35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

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



Geochronology

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.

View all Themes

Geochronology

Theme Champions


Simon Wilde
Simon Wilde
Curtin University
E-mail Simon
Randall Parrish
NIGL and University of Leicester
E-mail Randall
Holly Stein
Holly Stein
Colorado State University and University of Oslo
E-mail Holly
Rod Brown
University of Glasgow
E-mail Rod
Richard Armstrong
Australian National University
E-mail Richard
The appointment of theme champions may not be complete and names will continue to be added as invitees are confirmed.


Keynote Speakers

  1. Dave Phillips  - University of Melbourne, Australia

    A new age for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology – Out of Africa and beyond…

 

31ST 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).
1ST JULY 2015 -
31ST JANUARY 2016
Call for abstracts
31ST MARCH 2016 Notifications of acceptance

Geochronology

The precise and accurate measurement of geological time represents a foundation upon which the understanding of earth processes is built. This theme deals with all aspects related to geochronology, including new techniques, instrumental applications and examples of age measurements contributing significantly to the geosciences.

For a list of the Abstracts that have been ACCEPTED UNDER THIS THEME CLICK HERE ➤

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:
  1. Holly Stein, Brian Kendall, Svetoslav Georgiev and Judith Hannah
    » Twenty Year Celebration of Re-Os Isotope Geochemistry – Meteorite to Mantle, Crust and Climate Records, Ores and Petroleum Systems
  2. Dirk Frei
    » African Geochronology
  3. Roderick Brown and Anthony Dosseto
    » Critical zone geochronology
  4. Roderick Brown, Rebecca Flowers, Charles Kasanzu and Jaclyn Baughman
    » Thermochronology: dating erosion, topographic evolution, and crustal thermal processes
  5. Simon Wilde and Holly Stein
    » Dating in the Twenty-First Century: Avoiding some of the Pitfalls
  6. Open Session
    For all submissions that do not fall into currently identified symposia