LIP Steering Committee members and their “portfolios”


Nicholas Arndt (LGCA, Univ. Grenoble, Grenoble, France)

Assessing Archean greenstone belts in a LIP context.

write Firstname.Lastname_AT_ujf-grenoble.fr (substitute “Nicholas.Arndt@” for “Firstname.Lastname_AT_”)


Millard F. Coffin (ORI, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)

Geophysics of LIPs; impact origin of LIPs.

mcoffin@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp


Kent C. Condie (Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, USA)

Secular changes in LIPs and their mantle sources; distinguishing oceanic LIPs from oceanic crust (ophiolites).

kcondie@nmt.edu


Vincent Courtillot (Laboratoire de Paleomagnetisme, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France)

Environmental effects of LIPs (with focus on climatic effects of trap generated aerosols).

courtil@ipgp.jussieu.fr


Robert A. Duncan (COAS, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA)

Ar-Ar dating of LIPs.

rduncan@coas.oregonstate.edu


Gillian R. Foulger (Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Rd., Durham DH1 3LE, U.K.)

Assessing plume and alternative models for LIP generation.

g.r.foulger@durham.ac.uk


James W. Head III (Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, USA)

Planetary LIPs.

James_Head_III@Brown.edu


Andrew C. Kerr (School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales)

Oceanic plateaus, with a focus on deformed/accreted examples.

KerrA@Cardiff.ac.uk


Jun Korenaga (Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, USA)

Mantle convection modeling and implications for generation of LIPs, with a focus on the role of lithospheric mantle.

jun.korenaga@yale.edu


Shigenori Maruyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan)

Superplumes and the integration of plate tectonic and plume tectonic systems.

smaruyam@geo.titech.ac.jp


Martin A. Menzies (Dept. of Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK)

Volcanic rifted margins.

m.menzies@gl.rhul.ac.uk


Franco Pirajno (Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)

LIPs through time and links with ore deposits.

franco.pirajno@dmp.wa.gov.au


Don J. Schissel (BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc., Vancouver, Canada)

LIP-related ore deposits.

Don.J.Schissel@BHPBilliton.com


Bryan C. Storey (Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

Links between LIPs and breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana.

bryan.storey@canterbury.ac.nz


Eiichi Takahashi (Earth and Planetary Science Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan)

Experimental petrology and implications for LIP generation, with a focus on the role of eclogite.

etakahas@geo.titech.ac.jp


Dominique Weis (Pacific Centre for Isotope and Geochemical Research, Department of Earth Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)

Isotopic geochemistry of LIPs.

dweis@eos.ubc.ca


Paul Wignall (School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK)

Environmental and climatic effects of LIPs.

wignall@earth.leeds.ac.uk


Lionel Wilson (Environmental Science Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK)

Mechanisms for the emplacement of LIPs; planetary LIPs.

L.Wilson@lancaster.ac.uk


Michael T.D. Wingate (Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)

U-Pb dating and paleomagnetism of mafic units and implications for paleocontinental reconstructions.

michael.wingate@dmp.wa.gov.au


Yigang Xu (Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China)

Domal uplift and regional variation in LIP geochemistry: tools for assessing plume involvement.

yigangxu@yahoo.com


Scott Bryan (School of Earth Sciences & Geography, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom)

Silicic Large Igneous Provinces

S.Bryan@kingston.ac.uk