Sessions on:
- Deformation partitioning and fabric development in slates, schists, gneisses and mylonites
- Integration of deformation and metamorphic processes from thin-section to orogen scales.
- The interplay between deformation and pluton emplacement
- Age dating of porphyroblasts and their mineral inclusions
- Structural controls of ore deposits
The Journal of Metamorphic Geology and Tectonophysics have expressed interest in publishing special issues with a selection of papers presented at the conference.
Understanding how deformation and metamorphism interact during mountain building has been Tim Bell's broad research interest, but it's the information contained within porphyroblasts that has provided the main focus of his research group during the past two decades. Apart from authoring about 75 international papers that challenged conventional models of mylonite genesis, shear on foliations, ore formation, regional tectonics, porphyroblast rotation and orogenic processes, he also inspired the work of 64 former and active PhD students. This meeting will be an excellent opportunity to bring together diverse views on the conference themes in order to explore how ideas have changed and where the future might lead.
Invited speakers:
- Ricardo Arenas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
- Ethan Baxter (Boston University, USA)
- Jordi Carreras (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
- Nick Hayward (Teck Resources Limited, Perth, Australia)
- Bruce Hobbs (CSIRO, Canberra, Australia)
- Mark Jessell (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Toulouse, France)
- Rick Law (Virginia Tech, USA)
- Michael Williams (U-Mass Geosciences)
- Robert Wintsch (Indiana University, USA)
The convenors :
Domingo Aerden Departamento de Geodinamica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada C/ Fuentenueva s/n 18002 GRANADA, Spain Tel. +34 958 242825 Fax. +34 958 248527 email. email: aerden@ugr.es Personal web |
Scott Johnson Department of Earth Sciences 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center University of Maine ORONO, ME 04469-5790, USA Phone: (207) 881-2142 fax. (207) 581-2202 email: johnson@maine.edu Personal web |