35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016  |  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA


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35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016  |  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

THURSDAY PROGRAMME CHANGES

T2.14 - Geoscience Education and Public Communication
Time: 16:00 - 17:45
Location: MR 1.64

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
16:00 16:15 Prof. Susan Webb Bringing diverse talent to the geophysics workforce, a review of the AfricaArray International Geophysics Field School
16:15 16:30 Dr. Celso Dal Ré Carneiro Audiovisual resources and communication: a laboratory discipline for scientific popularization of Geosciences
16:30 16:45 Dr. C.D.R. Carneiro Connecting innovation and Geoscience knowledge for Brazilian basic education teachers



T7.12 - Geoscience Data and Information Systems
Time: 10:30 - 12:15
Location: MR 2.41 - 2.43

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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10:30 10:45 Dr Carlo Cipolloni Geohazard widget web application: how to manage data in a standard way
10:45 11:00 Chistine Hoerfarter Thesaurus and DataVierwer application tool - knowledge represetnation to definite concepts and visualize geoscientific data
11:00 11:15 Helen Gibson A Bayesian approach to geophysical inversion for quantifying geological uncertainty
11:15 11:30 Tomasz Nalecz The Concept of Aquifer System Specification by the Use of Spatial Data Modelling
11:30 11:45 Sanjay Das Study of Neotectonic effects in Saurashtra Peninsula using Remote Sensing and GIS
11:45 12:00 Nguyen Ho Khanh Employing open-source applications to develop a WebGIS for landslide inventory and early warning in Vietnam
12:00 12:15 John Carranza Gis Based mineral systems approach to mapping



T9.11 - Spectral Geology in Exploration (minerals, hydrocarbon, geothermal) and Production
Time: 08:00 - 10:00
Location: MR 2.44 - 2.46

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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08:00 08:15< Dr. Michaela Frei Characterization of the Lead-Zinc mineralization of Aggeneys, South Africa, by VNIR-SWIR and TIR hyperspectral airborne data
08:15 08:30 Mr. Raymond Kokaly Exploration applications of laboratory, field, and airborne imaging spectrometer data collected from the Orange Hill copper porphyry deposit, east-central Alaska, USA
08:30 08:45 Mr. Christian Mielke GeoMAP Base a Generic Expert System Mapper for Imaging Spectroscopy
08:45 09:00 Dr. Christian Rogass GeoMAP-outcrop – 3D hyperspectral outcrop mineral and REE mapping
09:00 09:15 Mr. Saeid Asadzadeh Hydrocarbon detection with multiple remote sensing platforms
09:15 09:30 Prof. Jussi Leveinen Identification of rocks using a hyperspectral supercontinuum lidar
09:30 09:45 Dr. Simon Hook (CANCELLED) Mineral Mapping with ECOSTRESS, HyspIRI, HyTES and MASTER
09:45 10:00 Dr. Fawang Ye New advances on uranium exploration using airborne hyperspectral remote sensing technology: A case study of Xuemisitan volcanic belt, Xinjiang, China



T12.12 - Panel Discussion - What is wrong with our work environment?
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: MR 1.63

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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10:30 10:45 Ms. Lindsay Steele Discussion Topic 1: Diversity adds value - beyond just gender diversity (Panel discussion)
10:45 11:00 Ms. Christine McEntee Discussion Topic 2: Harassment, Bullying and Exclusion (all types - all unaccepable) (Panel discussion)
11:00 11:15 Ms. Marie Fleming Discussion Topic 3: Getting the balance right - field assignment leaves of absence, work-life balance, career retention (Panel discussion)
11:15 11:30 Ms. Marie Fleming Discussion Topic 4: Role Models, Leaders and Mentors - they all count (Panel discussion)
11:30 11:45 Mr. Edmund Nickless Discussion Topic 5: Disabilities and Challenges - our duty to accommodate (Panel discussion)



T14.11 - Geoscience for environmental management
Time: 08:00 - 10:15
Location: MR 2.61- 2.63

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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08:00 08:30 Dr. Syed Hasan (KEYNOTE) Environmental sustainability through waste minimization: case study of a successful program at a U.S. university
08:30 08:45 Professor Barbara Radwanek-Bak Dillemmas and problems of raw materials strategy in Poland
08:45 09:00 Dr. Adriana Niz CAUSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTOF LANDSLIDE EVENT ON THE EL RODEO VALLEY – CATAMARCA -ARGENTINA
09:00 09:15 Prof. Laxmi Prasad Chourasia Environmental impact of Agriculture activities in a Chambal project command area of MadhyaPradesh, India
09:15 09:30 Dr. Jonas Satkunas Evaluation of Fresh Groundwater Resources for Public Water Supply in Emergencies (Case Studies from Lithuania and Russia)
09:30 09:45 Dr. Philipp Schmidt-Thomé Integrated water resource and risk management via localized participatory vulnerability assessment
09:45 10:00 Mr. KAZUYA KIMURA Relation Between Landform and Radioactive Geopollution
10:00 10:15 Prof. Laura Gaggero Innovative Burning and Reuse of Asbestos Fibers by Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis: the Development of an Innovative Technique for the Treatment of Asbestos Containing Waste from the Laboratory Scale to the Implementation of Prototype Plants



T14.12 - Geosciences in Strategic Environmental Management / Environmental Geosciences
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: MR 2.61- 2.63

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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10:30 10:45 Professor Hisashi Nirei Terminology for better description of man-made strata in relation to geopollution and geological hazards in Japan
10:45 11:00 Prof. Kirsten Nicholson Governance, tourism and water: the complexity of maintaining water quality in the Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal.
11:00 11:15 Prof. Hisashi Nirei Terms- Man-made strata, Jinji Strata, Jinji Unconfoimity and Jinjin Unconformity- on Anthropogenic deposits and Geopollution and Geological Hazards by Human Activity for the Future Earth
11:15 11:30 Atsushi Kagawa Liquefaction-Fluidization induced land subsidence: Impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake on man-made strata around Tokyo bay area, Japan
11:30 11:45 Mr. Kunio FURUNO Re-Liquefaction-Fluidization in Man-Made Strata in the Former Tone River Bed, Japan, following the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
11:45 12:00 Dr. Jonas Satkunas State-of-the-Art in the Management of Geopolluted (contaminated) Sites in Lithuania



T14.13 - Environmental Geosciences
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Location: MR 2.61- 2.63

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
14:00 14:15 Dr. Osamu Kazaoka High potential part of liquefaction-fluidization in man-made strata of reclaimed land around Tokyo bay, central Japan: based on the geological survey on damaged part on the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake
14:15 14:30 Mrs. Tomoyo Hiyama The Jinami by 2011 Tohoku earthquake occurred Remobilization of Diphenylarsinic acid pollution at a site in Kamisu City, Japan
14:30 14:45 Mr. AVIJIT DAS Application of Lead Isotopic Ratios and Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Source Apportionment with a Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Street Dust Of Kolkata, India



T15.14 - Karst problems - identification and remediation
Time: 16:00 - 17:45
Location: Hall 4B1

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
16:00 16:15 Mr. Tony A'Bear Appropriate investigation of dolomitic areas
16:15 16:30 Mr. Changcheng Han (WITHDRAWN) Palaeogeomorphology And Its Controlling Effect on Karst Reservoirs In Tahe Oilfield, Tarim Basin
16:30 16:45 Prof. Mingtang Lei Karst Collapse Occurrences and Investigation in China
16:45 17:00 Assoc.Prof. Lihui Li Weathering rate of ancient limestone inscription in Beixiangtang Temple Grottoes,China



T17.12 - Quantitative geoscience data analysis for mineral exploration targeting
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Hall 4B1

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
10:30 10:45 Mr. Zelin Li 3D gravity imaging based on inversion of pseudomagnetic amplitude data
10:45 11:00 Mr. John Paul Hunt Rank Statistical Analysis of Selected South African Gold Endowment
11:00 11:15 Ms. Bijal Chudasama Scale dependence of structural control on gold deposits in Kumasi Basin, Ghana
11:15 11:30 Ms. Luxue Qin Application of a Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) for Identification of Au Anomalies in the Jiaodong Gold Field, Eastern Shandong Peninsula, Eastern China
11:30 11:45 Prof. JIANGUO CHEN Mineral Resource Assessment of Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits in Gobi Desert Landscape of Eastern Tianshan, China
11:45 12:00 Introduced by Noleen Pauls WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCE PRESENTATION - SPONSORED BY SOUTH32



T17.14 - The Mineral system approach: the paradigm and future trends
Time: 16:00 - 17:45
Location: Auditorium 2

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
16:00 16:15 Svetlana Babaeva Systematization of deep-sea polymetallic sulfides of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
16:15 16:30 Dr. Roger Skirrow Mapping mineral potential at continental to regional scales using a mineral systems approach: Ni-Cu-PGE and IOCG systems in Australia
16:30 16:45 Ms Bijal Chudasama What Controls the Formation of Large Surficial Uranium Systems? A comparative study of Langer Heinrich, Namibia and Yeelirrie, Western Australia
16:45 17:00 Prof. Stanislaw Speczik Deep Cu-Ag deposits – a chance for progress in the copper industry
17:00 17:15 Dr. John Bristow The international diamond business: the role of southern African producers in change and consolidation
17:15 17:30 Mr. Hendrik Pretorius Brownfield Exploration as a Strategic Initiative to Extending the Life of Mine
17:30 17:45 Dr. Alazar Yosef Billay Granite-related rare earth elements prospectivity mapping of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa



T18.11 - Major Mineral Deposits of Africa (sponsored by Vale)
Time: 08:00 - 10:00
Location: Auditorium 2

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
08:00 08:15 Prof. Judith Kinnaird Uranium in Africa
08:15 08:30 Dr. Alok Porwal (CANCELLED) Surficial uranium prospectivity modelling of the Erongo Region, Namibia
08:30 08:45 Prof. Judith Kinnaird Tin in Africa
08:45 09:00 Dr. Francois Toto Lubala The Hospital Sn-Nb-Ta deposit in Manono Mining District (Katanga-DR Congo):
Geological and structural settings, Mineral potential.
09:00 09:15 Dr. Rongqing Zhang Multiple tin mineralization events in Africa: Constraints by in-situ LA–ICPMS cassiterite U–Pb ages
09:15 09:30 John Paul Hunt The Mesoproterozoic East African Nickel Belt
09:30 09:45 Prof. Robin Harmer Rare Earth Element Deposits of Africa
09:45 10:00 Dr. Jacques Mwandulo Batumike Kimberlites from the Kundelungu Plateau (South East D.R. Congo): Age determination, Implications for regional tectonism and mineralization.



T18.14 - Mineral Deposits and Ore Forming Processes
Time: 16:00 - 17:45
Location: Ballroom East

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
16:00 16:15 Mr. Jaco Vermeulen THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE MERENSKY REEF AND ITS RELEVANCE TO MINING OPERATIONS – ROYAL BAFOKENG PLATINUM, STYLDRIFT
16:15 16:30 Mr Troth Saindi (WITHDRAWN) V, Fe, Ti and P Mineralisation in the Upper zone of the Northern Limb
16:30 16:45 Mrs. Jacolene De Klerk
Mr. Bongani Nkabinde
Developing through the Hex River Fault at 16 Shaft, Impala Platinum
16:45 17:00 Dr. Hendrik F J Theart A significant vanadiferous, titano-magnetite deposit in the Tete Suite, Mozambique
17:00 17:15 Mr. Guangshu Yang Geological characteristics of the Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) deposits in the Kangdian region, SW China
17:15 17:30 Mr. Jean-Claude Ngaruye Chemistry of cassiterite, ferberite and columbite-tantalite samples from Rwinkwavu, Bugarura-Kuluti and Musha-Ntunga mineral districts of the South-Eastern Rwanda.
17:30 17:45 Dr. Egerton Hingston Analysis of pillar scaling in the Magdalena Colliery, Dundee, South Africa



T23.11 - Applied Mineralogy and Geometallurgy / Strategic & Base Metals & Industrial Minerals
Time: 08:00 - 10:00
Location: Westin - Marco Polo

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
08:00 08:30 Dr. Deshenthree Chetty Applied mineralogy for the responsible utilisation of natural resources
08:30 08:45 Dr. Edson Charikinya Towards developing an integrated geometallurgical modelling framework of the minerals beneficiation chain
08:45 09:00 Prof. Dee Bradshaw Characterising flotation performance for geometallurgy - where are we at?
09:00 09:15 Mr. Theophilus Dzingai Considering rheology as a key geometallurgical tool
09:15 09:30 Dr. Nicolaas Steenkamp Mineralogy of excessive fines-producing manganese ore, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
09:30 09:45 Prof. Nigel Cook Identifying extremely low-concentration non-target components in copper ores and concentrates
09:45 10:00 Prof. Dee Bradshaw Development of a novel approach for integration of fundamental geological parameters with rock strength. Case Study : Los Bronces, Chile.



T23.12 - Strategic & Base Metals & Industrial Minerals
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Westin - Marco Polo

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
10:30 10:45 Dr. Carlo Philander The geometallurgy of the Namakwa Sands heavy mineral deposit: Challenges and solutions
10:45 11:00 Anne Rahfeld Geochemical analysis of the European Kupferschiefer – from method development to data assessment
11:00 11:15 Mr. Quentin DEHAINE Towards a geometallurgical model for by-product resource estimation of strategic metals within the St Austell kaolin deposits
11:15 11:30 Mr. Silvio Jose Elias Mineralogy of TiO2-ilmenite heavy mineral sand deposit of Nataka
11:30 11:45 Mr. Pasi Heino Importance of Geometallurgy in the Siilinjärvi Phosphate Mine
11:45 12:00 Mr. Piet Sebola Mineralogical analysis of a fluorspar deposit: A case study from three ore zones at the Okorusu fluorspar Mine, Namibia



T23.14 - Applied Mineralogy and Geometallurgy: Technology
Time: 16:00 - 17:45
Location: Westin - Marco Polo

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
16:00 16:15 Dr. Jens Gutzmer Quantifying the resource potential of flotation tailings storage facilities – the role of geometallurgical characterisation
16:15 16:30 Dr. Aleksandra Kozlowska Application of computer data processing and image analysis in studies of pore space in the Pennsylvanian sandstones from Western Pomerania
16:30 16:45 Prof. Dee Bradshaw (moved to another session) Development of a novel approach for integration of fundamental geological parameters with rock strength. Case Study : Los Bronces, Chile.
16:45 17:00 Dr. Megan Becker Using X-ray Computed tomography (XCT) for the 3D textural analysis of drill core in geometallurgy
17:00 17:15 Dr. Uwe König PLSR and XRD for process monitoring and exploration of ores
17:15 17:30 Mr. Samuel Scheller Advanced Mineral Identification and Characterisation by µ-XRF
17:30 17:45 Mr. Max Patzschke COMBINING EDS AND MICRO - XRF FOR ADVANCED MINERAL CLASSIFICATION AND ORE CHARACTERIZATION.



T28.12 - Detrital Zircons in Basin Analysis: Provenance Reconstruction, Chronostratigraphy, Sediment Routing
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: MR 1.43 - 1.44

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
10:30 11:00 Dr. Mike Blum (KEYNOTE) Detrital Zircons as a Next-Generation Tool in Source-to-Sink Sedimentological and Stratigraphic Analysis
11:00 11:15 Dr. Timothy Lawton Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Sediment-dispersal Systems in an Evolving Foreland-basin System, Northern and Central Mexico
11:15 11:30 Dr. Kenneth Eriksson Late Paleozoic Sediment Routing Systems of the Appalachian Basin – Linkages with Alleghanian Orogenesis
11:30 11:45 Dr. Julius Sovetov Late Ediacaran large river deposits at the Siberian Platform south-west: sedimentology and provenance relating to paleocontinents connection
11:45 12:00 Dr. Wei Wang Zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopic evidence for Eoarchean crustal remnant, crustal growth and reworking in NW India and implications on supercontinental cycles



T31.11 - The Deep Earth
Time: 08:00 - 10:00
Location: Hall 4B3

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
08:00 08:15 Dr. Gennadiy Babin New tectonic and Metallogenic Maps of North, Central, East Asia and Adjacent Areas
08:15 08:30 Dr. Ping Yu Enhancement on deep structure by constraint inversion with gravity seismic and borehole data sets
08:30 08:45 Rui Gao Enhancement on deep structure by constraint inversion with gravity seismic and borehole data sets
08:45 09:00 Dr. Megan D'Errico Measuring Pb in Mantle Sulfides Using In-Situ Techniques
09:00 09:15 Mr. Subhasish Ghosh REE enriched Carbonatite from Kamthai area, Barmer district, Rajasthan, India: imprints of a d34S depleted mantle source.
09:15 09:30 Dr. Elizaveta Kovaleva Planar deformation bands in zircon: a new evidence of seismicity
09:30 09:45 Dr. Alan Woodland Oxidation state of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Massif Central, France: the message from clinopyroxene
09:45 10:00 Dr. Mikhail Kaban A new generation 3D density model of the lithosphere and upper mantle of Asia and surroundings



T31.14 - The Deep Earth
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Location: Hall 4B3

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
16:00 16:15 Dr. Evgenia Milshtein Deep Structure Maps of Northern, Central and Eastern Asia
16:15 16:30 Dr. Sergey Shokalsky Northern-Central-Eastern Asia: Main Structures and Processes of the Earth Crust Formation of Different Ages
16:30 16:45 Prof. Susan Webb Integrated 3D Geophysical Model of the Main Karoo Basin
16:45 17:00 Dr. Marzieh Baes Can mantle suction flow trigger subduction initiation at passive margins?
17:00 17:15 Dr. Chris Clark Conditions, durations and the response of the lower crust to high-temperature metamorphic events
17:15 17:30 Dr. Cong Zhang Petrological and Metamorphic Evolution Study of the Staurolite-bearing Garnet Amphibolite in the Nyingchi complex of the Lhasa Block
17:30 18:00 Prof. Qin Wang (KEYNOTE) Seismic structure and heterogeneity of the oceanic crust



T33.12 - Geodynamics and metallogenesis of the West African Craton
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: MR 1.62

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
10:30 10:45 Prof. Dr. Salomon B. Kroonenberg Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Guiana Shield in Suriname: A revised model
10:45 11:00 Dr. Denis Gapais Tectonics-mineralisation relationships in ancient cratons, a new structural frame
11:00 11:15 Dr. Shoichi Kiyokawa Preliminary Report of the Ghana Birimian Greenstone Belt Drilling Project (GHB): Reconstruction of the Paleoproterozoic ocean environment
11:15 11:30 Ms. Helen McFarlane Lower and middle crust exhumation during Palaeoproterozoic accretionary tectonics: Key new evidence from the Sefwi Greenstone Belt, SW Ghana
11:30 11:45 Prof. David Cornell Precise zircon dating reveals the threefold evolution of the Sinclair Supergoup of Namibia.
11:45 12:00 Prof. Alan Jones Self-consistent thermo-chemical modelling of the lithosphere beneath the West African Craton



T38.13 - Microscale is the key: microstructural and microchemical studies of metamorphic processes to unravel compositional and geodynamic evolution of the Earth
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Location: Westin - Diaz & Da Gama

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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14:00 14:15 Dr. Victor Cardenes From shale to slate: using High Resolution X-Ray Tomography to determine the lower boundary of metamorphism in pelitic rocks
14:15 14:30 Prof. Patrick O'Brien Extreme nanogranites: unadulterated mantle-depth, granitic melt inclusions crystallised to kumdykolite+kokchetavite+cristobalite
14:30 14:45 Prof Gary Stevens Carbonatitic melt inclusions in peritectic garnet from Carlos Chagas batholith: Implications for crustal melting in the Araçuaí orogen, Brazil
14:45 15:00 Ms. Nonkuselo Madlakana Disequilibrium melting of plagioclase during the generation of s-type granite magma
15:00 15:15 Dr. Silvio Ferrero (CANCELLED) Fluid-melt evolution during prograde melting as recorded in the garnets of the Oberpfalz migmatites, Western Moldanubian Zone (Central Europe)



T40.12 - Marine Geosciences and Oceanography
Time: 10:30 - 12:15
Location: Westin - Seal/Robben

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
10:30 10:45 Dr. Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben The Mozambique Ridge: a product of long lasting magmatic activity
10:45 11:00 Mr. Danish Anwar Agglutinated Foraminifer Community within Central Andaman Trough of Andaman Sea: An approach to understand the effect of spreading axis channel way on fauna
11:00 11:15 Dr. Mohan Nagasundaram Provenance and paleoenvironmental events inferred from the geochemical records of Quaternary marine sediments from South Andaman Sea
11:15 11:30 Mr. Mritunjay Chaturvedi Quaternary Planktonic Foraminifer Biostratigraphy and Biochronology of a Deep Sea Core from South Andaman Sea
11:30 11:45 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Joshi "Variations in the abundance of Micro-fauna during the late Pleistocene and Holocene: Andaman Sea"
11:45 12:00 Dr. Nadine Hallmann Reconstructing Mid- to Late Holocene sea-level changes from coral microatolls, French Polynesia
12:00 12:15 Dr. Xin Su Cold seep benthic foraminiferal assemblages as indicator to methane venting events in the northern South China Sea



T47.12 - Cretaceous time scale and sea-level changes, and Cretaceous Asia-Pacific Ecosystems (IGCP 609, IGCP 608, ICDP Songliao basin) - Part 2
Time: 10:30 - 12:15
Location: Reg Foyer 1

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
10:30 10:45 Xianghui Li Climate-sensitive sediments of the Cretaceous in South China
10:45 11:00 Dr. Lina Golovneva Early angiosperms of Siberia
11:00 11:15 Dr. Yongdong Wang New records of fossil coniferous wood from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in western Liaoning, NE China and palaeoclimate implications
11:15 11:30 Professor Martin Head Defining the Lower–Middle Pleistocene Subseries boundary
11:30 11:45 Prof. Maria Marino The Lower-Middle Pleistocene boundary at the Montalbano Jonico section (Southern Italy)
11:45 12:00 Martin Head (keynote) Defining the Lower–Middle Pleistocene Subseries boundary
12:00 12:15 Makoto Okada A reliable paleointensity record across teh Matuyama-Brunhes boundary from a marine succession at the Chiba section, a Lower-Middle Pleistocene GSSP candidate



T47.13 - The Quaternary System: precision and reliability in global correlation
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Location: Reg Foyer 1

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

STARTENDPRESENTERTOPIC
14:00 14:15 Quentin Simon Authigenic 10Be/9Be ratio signature of the Brunhes/Matuyama transition in the Montalbano Jonico marine succession
14:15 14:30 Prof. Martin Head Defining the Upper Pleistocene Subseries: assessing Antarctic ice cores for a potential global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP)
14:30 14:45 Dr. Kim Cohen Intercomparing the boundaries of the youngest two interglacials: Base MIS1 vs Base MIS5e, Base Holocene vs Base Last Interglacial, Base Middle Holocene vs Base Eemian.
14:45 15:00 Prof. Manfred Frechen OSL-based loess chronologies in West and Central Asia: how precise and reliable?
15:00 15:15 Professor Tailiang Fan Characteristics of lower-order unconformity in carbonates and its significance for reservoir development: A Lower-Ordovician unconformity in Tarim Basin, NW China
15:15 15:30 Dr. Osamu Kazaoka Detailed litho-stratigraphy and sedimentary environment of upper part of Kokumoto Formation with the L-M Pleistocene boundary



T47.14 - Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Analyses
Time: 16:00 - 18:15
Location: Reg Foyer 1

UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR

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16:00 16:15 Mr. Cameron Penn-Clarke Palaeoenvironmental shifts and sequence analysis of the Early-Middle Devonian Bokkeveld Group in the Clanwilliam Sub-basin of South Africa
16:15 16:30 Dr. Cedric Griffiths Multi-scale stratigraphic forward modelling of the Surat Basin for geological storage of CO2
16:30 16:45 Ms Annalize McLean Using the fluvial-tidal transition zone (FTTZ) in sequence stratigraphic interpretation (Plio-Pleistocene Talparo and Erin Formations, Trinidad)
16:45 17:00 Dr. Jie Liu Characteristics of Low-order unconformities and controlling on karst reservoir of Middle-lower Ordovician in SW Tarim Basin, China
17:00 17:45 Dr. Cedric Griffiths Recent Developments in Stratigraphic Forward Modelling
17:45 18:00 Prof. Andrei Dronov Ordovician sea-level changes: one global curve or two semi-global ones?
18:00 18:15 Dr. Xiaoqun Yang Sedimentology and high-frequency sequence stratigraphy of Middle-Lower Ordovician Yingshan Formation in the Tahe Oilfield of Tarim Basin, Northwest China



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