**************************************** IODP International Workshop: Large Igneous Provinces Workshop supported by funding from IODP-MI and JOI From: Stephen Self <Stephen.Self@xxxxxxxxxx> **************************************** Apply online by March 15, 2007 www.iodp.org/lips July 21 ? 26, 2007, Coleraine, Northern Ireland This international workshop will guide the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program in addressing the objectives in the Initial Science Plan regarding processes associated with and consequences of large igneous province (LIP) emplacement. Workshop participants will define key scientific objectives of investigating transient large igneous provinces through drilling, establish an integrated and interdisciplinary, long-term, global strategy for addressing fundamental LIP science questions, and identify the technological requirements for achieving these objectives. Problems associated with intraplate and rifted margin LIPs will be considered. Participants will include scientists with a broad range of expertise including geophysics (geodynamics, tomography, seismology, paleomagnetics, remote sensing), paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, environmental modeling, micropaleontology, physical volcanology, planetary geology, tectonics, geochemistry (high- and low-temperature, geochronology, biogeochemistry), and petrology. Research methods range from field and laboratory observation to simulation. Drilling engineers will participate and provide information about enhanced drilling, logging, and long-term borehole monitoring capabilities of IODP. Based in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, the workshop will include a one-day field trip to spectacular exposures of the Tertiary North Atlantic large igneous province, including Giant?s Causeway. Support for travel expenses is available for approximately 80 participants. Interested scientists and engineers from all countries should apply on-line at www.iodp.org/workshops by March 15, 2007. Selected participants will be notified by the steering committee within 6 weeks of the application deadline. Special consideration will be made for advanced students and early-career scientists. ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
