SCAR 2016 Open Science Conference. S19. Antarctic volcanism in space & time
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Dear colleagues,
as the deadline for submission of abstracts for the next SCAR 2016 Open Science Conference (at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22-26 August 2016) is approaching fast, we wish to draw your attention to a dedicated volcanological session at that meeting:
S19. Antarctic volcanism in space & time – magmatic, tectonic and palaeoenvironmental aspects & linkages
The main focus of the SCAR OSC is Antarctica in the Global Earth System: From the Poles to the Tropics. As the only international Antarctic open-science research conference of its kind, this meeting brings together people and groups with various interests. The session is the first to be sponsored at an international meeting by the new SCAR AntVolc Expert Group since its recent inauguration (see http://www.scar.org/ssg/geosciences/antvolc). The conference programme, including all sessions and descriptions, is now available on the conference website: http://www.scar2016.com.
The submission of abstracts is open until 14 February. Early bird registration ends on 4 May.
We hope to see many of you at Kuala Lumpur in 2016.
Conveners:
Massimo Pompilio [massimo.pompilio@xxxxxxx]
John Smellie [jls55@xxxxxxxx]
Amanda Lough [alough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Session description
Antarctica contains a very broad diversity of volcanism and magmatic products, ranging from the world’s type example of an intra-oceanic island arc (South Sandwich Islands), to numerous subduction-related lineages of mainly Mesozoic—Cenozoic age situated along the Pacific margin and forming the early Palaeozoic roots of the Transantarctic Mountains. It also contains voluminous products of Jurassic plume-driven continental breakup magmatism and is host to one of the world’s largest extension-related alkaline volcanic provinces within the Neogene West Antarctic Rift. Active volcanoes are also present, including several identified remotely by geophysical methods under the ice and it is the world’s longest-lived glaciovolcanic province, with an unrivalled terrestrial record of Antarctic ice sheet interactions. Volcanoes and associated magmatic products are thus widespread, and situated at tectonically and environmentally strategic locations across the entire continent. They are outstanding probes of the Earth’s inaccessible lithospheric interior, they accurately record Earth’s past climatic changes and the volcanic heat produced by subglacial eruptions has the potential to modulate ice sheet behaviour and thus influence future global change. Volcanic and related magmatic studies are crucial for a holistic understanding of the palaeoenvironmental, palaeoclimatic and geological evolution in space and in time for the whole continent.
For this session, we invite contributions discussing recent advances in all aspects of volcanism/magmatism in Antarctica. We are particularly interested in wide-ranging reviews of entire topics or Antarctic sub-regions discussing regional or thematic issues of any kind but the goal is to host a broad-spectrum discussion at any scale. Some topics that are of particular interest include: Possible linkages between Antarctic volcanism/magmatism and crustal, lithospheric or mantle processes occurring at all scales up to planetary; and Volcanism and environmental development, not only the growth and stability of ice sheets but also documenting the Antarctic hothouse world. However, we solicit any submissions that address volcanic/magmatic issues including geophysics, geodesy, hazard assessments, monitoring, petrology, physical volcanology, remote sensing, tephrostatigraphy, palaeoenvironments, etc.Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI).
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