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SATELLITE SYMPOSIA held on the occasion of the XXXX International XX Conference will be announced in the xxxxxx Preliminary Programme, on http://www.xxx2003.org and by means of an ad hoc specific programme available upon registration at xxx 2003.

Satellite Symposia will be hosted before and after the dates of the Congress and also during the Congress, outside of scheduled meeting hours.

For further information on hosting or attending Satellite Symposia, please contact:


Theme 1 - The Dynamic Solid
1.1 Hydrogen and its influence on mineral structure, properties and behaviour
1.2 Light elements in igneous and metamorphic processes
1.3 In-situ investigation of properties and processes
1.4 Solid solutions
1.5 Phase transitions in minerals
1.6 Nano-scale properties of materials
1.7 Glasses and amorphous solids
1.8 Minerals and glasses as wasteforms
1.0 Open session
 
Theme 2 - The Dynamic Interface
2.1 Mineral surface reactivity
2.2 Growth and dissolution of minerals – linear and non-linear processes
2.3 In-situ investigation of interface processes
2.4 Confined fluids
2.5 Processes near geochemical fronts: making space and filling space
2.6 Biofilms on mineral surfaces:  Formation, characterisation and impact on environmental processes.
2.7 Biomineralisation
2.8 Clusters and Nanoparticles
2.0 Open session
 
Theme 3 - The Volatiles of the Earth
3.1 Petroleum geochemistry and migration
3.2 Macromolecular organic matter:  discerning biological and non-biological origins.
3.3 Fluids from sedimentary basins through the metamorphic cycle
3.4 Hydrothermal solutions and their input to the biosphere and hydrosphere
3.5 Volatile components in the deep Earth
3.6 Solubility, transport and hydrothermal ore deposition
3.0 Open session
 
Theme 4 - The Earth's Surface
4.1 Ocean water and its interactions with sediments and atmosphere
4.2 Metals in the environment:  Molecular processes and role in soil, sediment and water
4.3 Rates and mechanisms of biogeochemical processes
4.4 The deep biosphere
4.5 Physical and chemical weathering at local and global scale.
4.6 Pollution, climate and anthropogenic effects
4.61 Aftermaths of catastrophic contaminant releases
4.62 Contaminant transport and the water cycle
4.63 Climate and global geochemical fluxes – now and in the past
4.64 Radionuclides in the environment
4.65 Fate of arsenic, antimony and similar elements in the environment
4.66 Micropollutants and health
4.7 Geochemical maps (poster session)
4.0 Open session
 
Theme 5 - The Deeper Earth
5.1 Reconciling mantle geochemistry and geophysics:  mantle reservoirs and other tales.
5.2 Large igneous provinces
5.3 Subduction processes and the subcontinental lithosphere
5.4 Processes in magma chambers
5.5 Granites and Crustal Anatexis
5.6 Dynamics of slow and ultra-slow spreading ridges
5.7 Intraplate magmatism and lithosphere
5.0 Open session
 
Theme 6 - The Early Earth and the Planets
6.1 From accretion to core formation
6.2 Composition and evolution of the early Earth
6.3 From dust to planets
6.4 Early giant ore bodies
6.5 Early atmosphere
6.6 Early environments on Earth and their role in the evolution of life
6.7 Astrobiology: The detection of life in the Solar System
6.0 Open session

The open sessions in each of the themes provide an opportunity for submission of abstracts that do not appear to fit elsewhere. Depending on the topics of the contributions, the organisers may generate additional symposia or merge some of those listed, where the program would benefit. Likewise, to optimise topic groupings, the organisers may transfer some contributions from one session to another.

No sessions are planned exclusively on modelling- or analytical techniques. Abstracts on techniques should be submitted to the session where they best can be applied. If a group of participants wishes to organise a workshop on a particular technique before or after the conference, arrangements can be made. Contact goldschmidt@geol.ku.dk to include it in the program and bh@vanhauen.dk to arrange practical details.