VMSG 2012 abstract deadline reminder
From: Ed Llewellin <ed.llewellin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear Colleagues,
*REMINDER: The deadline for abstract submission for VMSG 2012 is midnight GMT on Friday 4th November*
We invite you to attend the 2012 annual meeting of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group which will be held in Durham, UK on 4-6 January 2012 (www.vmsg2012.org). The VMSG meeting is the UK’s leading volcanology conference and we invite contributions from international colleagues as well as UK-based researchers. Please note that 4th November 2011 is also the deadline for early-bird registration rates.
The 2.5 day conference has 6 sessions as follows:
Themed session 1: Sources and reservoirs
Convenor: John Maclennan (Cambridge University)
Keynote speaker: Dr. John Armitage (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris) ‘Beyond hotspots: the importance of rift history for volcanic margin formation’
• Scope: Melt production, geochemistry, petrology, magma mingling, differentiation, crustal melting, metasomatism
Themed session 2: Magma in motion
Convenor: Mike James (Lancaster University)
Keynote speaker: Prof. Jurgen Neuberg (University of Leeds) ‘What seismology can achieve on a volcano - an overview’
• Scope: Mobilization, rheology, conduits and dykes, gas separation and percolation, magmatic fluid dynamics, volcano seismology, geodesy
Themed session 3: Eruptions and emissions
Convenor: Sue Loughlin (BGS Edinburgh)
Keynote speaker: TBA
• Scope: Eruption style, degassing, physical volcanology, plumes, tephra dispersal, flows and currents, gas chemistry, atmospheric effects, subaqueous/subglacial eruptions, volcaniclastic deposits
Themed session 4: Volcanoes and society
Convenor: Jenni Barclay (University of East Anglia)
Keynote speaker: Dr. Matt Watson (Bristol University) ‘The sky's the limit: volcanoes as analogues for climate engineering’
• Scope: Monitoring, hazard and risk, health, ash and aviation, resilience and response, mitigation, volcanoes and human history, volcanoes and culture
Research in progress
Convenor: Steve Sparks (Bristol University)
Keynote speaker: Dr. Richy Brown (Durham University) Title TBA
• Scope: All of the above. This session particularly welcomes contributions from PhD students who have not had the opportunity to present at a conference before.
VMSG Awardee Session: Advances in Research on the British/Irish Palaeogene Volcanic Province
Convenor: John Gamble (University College Cork)
Keynote speaker: Dr. Valentine Troll (Trinity College Dublin) ‘The Tertiary Rum Volcanic Centre: origin, evolution and death of a large central volcano’
• Scope: Petrology, Geochemistry, Physical Volcanology, Tectonics and Geophysics, Interdisciplinary Research.
Please visit the VMSG conference website at www.vmsg2012.org for further information including the meeting programme, venue and accommodation details and for abstract submission and registration.
We look forward to welcoming you to Durham!
The VMSG 2012 Organising Committee
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Dr. Ed Llewellin, Lecturer in Volcanology
Dept. Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science Labs, Durham DH1 3LE
Tel: +44 0191 3342336 Fax: +44 0191 3342301
ed.llewellin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dur.ac.uk/ed.llewellin
http://www.pubvolc.net
Dr. Ed Llewellin, Lecturer in Volcanology
Dept. Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science Labs, Durham DH1 3LE
Tel: +44 0191 3342336 Fax: +44 0191 3342301
ed.llewellin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dur.ac.uk/ed.llewellin
http://www.pubvolc.net
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