35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

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

35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

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

A Dynamic Earth

The notifications to presenting authors confirming their specific date and time of presentation will be communicated the 20 August 2016.

Second Draft Preliminary programme is being updated per theme as the SPC signs them off.

The detailed draft day by day programme for each theme is being announced as it is being collated. These are still preliminary and will be finalised by the 20 August.

As this is the Second draft, please note that where there are abstract presenters not yet registered, these have now been removed from the programme.
Once removed, you will not be included in the abstracts or the programme. If your co-author is presenting, please contact the secretariat urgently to confirm and advise so that your paper can be moved to the correct presenter. Email 35igc@allevents.co.za if you have any queries or if you have in the interim managed to secure finances and registered.

To view the detailed programme, click here.

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Theme Champions

Mike Searle

University of Oxford

E-mail Mike

Lew Ashwal

University of the Witwatersrand

E-mail Lew

Cin-Ty Lee

Rice University

E-mail Cin-Ty

John Dewey

University of Oxford

E-mail John

Umberto Cordani

University of Sao Paulo

E-mail Umberto

The appointment of theme champions may not be complete and names will continue to be added as invitees are confirmed.

Keynote Speakers

Trond Torsvik - University of Oslo
The dynamic Earth and its Kimberlite, Cratonic Mantle and Diamond record through time
Paolo Nimis (Invited speaker) - University of Padua, Padova Italy
Hydrous silicic fluid films around solid inclusions in gem-quality diamonds
Reimar Seltmann - Department of Earth Sciences, CERCAMS, London
Geodynamic reconstruction and metallogeny of the Tien Shan, Uzbekistan
Herwart Helmstaedt (Invited speaker) - Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Diamond Tectonics and Geotectonics - How do they intersect in the Archean
Alan Jones (Invited speaker) - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Illuminating craton architecture using deep-probing electromagnetic studies
Anne Peslier (Invited speaker) - NASA Johnson Space Center
Water in the cratonic mantle lithosphere
Andrea Giuliani (Invited speaker) - Macquarie University, Parkville VIC Australia
Trace element variations across olivine record the evolution of kimberlite melts: Case studies from the Kimberley kimberlites (South Africa)

31^ST MAY 2015	Additional symposium proposals must now be submitted directly to the theme champions (Please be sure to include the name of the proposer, seconder and short motivation).
1^ST JULY 2015 - 31^ST JANUARY 2016	Call for abstracts
31^ST MARCH 2016	Notifications of acceptance

A Dynamic Earth

Planet Earth is an active geologic dynamo that continues to evolve, largely as a function of global tectonic processes. For the Dynamic Earth theme, papers and symposia are invited that describe the multitude of crustal processes that are responsible for moulding the shape and form of continents over geologic time.

Please note that this is preliminary and final allocations in the programme will be announced in the 5th Announcement and updated on the Website in July.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PRESENTING AUTHORS (FOR ORALS) OR AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR (FOR POSTERS) MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE MEETING BY 31 MAY 2016 IN ORDER TO HAVE THE ABSTRACT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME.

The following symposium proposals have already been submitted:

35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

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

35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

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

My IGC

A Dynamic Earth

Theme Champions

Keynote Speakers

A Dynamic Earth

Please note that this is preliminary and final allocations in the programme will be announced in the 5th Announcement and updated on the Website in July.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PRESENTING AUTHORS (FOR ORALS) OR AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR (FOR POSTERS) MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE MEETING BY 31 MAY 2016 IN ORDER TO HAVE THE ABSTRACT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME.

35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS