Granites: shaping of Earth and the way we live

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EARTH and OCEAN SCIENCES
University of Liverpool Herdman Symposium
2007 Co-sponsored by Liverpool Geological
Society
The Geological
Society (London)
Granites shaping of Earth and the way we
live Saturday 24 February 2007 Venue University
of Liverpool, Sherrington Lecture Theatre 1,
Ashton Street
This symposium is to celebrate the bicentenary of
the Geological Society of London and the
substantial contributions of H.H. Read and W.S.
Pitcher towards understanding Granites. Both
men undertook a significant part of their career
in the Department of Geology, now the Department
of Earth and Ocean Sciences, in the University of
Liverpool.
Tickets (lunch included) 5 non-student 2
student
09.45 Arrive (Tea/Coffee available) 10.10 Welcome
Rob Richardson and Viki OConnor (Herdman
Society) 10.15 Dr Mike Atherton
(Liverpool) Introduction 10.25 Prof John
Clemens (Kingston) Granite A Planetary Response
to Liquid Water 11.10 Coffee Break 11. 30 Prof
Nick Petford (Bournemouth) Geophysical
Constraints on Granite Magma Ascent and
Emplacement 12.15 Prof Jon Davidson
(Durham) Pluton Forensics Fingerprinting the
Building Blocks of Granites and their
Relatives 1.00 Buffet Lunch 2.00 Prof Jane
Plant (Imperial) (co-author Peter Simpson,
Imperial) High Heat Production Granites and the
Earth's Uranium Provinces 2.45 Dr Alan Bromley
(Petrolab Ltd.) Granites, Fluids and
Mineralization in Cornwall 3.30 Prof Mike
Edmunds (Oxford Centre for Water Research) Hot
Dry Rock and Cold Wet Granite 4.15 Dr. Pete
Kokelaar (Liverpool) Closing remarks
Further details, including map, from
helenk_at_liv.ac.uk or Mrs H. Kokelaar, Department
of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of
Liverpool, 4 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GP.
Tickets and full programmes will be available at
the door. However, pre-booking by mail or e-mail
is requested to assist with catering.