AGU Chapman Conference on Shallow Mantle Composition
and Dynamics
Fifth International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference
31st Anniversary of Chapman Conference on Partial Melting in the Earth's Upper Mantle
Mount Shasta Resort, Mount Shasta, California, USA
22–26 September 2008
Conveners (AKA Scientific Committee)
Principal Conveners: Peter B. Kelemen (Columbia University) and Henry J.B. Dick (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI); Primary Conveners: Martin Menzies (Royal Holloway University, U.K.), Jean-Louis Bodiner (Université de Montpellier, France), Masaaki Obata (Kyoto University, Japan), Giovanni Piccardo (Università di Genova, Italy), Dave Kohlstedt (University of Minnesota), Greg Hirth (WHOI), Françoise Boudier (Université de Montpellier, France); Additional Conveners: Shoji Arai (Kanazawa University, Japan), Fred Frey (MIT), Al Hofmann (Max Plank, Mainz, Germany), Adolphe Nicolas (Université de Montpellier, France), Kaz Ozawa (Tokyo University, Japan), Elisabetta Rampone (Università de Genova, Italy), Nobu Shimizu (WHOI), Riccardo Vannucci (Università di Pavia, Italy), Reinoud Vissers (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Program Committee (AKA Organizing Committee, most affiliations as above)
Peter Kelemen, Martin Menzies, Jean-Louis Bodiner, Henry Dick, Françoise Boudier, Greg Hirth, Tim Grove (MIT), Christophe Lécuyer (Université Claude Bernard Lyons, France), Andrea Tommasi (Université de Montpellier, France), Eiichi Takazawa (Niigata University, Japan)
Conference Objectives
The AGU Chapman Conference on Shallow Mantle Composition and Dynamics and Fifth International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference, with optional field trips to the Josephine and Trinity peridotites. Previous Lherzolite Conferences were held near the peridotite massifs of Lanzo and Lherz (Montpellier, France, 1990), Ronda and Beni Bousera (Granada, Spain, 1995), Ivrea, Liguria and Malenco (Pavia, Italy, 1999), and Horoman (Samani, Japan, 2002). In addition, 2008 marks the 31st anniversary of the 1977 Chapman Conference on Partial Melting in the Earth's Upper Mantle, convened by Henry Dick and held in the Josephine peridotite. The objective of the International Orogenic Lherzolite Conferences is to assemble specialists on mantle processes for a field conference, where we share recent results and discuss key outcrops in a group setting. In 2008, we will incorporate a slightly broader range of topics, and have included influential specialists in rock mechanics and low temperature alteration in the organizing committee. Topics to be covered include melting processes, melt transport, metasomatism, localized and regional deformation, formation and nature of plate boundaries, mechanisms of intermediate depth earthquakes, and both geochemistry and physical processes of low temperature alteration.
Program Schedule
The Conference Program is now available! Please view for details on the Conference!
Poster Guidelines
Each presenter is provided with a 4-foot high by 8-foot wide poster board. Poster boards have a 2.5 cm (1-inch) frame. Dimensions of the useable work area are 1.2 meters high by 2.4 meters wide Each poster board will be marked with the appropriate poster number found in the meeting program.
Poster presenters are asked to set-up their poster on the day of their presentation. All posters must be removed at the conclusion of their poster session. Push pins and other general office supplies will be available.
Expected Participation
Based on attendance at the last two Lherzolite Conferences, we anticipate 80 to 120 participants, including about 20% graduate students. Attendance will not exceed 150. If necessary, participants will be selected from the group of applicants by the Program Committee. Application forms will be made available with the Second Circular.
Mid-Week Field Trip, included in the conference cost: Half-day field trip on Mt. Shasta volcano led by Tim Grove.
Optional Field Trip Before Meeting: Josephine peridotite (& coastal redwoods) led by Kelemen, Dick & Hirth, less than $400
Starts in Medford, Oregon on the evening of Friday, September 19 – ends at Mt. Shasta Resort on the evening of Sunday, September 21: one long day in the Josephine peridotite near Vulcan Peak, SW Oregon: focus on structural geology of mantle shear zones, spatially associated dunite veins, cross cutting dikes; one half day in redwoods and along Oregon coast; tent accommodation, catered group dinners (outdoors), rugged off-trail hiking, limited to 40 participants.
Optional Field Trip After Meeting: Trinity peridotite. probably led by Kelemen & Boudier, less than $500
Starts on the evening of Friday, September 26 from Mt. Shasta Resort – ends on the evening of Sunday, September 28 or morning of Sunday, September 29 at Medford, OR airport: two days in the Trinity peridotite focusing on Jim Quick's exceptional mapping of bluffs near China Mountain, with numerous melt transport features and structural conundrums; rustic resort accommodation, substantial driving, short trail hiking and short, moderate off-trail hiking.
Conference Dates
Fall 2008. Conference sessions will be held Monday, September 22 to Friday, September 26; attendees will arrive Sunday, September 21. Many rooms will be available for attendees who wish to stay over Friday night. Optional field trips begin Friday, September 19, and end Sunday,
September 28.
Location
Mount Shasta Resort, Mount Shasta, California
- 93 miles (1 hr 40 minutes) S of Medford, Oregon airport (recommended)
- 67 miles (1 hr 10 minutes) N of Redding, California airport
- Both involve driving mainly on Interstate Highway I-5.
We are currently researching local transportation options to and from Mount Shasta and Medford and Redding. We will provide this information on the Web site soon.
Pre-meeting field trip will begin at the Medford airport. Post-meeting field trip will end at the Medford airport.
International participants should remember that a new-style, "metrics based" passport will be required. Also, it is important for international participants to carry travel and medical insurance that is valid in the U.S.
Accommodations
Participants will share a variety of cabins and conventional hotel rooms. For example, a 2-bedroom chalet is priced at about $210 and can sleep 2 to 6 guests ($105 to $35 per person). There are a limited number of conventional hotel rooms at a rate of about $115 per person.
Cost
For 6 nights in room, meals, and conference costs (conference hall, some evening refreshments), the cost is estimated to be less than $700 per person based on $50 per night for housing. One additional night will add about $50. The final registration fee will be set in the spring of 2008.
The conference conveners will apply for participant support to the U.S. National Science Foundation and European and Japanese funding sources. The status of these applications will be posted on the conference Web site along with application instructions. If the conveners are successful, funding priority will be given to students, those contributors in need, and keynote speakers.
Further Information
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