grains to orogens. > > Invited speakers: Matt Kohn (Boise State University, USA) & Eugene Grosch (Rhodes University, South Africa) > > Conveners: P. Lanari (University of Bern, Switzerland), E. Janots (University of Grenoble Alpes, France) & S. Ferrero (University of Potsdam, Germany) > > Deadline for support applications: Dec. 01, 2016 > > Abstract submission deadline: Jan. 11, 2017 (13:00 CET) > > Submit your abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/24709 > > > > [2] Short course “Petrochronology: Methods and Applications” > Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (RiMG) volume 83, 2017 > Editors: M.J. Kohn, M. Engi, P. Lanari > > This two-days short course will involve a series of lectures and practicals from leaders in the scientific fields of magmatic and metamorphic petrology and geochronology. Petrochronology basically uses geochemistry, textures, and thermodynamics or other modeling to integrate ages in a petrogenetic context of individual crystals or crystal domains. Examples in metamorphic systems include the use of crystal domain-specific trace element patterns or thermometers in minerals like zircon, monazite, etc. to link an age to an overall pressure-temperature-time evolution. Although primarily founded in metamorphic studies, petrochronology has numerous other applications to igneous and detrital mineral studies. > > Our goal in the short course is to review petrochronologic methods, both conceptual and analytical, to illustrate how (mostly accessory) minerals may be used to understand igneous and metamorphic processes and the provenance of detrital grains. This workshop will provide a foundation accessible to high-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and junior professional researchers who are interested in the theory and applications of this blossoming new field. > > We provide 10 grants offered by the European Association of Geochemistry to reduce the registration fees of students to 25€. Several traveling grants of 500€ are provided by the Geochemical Society (GS), the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and the Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie (SFMC). Find out more at http://vienna2017.petrochronology.org > > Registration for the short course will open on Jan. 9, 2017. > > Organization: Pierre Lanari & Martin Engi (University of Bern, Switzerland) > > Information: [log in to unmask] > > Partners & Sponsors: > Selfrag (www.selfrag.com) > Geochemical Society (www.geochemsoc.org) > European Association of Geochemistry (www.eag.eu.com) > Cameca (www.cameca.com) > European Geosciences Union - EGU (www.egu.eu) > Societé Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie (sfmc-fr.org) > ESI (www.esi.com) > University of Bern (www.unibe.ch) > Mineralogical Society of America - GSA (http://www.minsocam.org) > > > > > <unibe.jpg>Dr. Pierre Lanari > > Research Assistant & EPMA Laboratory Manager > > Dept. of Geological Sciences - University of Bern > Baltzerstrasse 1+3, CH3012 Bern (Switzerland) > > url: pierre-lanari.com | program: xmaptools.com | phone: +41 (0)31 631 87 87 > >