Conveners:

Program Committee:

K. Cashman (Oregon); R. Hill (CSIRO, Perth, Australia); H. Pinkerton (Lancaster, UK); M.P. Ryan (USGS, Reston, VA); and L. Wilson (Lancaster, UK).

This conference is sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, James Cook University, the Geological Society of Australia, and the IAVCEI, to concern various aspects of long lava flow phenomena. The conference will be coordinated with the AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting being held in Brisbane, Australia (July 23-27, 1996), so that interested participants can attend that meeting after the Long Flow Excursion.

Likely Perspectives Include:

• long basaltic lava flows and large volcanic constructions
• Archean komatiites
• large acid flows
• lava flow temperatures and rheology
• the role of lava tubes and lava rises
• eruption rates and flow velocities
• geochemistry and origin of melt
• progressive crystallization effects
• degassing and vesiculation
• flow regimes in cooling lavas
• lava flow structures and emplacement
• inflation mechanisms
• extraterrestrial lava fields
• modeling all aspects of lava flow behavior

Program Description

The program includes two days for scientific papers. A seven-day field excursion will examine details of 3 long basalt flows in North Queensland: Toomba (120 km), Undara (160 km) and Kinrara (60 km) in rural, outback Queensland. These are very long lavas are remarkable for their gradients, around a third of a degree. An excursion guidebook will be published.

Abstract Deadline: April 30, 1996

Abstracts may be submitted for oral or poster presentation; there will be a published volume of abstracts for the conference. Abstracts should be up to two pages in length including references and figures on A4, Times 12 pt font, single-spacing. Abstracts should be sent to:

P.W. Whitehead
Department of Earth Sciences
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia 4811
E-mail: glpww@jcu.edu.au

E-mail abstracts should have "Abstract from " in the subject line. Abstracts should be send as an attached document and, for safety, the text should be included in the e-mail message as well. A hard copy is also requested to the above address. Where e-mail is not available, copies on disk are requested (MS Word, WordPerfect, or as an ASCII file; graphics in PICT format, or in generic format, e.g. PCX, JPEG, TIFF).

Registration Fees

Registration for this conference is as follows:

                 Conference    Excursion

                    Fee

     

Professional      AUS$ 175     AUS$ 500                    

Student           AUS$  90     AUS$ 500

The deadline for registration is April 30, 1996.

Registration Information:

Please contact:

Ms. D. Casey
Department of Earth Sciences
Townsville, Australia 4811
Phone: 61-77-814726
Fax: 61-77-251501
E-mail: glpww@jcu.edu.au