North Atlantic Craton Conference 2016 ('NAC+ 2016')
21-23 March 2016, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh UK
Website: http://bgs.ac.uk/NAC2016/home.html
Registration fees:
Standard: GBP 245
Member of the Mineralogical Society: GBP 205
Student GBP 60
Registration includes conference icebreaker (21 March), conference dinner (22 March), and lunches on two days of conference.
Registration:
Delegate registration can be accessed from the main conference website:
http://bgs.ac.uk/NAC2016/registration.html
Or directly from: http://www.datawareonline.co.uk/MinerSoc/Default.aspx?tabid=112
Abstract submission:
Abstracts for presentations can be submitted during registration (deadline 15th January), or by sending them to NACworkshop@gmail.com. A template can be found on the home page of the website: http://bgs.ac.uk/NAC2016/registration.html
Conference themes:
- Formation and cratonisation of the NAC: from micro-continents to craton
- Proterozoic orogens: the mobile belts surrounding the NAC
- The NAC margin in Canada and its mineralisation
- Metallogenesis and links to geodynamic setting
- Mineral resources of the NAC and adjacent Palaeoproterozoic mobile belts
Confirmed keynote speakers
Prof. Nicholas Arndt (University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble) - theme: Sources of metals from the asthenosphere vs. lithospheric mantle, and the formation of continental crust
Dr. Alana Hinchey (Newfoundland & Labrador Geological Survey) - theme: Geology of the Makkovik-Ketilidian orogenic belt
Prof. Raimo Lahtinen (Geological Survey of Finland) - theme: Palaeoproterozoic tectonic evolution and metallogeny of Fennoscandia
Dr. Bo Moller-Stensgaard (GEUS) - theme: Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic evolution of the NAC in Greenland Further keynote speakers are yet to be confirmed.
Field trip:
A fieldtrip to the Outer Hebrides is planned to take place after the conference. Details can be found here http://bgs.ac.uk/NAC2016/fieldTrip.html. If you would like to secure your place on the trip, please state your interest to attend either whilst registering for the conference, or by emailing NACworkshop@gmail.com. Please note that spaces are limited for the field trip and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Students:
Please note that we are in the process of securing a limited number of student bursaries to assist eligible students in attending our conference. We will send further details of student bursaries as soon as we can.
Accommodation:
We have negotiated a discounted rate on a hotel near to the Royal College of Surgeons. Details can be obtained by phoning +44 (0)131 662 2080 and giving the name of the conference. Rooms have been reserved at a rate of GBP95 per night (including breakfast), representing a 5% discount.
Second circular:
A second circular will be made available on the BGS website shortly and will be emailed around various group lists soon.
Please direct all questions to:
NACworkshop@gmail.com
Contact:
Prof. Jochen Kolb
Department of Petrology and Economic Geology, GEUS
E-mail: jkol@geus.dk
Phone: +45 9133 3863