Location: Kagoshima, Japan
Web: http://www.iavcei2013.com/index.html
Includes the following session:
1-2: Frontiers in large igneous provinces research: a tribute to the life and career of John Mahoney
Convenors: Loyc Vanderkluysen (loyc@asu.edu), Marissa Tejada, Millard Coffin (m.coffin@noc.soton.ac.uk)
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are the largest manifestations of volcanism on Earth. They are anomalous both in terms of the volume and length of lava flows erupted at the surface and in terms of the scale of mantle melting necessary to produce them. They are also thought to have widespread impact on climate and the environment. This session would welcome all contributions to LIP research, with particular emphasis on: