Programme for Annual Meeting of the Nordic Mineralogical Network

Göteborg, Sweden, 21st-25th May 2007

Monday 21st -25th May 2007
18:00 registration and welcome: light refreshments at Geovetarcentrum
Tuesday 22nd May: meeting at Geovetarcentrum, Guldhedsgatan 5A, SE40530 Stora Hörsalen
9:00-10:00
Plenary meeting of the Nordic Mineralogical Network, Chairman Tonci Balic-Zunic
10:00-10:30
coffee
20-minute presentations. Chairman: Reidar Tronnes 
10:30-11:00
Karina Krarup Sand Thermobarometry on mantle peridotites, SW Greenland
University of Copenhagen
11:00-11:30
Verity Borthwick "Experimental observations of  substructure dynamics: Deviations from current models?"
University of  Stockholm
11:30-12:00
Sandra Piazolo information on a course: "Rheology and
Microstructures"
University of  Stockholm
12:00-13:00
Lunch at Restaurant Lyktan, at Wallenbergssal, Medicinareberget
13:00-14:00 
open meeting of Coordinating Group, Chairman Tonci Balic-Zunic
20-minute presentations. Chairman: Hans Dieter Zimmermann  
14:30-15:00
Reidar Tronnes University of Oslo The perovskite to post-perovskite transition and the seismic structure and dynamics of the lowermost mantle.
15:00-15:30
Vija Hodireva  University of Latvia Garnet group minerals as main indicators of kimberlitic mineral assemblages in siliciclastic rocks of Latvia 
15:30-16:00
David Cornell  Göteborg University Eclogites in Southern Sweden
16:00-18:00
coffee, tea, beer & Poster session
Wednesday 23rd May: excursion to 1000 Ma eclogite localities, leader David Cornell
8:00
depart from back side of Geovetarcentrum
9:30
Coffee stop at Ullared
10:00-11:30
Visit eclogite localities at Ullared
12:00-13:00
lunch at Varbergs kurort
13:00-13:30
Visit charnockite locality at Varberg
15:00 -16:00
Visit Amphibolite and eclogite(?) locality at Getterön
18:00
arrive back at GVC, cheese and wine party with GVC students. 
Thursday 24th May
 20-minute presentations. Chairman: Vija Hodireva
09:00-09:30 Björn Sandström What minerals in fractures can tell us. 
Göteborg University
09:30-10:00 Tonci Balic-Zunic Copenhagen group's research
University of Copenhagen
10:00-10:30 coffee
Invited speakers on solid state research and neutron diffraction at Chalmers 
10:30-11:10 Chris Knee Neutron diffraction: Some present opportunities and future plans
11:15-11:35 Annika Eriksson Structural transitions and oxygen defect structures in perovskite oxides
11:40-12:00 Istaq Ahmed Location of protons and their conductivity in In-doped BaZrO3 perovskite
12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00-14:00 Plenary meeting of the Nordic Mineralogical Network, Chairman Tonci Balic-Zunic
14:00-15:00 tour of analytical facilities in Geovetarcentrum 
Friday 25th May: one-day course on calculation of phase diagrams
Guest lecturer Kristian Capitani, University of Basel, Switzerland
9:00-10:00 The DOMINO-THERIAK software
10:00-10:30 coffee
10:30-12:00 Some case studies 
12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00-16:00 practical exercises (own laptops or GVC computers)
Week 22: 28th May to 1st June: Postgraduate course on thermobarometry and phase diagrams