16th Annual
V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006

27 August - 1 September 2006
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne , Australia

Detailed Scientific Program

Please click on the following links to view the detailed scientific program which includes a list of individual presentations for each day.

Last updated: 11 August 2006

Monday 28 August | Tuesday 29 August | Wednesday 30 August | Thursday 31 August | Friday 1 September | Poster Sessions

Daily Program at a Glance
Please click on the following links to view the Program at a Glance for each conference day.


Monday 28 August | Tuesday 29 August | Wednesday 30 August | Thursday 31 August | Friday 1 September

Program at a Glance (Conference Overview)

Sunday 27 August 2006

Monday 28 August 2006

 

Tuesday 29 August 2006

Wednesday 30 August 2006

Thursday 31 August 2006

Friday 1 September 2006

 

Concurrent
Sessions
0830 - 1000

Concurrent
Sessions
0830 - 1000

Concurrent
Sessions
0830 - 1000

Concurrent
Sessions
0830 - 1000

Concurrent
Sessions
0830 - 1000

 

Morning Tea
1000 - 1030

Morning Tea
1000 - 1030
Morning Tea
1000 - 1030
Morning Tea
1000 - 1030
Morning Tea
1000 - 1030
 

Concurrent Sessions
1030 - 1230

Concurrent Sessions
1030 - 1230
Concurrent Sessions
1030 - 1230
Concurrent Sessions
1030 - 1230
Concurrent Sessions
1030 - 1230
  Lunch
1230 - 1330
Lunch
1230 - 1330
Lunch
1230 - 1330
Lunch
1230 - 1330
Lunch
1230 - 1330
 

Plenary Session
1330 - 1430

 
Plenary Session
1330 - 1430
Plenary Session
1330 - 1430
Plenary Session
1330 - 1430
Plenary Session
1330 - 1430
 

Concurrent Sessions
1430 - 1600

 
Concurrent Sessions
1430 - 1600
Concurrent Sessions
1430 - 1600
Concurrent Sessions
1430 - 1600
Concurrent Sessions
1430 - 1600

Registration
1100 - 1700

Poster Sessions & Geo Café
1600 - 1800

 
Poster Sessions & Geo Café
1600 - 1800
Poster Sessions & Geo Café
1600 - 1800
Poster Sessions & Geo Café
1600 - 1800
Poster Sessions & Geo Café
1600 - 1800

Welcome Reception
1700 - 1830
(included in the registration fee)

     

Gala dinner
Rivers Reception Centre
1830 -2230 (optional)

 

Program Themes

Through programs presented by various committee sessions, the Melbourne 2006 Goldschmidt Conference will highlight important issues to facilitate a forum for open discussion, devise fresh perspectives and new ways of looking at the future, and set specific goals that can be achieved, discuss and present opportunities, experience and update with their practice.

For a detailed summary of each theme please click on the theme title in the table below.

 
Themes
Chair
email
Co-chair
email

1

Advances in techniques in geochemistry

Trevor Ireland

trevor.ireland@anu.edu.au

Andrew Berry

andrew.berry@anu.edu.au

2

Mineral Deposits/Ore Geochemistry

Andy Barnicoat

andrew.barnicoat@ga.gov.au

Chris Heinrich

heinrich@erdw.ethz.ch

3

Solar System Formation

Herbert Palme

herbert.palme@uni-koeln.de

Marc Norman

marc.norman@anu.edu.au

4

Convecting Mantle

Bernie Wood

bwood@els.mq.edu.au

Janne Blichert-Toft

jblicher@ens-lyon.fr

5

Lithosphere Evolution

Roberta Rudnick

rudnick@geol.umd.edu

Greg Yaxley

greg.yaxley@anu.edu.au

6

Subduction Processes

Tim Elliot

tim.elliott@bris.ac.uk

Richard Arculus

richard.arculus@anu.edu.au

7

Geochemical constraints on timescales and mechanisms of tectonic processes

Derek Vance

d.vance@bristol.ac.uk

Joerg Hermann

joerg.hermann@anu.edu.au

8

Biogeochemistry and the origin and evolution of Life

Malcolm Walter

malcolm.walter@mq.edu.au

Mike Russell

michaelr@chem.gla.ac.uk

9

Aqueous Geochemistry and Fluids in the Crust

John Mavrogenes

john.mavrogenes@anu.edu.au

Sue Brantley

brantley@essc.psu.edu

10

Surface Processes, Low temperature Systems and Landscape Evolution

Paulo Vasconcelos

paulo@earth.uq.edu.au

Rod Brown

r.brown@earthsci.gla.ac.uk

11

Ocean Chemistry and circulation/ Climate and Environment

Rachael James

malcolm.mcculloch@anu.edu.au

Malcolm McCulloch

R.H.James@open.ac.uk

General Symposia

G-01: Analytical geochemistry
G-02: Atmospheric geochemistry
G-03: Biogeochemistry
G-04: Computational geochemistry
G-05: Cosmochemistry
G-06: Crystallography
G-07: Environmental geochemistry/mineralogy
G-08: Experimental geochemistry/petrology
G-09: Geochronology
G-10: Hydrology/Hydrogeochemistry
G-11: Hydrothermal geochemistry
G-12: Igneous geochemistry
G-13: Isotope geochemistry
G-14: Marine geochemistry
G-15: Metamorphic geochemistry
G-16: Mineral deposits