Supercontinents, Superplumes and Scotland

Registration open

The 2009 Geological Society of London Fermor Meeting and field trip will focus on the formation, configuration and break-up of Rodinia. Contributions ranging from geochronology, geochemistry and palaeomagnetism to geodynamic modeling are welcomed.  The meeting will be hosted in Edinburgh from 6-9 September 2009, followed by a 4 day field trip to see some fabulous and classic geology in the beautiful western Highlands of Scotland.  This page will be updated regularly as further details become available.

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
   

Programme of Events

6 September - Ice-breaker Reception
7 September - Public lecture by Prof. Ian Dalziel at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
7 - 9 September - Scientific Presentations
8 September - Conference dinner and ceilidh
9 - 13 September - Conference Field Trip

Field Trip

Leaving Edinburgh on the evening of 9th September and returning Sunday 13th, the conference field trip will visit a variety of locations in the western Highlands of Scotland, looking at evidence for Grenvillian and younger Proterozoic orogenesis; formation and break up of Rodinia; and volcanosedimentary sequences associated with the opening of the Iapetus. The field trip is currently full, but if you are interested in attending, please let us know and we will place you on a waiting list.

Registration

Regitsration has been extended and will remain open until further notice.  Conference fees vary depending upon accommodation preferences and whether or not you are a Fellow of the Geological Society.  This is a residential conference and fees include full board at the Carlton Hotel, ice-breaker reception, conference dinner and ceilidh; field trip costs are extra; student/retired concessions are available for the conference fee.

Full details of costs can be found on the registration form, which you can download below. 

 

Abstract submission

Abstracts should be completed according to the information in the abstract template and guidelines document below, and submitted as a word document to Anna Reynolds.  Download the template below.

Deadlines

Registration has been extended and will remain open until further notice - please contact us to confirm availability.
The field trip is currently full, but if you would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact us - if a place becomes available, the full payment of £350 will be payable immediately.

Conference Convenors

Jenny Tait, Sergei Pisarevsky, Colin Graham (Edinburgh University)
Kathryn Goodenough, Maarten Krabbendam (BGS)
Peter Cawood (University of Western Australia)
Rob Strachan (University of Portsmouth)
Svetlana Bogdanova (Lund University)
Ian Dalziel (University of Texas)
David Evans (Yale University)
Alan Collins (Adelaide University)
Zheng-Xiang Li (Curtin University)
Jonathan Craig (Eni)

Also see www.geos.ed.ac.uk/rodinia2009 for information