El Hierro 2012 Conference (El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain) - October 10-15, 2012 and post-conference field trip on "Large gravitational landslides and tsunami deposits at Tenerife" (October 15-16, 2012)
From: Nemesio Perez Rodriguez <nperez@xxxxxxx>
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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The second circular of El Hierro 2012 Conference as well as the registration form and abstract format is already available (http://www.makavol.com/workshops/2012-El-Hierro-workshop/). By the time being the organization has received 63 expressions of interest (potential contributions) and around 150 people from 21 different countries (Australia, Belgium, Brasil, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA) has expressed its interest to attend to the 1st anniversary conference of the 2011-2012 submarine eruption off the coast of El Hierro, Canary Islands, SPAIN which will take place on October 10-15, 2012. This e-mail is just to recall the important dates related to this event.
VERY IMPORTANT (flight from Tenerife Island to El Hierro Island)!
The organization is working to get a special air fare ticket with BINTER CANARIAS airlines to travel from Tenerife to El Hierro Island for the conference participants as a group. Therefore, please do not purchase the Tenerife-El Hierro-Tenerife air flight ticket by yourselves since we could get almost a 50% discount. Please send to "makavol_2012_elhierro@xxxxxxx" your name and lastname as well as your passport number for the air ticket reservation. The flight itinerary for El Hierro will be as follows:
October 10, 2012: Tenerife Norte - El Hierro - BINTER CANARIAS Flight # NT673 (Departure: 16:50 hours; Arrival: 17:30 hours)
New Important Dates for the El Hierro 2012 Conference
2nd circular (August 30, 2012)
Registration opens (September 3, 2012)
Early registration and abstract deadline (September 10, 2012)
Final program (September 17, 2012)
Participants arrival to El Hierro (October 10, 2012)
Conference sessions (October 11-13, 2012)
Conference field trips (October 14, 2012)
Participants departure from El Hierro (October 15, 2012)
Post-conference field trip (October 15-16, 2012)
Post-conference
field trip on LARGE
GRAVITATIONAL LANDSLIDES AND TSUNAMI DEPOSITS AT TENERIFE
(October 15-16, 2012).
Leaders: Mercedes Ferrer (IGME), Luis Gonzalez de Vallejo
(INVOLCAN), Juan
Jesús Coello Bravo, (INVOLCAN), José Madeira (University of
Lisboa) and
Cesar Andrade (University of Lisboa).
Preliminar program of the post-conference field trip:
October 15, 2012 (Half day)
La
Orotava Landslide tour: geomorphological features and general
geological aspects.
A presentation on the sedimentological
and paleontological characteristics of
the tsunami deposits and their volcanic relationships will be provided by
the field trip organisers.
October
16, 2012 (Full day)
Visit to a gallery crossing La
Orotava Landslide: geological aspects(
materials, faults and ground water
features). Tsunami deposits of Teno (NW
of Tenerife) tour.
Requirements:
No
particular requirements on physical conditions are needed for
any of these
tours. Inside the gallery the average temperature is around 20ºC
, although
same water seepage from the roof and on
the floor is expected. Persons with claustrophobia are not
recommended to get
inside the gallery. Teno area is located near the sea with mild
temperatures,
usually windy, and the relief is smooth. A detail program will
be provided
during El Hierro Conference. For further information please
contact to Prof.
Luis Gonzalez de Vallejo l_gonzalezvallejo@xxxxxxxx
Thank you
in advance. See you at El Hierro! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9d-uJXhc-Q)
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