There will be a thematic session on Ophiolites and Modern Oceanic Lithosphere that will be held at the Sixth Italian Forum of Earth Sciences which will be followed by a field trip to Corsica ophiolites (16th-21nd September 2007).
The InterRidge Steering Committee meeting will be held in Rio de Janeiro on the 17-18th November 2007. This meeting is only open to IR Steering Committee members, the InterRidge office, and the Working Group chairs.
When available, the Steering Committee report from this meeting will be available on the Science Publications page.
Conference Information
The Goldschmidt Conference is the premier annual meeting in geochemistry. The 17th annual meeting will be held in August 2007 at the University of Cologne in Germany and will be in association with the Annual Meeting of the German Mineralogical Society. This will be the second German Goldschmidt, following the 1996 meeting in Heidelberg.
Fundamental scientific question to be addressed
How does a hotspot influence the development of an oceanic basin from rifting through to mid-ocean ridge spreading?
Why is this important?
Mantle influence on rifting and break-up geometries
Understanding mantle circulation and hotspot phenomena
Consequences for crustal-scale horizontal and vertical tectonics
September, Wednesday 19th - Friday 21st, 2007
Mercredi 19 - Vendredi 21 Septembre 2007
International meeting organized by the "Académie des Sciences"
Conférence Internationale organisée par l'Académie des Sciences
- Summarize the latest developments, newest concepts and key results obtained from the OCT of passive margins (both observational and modelling).
Boston Logan (BOS), Boston, MA - Most national and international airlines operate from Boston Logan (see website for full listing) and is the closest and most convenient airport to the Cape. Ground transportation is easy and convenient, all major car rental companies operate out of Logan and there is also a regular bus service to and from Woods Hole (see below).
Nautilus Motor Inn Website
539 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
phone: 508.548.1525
toll free: 800.654.2333
Sands of Time Motor Inn and Harbor House Website
540 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
phone: 508.548.6300
toll free: 800.841.0114
Note: As of 14 Aug. 2008, this hotel is booked full for Friday, 17 Oct. 2008.
Sleepy Hollow Motor Inn Website
Sestri Levante, Italy
19-22 September 2006
Workshop Report
By Jonathan Snow, Henry Dick, Elisabetta Rampone, Colin Devey
In recent years, Polar mid-ocean ridges have been the focus of some of the most exciting scientific results from mid-ocean ridges globally. 60 scientists from the international mid-ocean ridge community met in the Italian coastal town of Sestri Levante for four days in mid-September, 2006 to discuss the progress and future of research on polar mid-ocean ridges. These include the trans-Arctic Gakkel Ridge and the circum-Antarctic SW Indian and American-Antarctic ridges. These mid-ocean ridges belong primarily to the ultraslow class of mid-ocean ridges (<16 mm/yr full spreading rate). Ultraslow ridges have gained increased recognition in recent years because of the very successful exploration of the Arctic ridge system by a number of cruises since the drafting of the InterRidge Arctic Mapping and Sampling Plan in 1998 (ref). Since then, we have seen the first intentional hard rock sampling in pack ice (Jokat, 1999; Snow, 2001), mapping by submarine beneath the arctic ice (Edwards 1999) an extensive program of mapping and sampling on Gakkel Ridge (Michael, 2003; Jokat; 2003; Edmonds 2003), and on Lena Trough (Snow, 2006).
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Upcoming InterRidge-Sponsored Meetings (see the 'Events' page)
To be announced
Recent InterRidge-Supported Meetings
Russian Ridge Workshop’07 dedicated to memory of Leonid Dmitriev – Founder of R-Ridge and one of pioneers in Study of Mid-Oceanic Ridge World System
Download the Abstract Volume here - 721KB
5-7 June, 2007, Moscow
Workshop Agenda: Geochemical, petrological and geophysical segmentation of the Mid-Oceanic Ridges and its relationships with geodynamic parameters of oceanic lithosphere accretion.
GEOTRACES Workshop Pacific Basin Cruise Planning Meeting – Hawaii 26-29 June 2007
GEOTRACES will host a planning workshop to define the scientific objectives, and to develop a strategy to achieve those objectives, for the Pacific Ocean. The workshop will be held at the University of Hawaii, on 26-29 June 2007.
2018
20-22 June - Bergen, Norway
2018 Report
2017
20-21 July - Paris, France
2017 Report
2015
27-28 September - Hangzhou, China
2015 Report
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