Venue\:
Proctor Academy
Andover\,
New Hampshire\, USA
Further details\: http\://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&\;program=rockdef
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260221T051538Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120827T063000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T150000Z UID:http://194.254.225.67/fr/node/16825 URL;VALUE=URI:http://194.254.225.67/fr/node/16825 SUMMARY:GEOCEAN Symposium and Summer School\, Brest\, France DESCRIPTION:Join us for a scientific Symposium\, in tribute to Jean Francheteau\, and a Summer School focused on geodynamic processes and biochemical interactions at seafloor spreading ridges.
Post-graduate\, post-doctoral and research scientists interested in seafloor spreading processes and their interactions with the ocean and the biosphere are welcome to attend to these events.
The Symposium (August 27-28) is open to anyone\, upon free registration. Abstracts for oral or poster presentations must be submitted by May 31st\, 2012.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260221T051538Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120902T063000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T063000Z UID:http://194.254.225.67/fr/node/16763 URL;VALUE=URI:http://194.254.225.67/fr/node/16763 SUMMARY:Serpentine Days workshop\, Porquerolles Island\, Southern France DESCRIPTION:The meeting \\"SERPENTINE DAYS\\"\, sponsored by the French Mineralogical Society (SFMC) and the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO)\, will be held in the welcoming island of Porquerolles (France) from the 2nd to 6th of September\, 2012. This will be an international meeting\, with English presentations dealing with crystallochemistry\, rheology\, thermodynamics\, origins of life\, magnetic properties and societal implications.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260221T051538Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120903T043000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T130000Z UID:http://194.254.225.67/fr/mauritius URL;VALUE=URI:http://194.254.225.67/fr/mauritius SUMMARY:Ridges and Hotspots around the Mascarene Islands\: present activity\, past evolution DESCRIPTION:The meeting covered the following topics\:
- Mid ocean ridges processes\: volcanism\, tectonics\, and hydrothermalism
- Hotspots\, ridges\, and their interactions
- The fate of volcanic islands\: from construction to destruction with a focus on the Mascarene Islands and the nearby Indian Ocean.
Conference programme and abstracts
The meeting was supported by InterRidge\, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)\, and the Mauritius Institute of Oceanography (MOI).
\\"Ocean Challenges in the 21st Century\\"\, to be hosted at the University of East Anglia\, Norwich\, UK
Website
Abstract deadline\: 26 March 2012
Late registration fee after 31 July 2012
Three bursaries are available for participation of individuals from developing countries and countries with economies in transition (http\://www.scorint.org/Eligible_Countries.pdf). Application deadline\: 26 March 2012
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260221T051538Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120909T080000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120911T160000Z UID:http://194.254.225.67/fr/node/16837 URL;VALUE=URI:http://194.254.225.67/fr/node/16837 SUMMARY:UK-IODP Student Conference 2012 DESCRIPTION:Information about the UK-IODP student conference\, including an on-line registration form is available at\:
http\://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/ukiodp/events/120909/
The closing date for registration\: 27th June 2012
Attendees expenses will be covered by UK-IODP
Diamond drilling and coring\, plus downhole logging and experiments\, will be planned to address scientific objectives related to (from low temperature to high temperature)\:
ongoing weathering\: serpentinization\, carbonate formation\, oxidation
ongoing deformation\: volume change\, fracture processes
hydrology in fractured\, altered ophiolite lithologies
sub-surface biosphere in peridotite and mafic lithologies
abiotic hydrocarbon synthesis during water-rock reaction
hydrothermal alteration during ophiolite genesis and emplacement