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Sunday July 17th: Registration, welcome drink and dinner
Arrival and registration in the afternoon, welcome drink at 6:30pm, dinner at 7pm.
Monday July 18th: Why is it important to know the evolution of plate tectonics?
Invited Speakers:
1. Maruyama, Shigenori (Tokyo Inst. Technology, Japan) Earth history
2. Coltice, Nicolas (U. Lyon, France), Importance of plate tectonics for the geochemical evolution of Earth’s mantle
3. Breuer, Doris (DLR, Germany) Is there plate tectonics on extrasolar planets (exoplanets)?Tuesday July 19th: When did plate tectonics start?
Invited Speakers:
1. Brown, Michael (U. Maryland, USA), Evidence from the metamorphic rock record for the onset of plate tectonics
2. Harrison, T. Mark (UCLA, USA), Geochemical evidence for early plate tectonics
3. Condie, Kent (NMT, USA) The onset of plate tectonics on Earth: A planet in transition between 2 and 3 Ga
4. van Hunen, Jeroen (Durham U., UK), Modelling the dynamics and observables of subduction in early EarthWednesday July 20th: Field trip to the Alps (Jean-Pierre Burg, leader)
08:30 - 11:30 - departure, introduction and various points of stop 1 in Arcegno
11:30 - 12:15 - moving to Lavertezzo
12:15 - 13:00 - Lunch on Lavertezzo river
13:00 - 14:30 - stop 2
14:30 - 14:45 - travel to "James Bond" dam
14:45 - 15:30 - stop 3
15:30 - 16:15 - travel to Bellinzona
16:15 - 17:00 - stop 4
17:00... Apero at Bellinzona Castle. Return to Monte Verità (arrival around 18:30-19:00)
Download field guide hereThursday July 21st: "How did plate tectonics start?"
Invited Speakers:
1. Solomatov, Slava (WUSTL, USA), Scaling of plate tectonics
2. Ricard, Yanick (U. Lyon, France), Onset of plate tectonics by accumulated lithospheric damage
3. Sobolev, S. (GFZ,Germany), Plate tectonics initiation as running hurdles.Friday July 22nd: What was before plate tectonics?
Invited Speakers:
1. Sizova, Elena (U. Vienna), Plume tectonics and formation of TTG in the Archean
2. Harris, Lyal (INRS-ETE, Canada), Comparisons Early Earth with Venus
Typical daily schedule: (except Wednesday=excursion and Friday afternoon=departure, see PDF)
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900-1000 Invited Talk + discussion
1000-1100 Invited Talk + discussion
1100-1130 Coffee Break
1130-1230 Invited Talk + discussion
1230-1430 Lunch (including meeting of students with invited speakers)
1430-1530 Short (3 Minutes, 3 slides) presentation of posters
1530-1730 Posters + refreshments
1730-1900 Plenary discussion
1900 - Dinner