Fermor Meeting 2009: Rodinia:
Supercontinents, Superplumes & Scotland
The 2009 Fermor Meeting and field trip focused on the formation, configuration and break-up of Rodinia, pre-Rodinia palaeogeography, Rodinian to Gondwanan reconstructions and supercontinent transitions.
Contributions ranged from geochronology, geochemistry and palaeomagnetism to geodynamic modeling. The meeting was hosted in Edinburgh and followed by a 4 day field trip to see some fabulous and classic geology in the beautiful western Highlands of Scotland.
Session Themes:
- Formation, configuration & break up of Rodinia: inter & intra-cratonic correlations
- Beyond Rodinia: evidence for, & reconstruction of, older supercontinents
- Palaeogeography of Supercontinental Transitions
- Supercontinents, Superplumes & True Polar Wander
- Neoproterozoic oceans - oxygenation, evolution & oceanography
- Neoproterozoic palaeogeography, Gondwana & the Iapetus
- The Neoproterozoic petroleum systems & hydrocarbon potential
Keynote Speakers:
- Chris Hawkesworth (University of Bristol)
- Dave Evans (Yale University)
- Peter Betts (Monash University)
- Ian Dalziel (University of Texas)
- Zheng-Xiang Li (Curtin University)
- Shijie Zhong (University of Colorado)
- Graham Shields (University College London)
- Galen Halverson (University of Adelaide)
- Peter Cawood (University of W Australia)
- Jonathan Craig (ENI)
- Alan Collins (University of Adelaide)
- Brendan Murphy (St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia)
- John Goodge (University of Minnesota)
- Udo Zimmermann (University of Stavanger)
Conference Convenors:
- Jenny Tait, Sergei Pisarevsky, Colin Graham (Edinburgh University)
- Kathryn Goodenough, Martin Smith (BGS)
- Rob Strachan (University of Portsmouth)
- Svetlana Bogdanova (Lund University)
- Ian Dalziel (University of Texas)
- David Evans (Yale University)
- Alan Collins (Adelaide University)
- Peter Cawood (University of W Australia)
- Zheng-Xiang Li (Curtin University)
- Jonathan Craig (ENI)