6th International Dyke Conference

Location: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Web: http://idc6.igpetbhu.com/default.aspx

Contact: Rajesh Srivastava (rajeshgeolbhu@gmail.com)

General theme: Dyke swarms – keys for geodynamic interpretation

Sub-themes: (i) Regional maps of dyke swarms and related magmatic units; (ii) Emplacement mechanism of dykes; (iii) Petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of dykes; (iv) Geophysics of dykes with special reference to palaeomagnetism, new aeromagnetic maps and remote sensing studies; (v) Geochronology of dykes; (vi) Dykes as plumbing system for Large Igneous Provinces; (vii) Giant dyke swarms and supercontinents; (viii) Alkaline dykes (including kimberlites, lamproites, lamphrophyres and carbonatites); (ix) Synplutonic mafic dykes; (x) Dyke swarms and planetary bodies; (xi) Links to mineralisation e.g. U, PGE and Au, base metals, diamond, Ni-Cr-Co, laterite etc; (xii) Miscellaneous – any other research related to dykes.

Includes the following fieldtrips:

Mafic dyke swarms and synplutonic dykes emplaced within the Dharwar craton

Date: 29^th January – 4^th February

Leaders: M. Jayananda (mjayananda@rediffmail.com), J. Mallikharjuna Rao (mallikharjun_ngri@yahoo.co.in), Santosh Kumar (surendra100@hotmail.com)

Dyke swarms of Deccan volcanic province

Date: 29^th January – 4^th February

Leaders: Nitin Karmalkar (nrkarmal@unipune.ernet.in), Raymond Duraiswami (raymond_d@rediffmail.com)

Wajrakarur kimberlite field

Date: 7^th-10^th February

Leaders: N. Chalapathi Rao (nvcr100@gmail.com), Fareeduddin Srinivas

Mafic intrusive rocks from western Himalaya

Date: 7^th-12^th February

Leaders: Talat Ahmad (tahmad001@yahoo.co.in), Vikram Thakur (thakurvc@wihg.res.in), Deepak Srivastava (dpkesfes@iitr.ernet.in)