Large Igneous Provinces Commission

Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Web: http://www.goldschmidt2008.org/

Provisionally proposed themes include Early Earth, Continental Crustal Evolution, Mantle Dynamics, Mantle Geochemistry and Magmatic Processes.

Conference-related fieldtrips include:

Location: Busan, South Korea

Web: http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp

Includes the following session:

Session SE59 Post-collision magmatism: plumes versus top-down plate tectonics?

Location: Austria Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Web: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/

Includes the following sessions:

Session GMPV27 Large Igneous Provinces and their impact on life and environment

 Convenors: S. Self (stephen.self@open.ac.uk), A. Chenet (alchenet@ipgp.jussieu.fr)

Location: Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

Web: http://www.prl.res.in/~djconf08/

Organisers: S.V.S. Murty (murty@prl.res.in), S.K. Singh (sunil@prl.res.in), J.S. Ray (jsray@prl.res.in)

Location: Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Organisers: Andrew Kerr (kerra@cf.ac.uk), Jim Pindell, Alan Hastie (hastiear1@cf.ac.uk), Iain Neill (neilli@cf.ac.uk)

Location: Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

Web: http://lip-asia.igm.nsc.ru/index.php?lang=english

Contact: Evgeniy Naumov (LIP-asia@igm.nsc.ru)

The conference is focused on the following topics:

Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Web: http://www.geomorphology2009.com/

Includes the following sessions:

Volcanic Geomorphology

Convenors: Karoly Nemeth (k.nemeth@massey.ac.nz), Jean-Claude Thouret (j.c.thouret@opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr), Bernie Joyce (ebj@unimelb.edu.au)

Location: Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland

Web: http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/index

Includes the following sessions:

Session 03b: Origin of Hotspots and Flood Basalts

Convenors: Nick Arndt (nicholas.arndt@ujf-grenoble.fr), Cinzia Farnetarni

Location: Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

Web: http://www.jointassembly2009.ca/welcome_english.html

Includes the following sessions:

Session GA08: Frontiers in Precambrian Geodynamics

Location: Austria Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Web: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/index.html

Includes the following sessions:

Session GMPV1: Complex Processes in Magmatic and Volcanic Systems: Experiment, Theory and Modelling

Convenors: Paulo Papale (papale@dst.unipi.it), Ciro Del Negro, Donald Dingwell, Michael Manga