Nordic Mineralogical Network, program of the meeting in Copenhagen 2006

(all events on 29 May, 30 May and 1 June, except the closing party which will be in the Geological Museum, are taking part at the GEOCENTER, Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, lecture rooms 2-3 in the Geological Institute)

Monday 29 May

from 14.00 Registration

15.30 Welcome talk by Tonci Balic-Zunic: What is Nordic Mineralogical Network?
16.00 Pekka Tuisku: Home Page of the Network
16.30 T. Balic-Zunic: Practical details about the meeting

17.00-19.00 Come-together party

Tuesday 30 May

9.00 Welcome word to the participants from the director of the Geological Institute, Prof. Hans Thybo
9.05-10.05 Presentation of research groups from Gothenburg University, University of Oulu, University of Copenhagen and Swedish Museum of Natural History:
9.05 David Cornell: Mineral Geochemistry in Gothenburg: A PTt loop for every rock
9.20 Pekka Tuisku: Planar deformation structures in quartz from the Pechenga felsic tuff
9.35 Tonci Balic-Zunic: From mineral structures to mineral behaviour: Mineralogy and Geochemistry in Copenhagen
9.50 Ulf Hålenius: Mineralogical research at the Swedish Museum of Natural History

10.10-11.00 open plenary meeting of the Network

11.00 Reidar G. Trønnes: High-pressure mineralogy and the evolution and dynamics of the terrestrial planets
11.30 Susan Stipp: NanoGeoScience, Mineralogy at the Fluid Interface - Aspects of environmental protection and resource development

12.00-13.00 lunch break

13.00-14.00 open meeting of the Coordinating Group

14.00- 15.00 poster session 1 + ad-hoc meetings

15-16 Presentation of research groups from Stockholm University, University of Latvia, University of Iceland and University of St Andrews:
15.00 Sandra Piazolo: From Atoms to Mountain Belts, research and facilities at the Petrotectonics Group at Stockholm University
15.15 Vija Hodireva: Mineral assemblages as indicators of processes modifying the composition of sedimentary rocks'
15.30 Kristjan Jonasson: Mineral parageneses in volcanic rocks and geothermal systems
15.45 Henrik Friis: Mineral spectroscopy at St Andrews

16.00-18.00 poster session 2 + ad-hoc meetings

Wednesday 31 May

8.00 travel to Faxe Kalkbrud the largest mineral-exploatation place in Denmark
9.30 - 11.00 introduction into the geology of carbonate rocks in Denmark by Bjørn Buchardt, and the quarrying operations by Klaus Rønholt. Tour of the quarry.

12.00 Lunch at the Hvide Hus hotel in Køge.

13.00 travel to RISØ, Danish leading research centre
14:00 Welcome and introduction to Risø, Karsten Agersted Nielsen
14:15 SOFC Electrolyte interfaces, Karin Vels Hansen
14:35 Optimisation of glass sealing, Marie Drejer-Nielsen
14:50 Small angle scattering in materials science, Jens Wenzel Andreasen
15:10 Dispersion of alumina, Mohan Menon
15:30 High temperature corrosion, Lars Mikkelsen
16:00 Coffee break and visit to laboratories
16:45 return to Copenhagen (expected arrival 17.30)


Thursday 1 June

9.00-10.15 Presentation of the research groups from GEUS, University of Oulu, Tallinn University of Technology, University of Helsingfors, University of Århus:
9.00 Dirk Frei: Crystal chemical controls on rare earth element partitioning between epidotes and melts: An experimental and theoretical study
9.15 Anna-Riikka Pehkonen-Oliila: Mineralogical research at the University of Oulu
9.30 Jüri Nemliher: Phosphatic biomineralization through Phanerozoic Era
9.45 Ragnar Törnroos: On-going mineralogical works at the geological department of the University of Helsingfors
10.00 Hans-Dieter Zimmermann: Århus mineralogy collage: From magma to Mars

10.15-11.15 Open meeting of the Coordinating Group

11.15 Pekka Tuisku: Zircon U-Pb SIMS dating and genesis of igneous rocks: example of Lapland Granulite belt
11.30 Emil Makovicky: Some nice sulfosalts

12.00-13.00 lunch break

13.00-14.00 open plenary meeting of the Network

Special arrangement: Mineralogy of Greenland, organized by researchers from GEUS and the Geological Museum
14.00 Henrik Stendal: Geology, mineral resources, and characteristic minerals of Greenland
14.45 Troels Nielsen: New minerals from the Skaergaard intrusion
15.00 Stefan Bernstein: Mineralogical aspects of leucoxenization in detrital ilmenite Ti-deposits
15.15 Troels Nielsen: Minerals and kimberlites in Greenland
15.30 Karina Sand: Xenoliths in kimberlites of the Sarfartoq-Manititsoq region

16.00 visit to the museum collection of minerals guided by Ole Johnsen

17.00-? Closing party