Dear fellow structural geologists and tectonicists - SEE ATTACHED FLYER,
The Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting 2019 will be held in Bergen,
Norway, on January 14th-16th 2019, with optional short-courses on Janury
13th. The meeting will be hosted at the University of Bergen
(http://www.uib.no/en/geo). Key information can now be found in the
attached flyer as well as below.
At this stage we want to update the community on key dates, confirmed
keynote speakers and shortcourses.
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
We are extremely pleased to present the following confirmed keynote
speakers (more to follow):
Cynthia Ebinger; Tulane University, New Orleans (USA)
Espen Torgersen; Geological Survey of Norway
Luca Smeraglia; Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
Grace Shepard; Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED)/University
of Oslo (Norway)
KEY DATES
Abstract submission and registration open September 1st
Short course registration opens September 1st
Abstract deadline: November 1st
Early-bird registration deadline: December 1st
Short-courses: January 13th
Conference dates: January 14th-16th
Information on how to register and submit abstract will be distributed
nearer the abstract submission and registration opening date (September
1st).
SHORT-COURSES
Two half-day short-courses will be offered on the day before the
conference (January 13th). The two courses will be timed so that it will
be possible to attend both, subject to availability.
Short-course 1: Shear zones and kinematics
Professor Haakon Fossen (University of Bergen) will offer a short-course
on "Shear zones and kinematics". Haakon is widely known for his structural
geology text book, which is on the curriculum of universities world wide.
Haakon has worked on shear zones and their kinematics all of his career,
from investigations in his own backyard in the 1980s (the Bergen Arc Shear
Zone and other Caledonian shear zones), to his more recent work on shear
zones in Brasil. Consider this a shear zone masterclass, suitable
for anyone with an interest - from MSc to professorial level. Recommended
reading:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825217300272
Short-course 2: Fracture network topology analysis in Network GT
A second short-course in "Fracture network topology analysis in Network
GT" will be offered by Dr. Bjørn Nyberg and Dr. Casey Nixon (University of
Bergen). Topology has become increasingly important in the assessment of
fault and fracture networks, particularly their connectivity and flow
properties. Casey has, along with others (notably Tom Manzocchi and David
Sanderson), pioneered the use of topology in the analysis of fault and
fracture networks. Björn is a an expert in geospatial analysis and has
developed NetworkGT, a toolkit for analysing network geometry and topology
in ArcGIS. In this short-course, participants will learn to use NetworkGT
to analyse their own fracture network data, or on a sample dataset
provided at the course. Recommended reading (open access):
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/531129/networkgt-a-gis-tool-for-geometric-and-topological
The conference venue will be the university aula in the beautifully
renovated Natural History Museum from 1865
(http://www.uib.no/en/universitymuseum). Bergen can be reached by direct
flights from London (Gatwick and Heathrow), Manchester, Aberdeen,
Amsterdam, Paris, Copenhagen and many more.
More information will follow. Feel free to direct any questions to
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On behalf of the organising committee: best regards and see you in Bergen
in January 2019.
Atle Rotevatn
http://tectonicstudiesgroup.org
TSG Twitter: @TSG_since1970
Organising committee:
Atle Rotevatn - chair (University of Bergen)
Emilie Randeberg - secretary (University of Bergen)
Karen Mair (University of Oslo)
Casey Nixon (University of Bergen)
Izzy Edmundson (University of Bergen)
Anette BM Tvedt (Petrolia Noco)
Thomas Berg Kristensen (University of Bergen)
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Atle Rotevatn
Professor, Structural and Reservoir Geology
Head of Basin and Reservoir Studies
Department of Earth Science
University of Bergen
PO Box 7800
5020 Bergen
NORWAY
mobile: +47 48109959
office: +47 55583390
Currently (2017/18 sabbatical):
Visiting Academic
Department of Geology
University of Otago
360 Leith Street
Dunedin 9016
New Zealand
mobile: +64 21 165 0896
Atle @ Twitter: @UiB_Rotevatn
Research group @ Twitter: @BergenBasins
Atle @ UiB:
http://www.uib.no/en/persons/Atle.Rotevatn#uib-tabs-publications
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=sJS1Fo0AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Atle_Rotevatn
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