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01A Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies; our presolar heritage
524b 8:30 11:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Nicolas Dauphas (University of Chicago), Larry N. Nittler (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
01B Early Solar System chronometry – Origin, distribution, and chronological applications of radionuclides
520f 8:30 11:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Alexander N. Krot (University of Hawaii at Manoa) , Benjamin Jacobsen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Jim Connelly (University of Copenhagen)
01D Water and organics in the early solar system
516e 11:15 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Conel Alexander (Carnegie Institution of Washington), Ed Young (UCLA)
01E1 Chemical and isotopic constraints on planetary accretion, differentiation and impact chronology
516e 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Mark Rehkamper (Imperial College), Mathias Willbold (University of Bristol), Maria Schonbachler (University of Manchester), Chris Dale (University of Durham)
01E2 Chemical and isotopic constraints on planetary accretion, differentiation and impact chronology
516e 8:30 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Mark Rehkamper (Imperial College), Mathias Willbold (University of Bristol), Maria Schonbachler (University of Manchester), Chris Dale (University of Durham)
02A What caused the rise of atmospheric O₂?
516e 8:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: James F. Kasting (Penn State University), Yuichiro Ueno (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
02B The first billion years: assessing the geologic record
516e 8:30 12:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Tsuyoshi Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Simon Wilde (Curtin University), Vickie Bennett (Australian National University)
03A Flow and deformation in planetary interiors
516e 9:30 10:45 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Patrick Cordier (Université de Lille), Nobuyoshi Miyajima (University of Bayreuth)
03C Deep cycles of volatiles in terrestrial planets through time
516c 8:30 16:45 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Rajdeep Dasgupta (Rice University), Nobumichi Shimizu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Mainak Mookherjee (University of Bayreuth)
03D Tracing the evolution of the silicate Earth using siderophile and chalocophile elements
524b 14:00 16:45 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Harry Becker (Freie Universität Berlin), James Brenan (University of Toronto)
03E Placing P-T-t constraints on planetary differentiation
524b 9:30 12:15 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Maud Boyet (Université Clermont-Ferrand), Chrystele Sanloup (University of Edinburgh), Wendy Mao (Stanford University)
03G1 Melts, glasses and magmas
518c 10:15 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Daniel R. Neuville (Institut de Physique du Globe), Cristina de Campos (LMU-München), Akio Suzuki (Tohoku University), Kelly Russell (University of British Columbia)
03G2 Melts, glasses and magmas
518c 8:30 10:15 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Daniel R. Neuville (Institut de Physique du Globe), Cristina de Campos (LMU-München), Akio Suzuki (Tohoku University), Kelly Russell (University of British Columbia)
03H1 Recent developments and applications of non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry in Earth and planetary materials
518c 8:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Fang-Zhen Teng (University of Arkansas), Sune Nielsen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
03H2 Recent developments and applications of non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry in Earth and planetary materials
518c 8:30 9:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Fang-Zhen Teng (University of Arkansas), Sune Nielsen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
04A1 Melt generation and evolution and mid-ocean ridges
516a 16:00 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Leonid Danyushevsky (University of Tasmania), Nobumichi Shimizu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
04A2 Melt generation and evolution at mid-ocean ridges
516a 8:30 9:45 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Leonid Danyushevsky (University of Tasmania), Nobumichi Shimizu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
04B The occurrence, genesis and evolution of alkaline magmas
519b 8:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Glenn A. Gaetani (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Philip R. Kyle (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), Kenneth W W Sims (University of Wyoming), Erin H. Writer (University of Wyoming)
04C Large volcanic plumbing systems and ore deposits at intraplate settings: from the mantle source to large volume eruptions and environmental effects
520b 8:30 16:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Massimo D’Antonio (Università degli Studi di Napoli), James E. Mungall (University of Toronto), Ilya Bindeman (University of Oregon)
04D Stable isotope fractionation during magma generation and evolution 519b 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Julie Prytulak (Imperial College), Jan Schuessler (GFZ Potsdam)
04E Mid-ocean ridge processes: melting and melt transport in a heterogeneous mantle
524b 8:30 11:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Michael Bizimis (University of South Carolina), Andreas Stracke (Westfälische Wilhelms Universität), Richard Katz (University of Oxford)
04G Geochronology and geochemistry of large igneous provinces
516a 10:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Paul Sylvester (Memorial University), Richard Ernst (Ernst Geosciences), Mike Hamilton (University of Toronto), Wouter Bleeker (Geological Survey)
04I Mass transfer processes at the mantle-seawater interface
524b 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Dionysis Foustoukos (Carnegie Institution of Washington), Michael Bizimis (University of South Carolina)
04J New views of mantle heterogeneity from oceanic basalts
519b 8:30 17:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Aaron Pietruszka (San Diego State University), Dominique Weis (University of British Columbia)
05A1 What zircons tell us about crustal evolution
516b 8:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Ian Campbell (Australian National University), Tony Kemp (James Cook University), Ming Li (Wuhan)
05A2 What zircons tell us about crustal evolution
516b 8:30 9:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Ian Campbell (Australian National University), Tony Kemp (James Cook University), Ming Li (Wuhan)
05B1 Evolution and differentiation of the continental crust: A celebration of the contributions by Michael Brown
524a 9:30 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Julia Baldwin (University of Montana), Christine Siddoway (Colorado College), Richard White (Universität Mainz)
05B2 Evolution and differentiation of the continental crust: A celebration of the contributions by Michael Brown
524a 8:30 11:45 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Julia Baldwin (University of Montana), Christine Siddoway (Colorado College), Richard White (Universität Mainz)
05C From chondrite to a differentiated Earth: The formation of primitive silicate reservoirs, their fate and evolution through Earth’s early times
519b 14:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Jonathan O'Neil (Université Blaise Pascal), Mathieu Touboul (University of Maryland)
05D Recycling of continental crust into the mantle: evidence and observations from ocean margins, the crust and the mantle, modern and ancient
516d 8:30 16:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: David W. Scholl (U.S. Geological Survey), Kent Condie (New Mexico Tech)
05E Extraction of crust from the mantle through time: from the Archean to the present
516b 15:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Othmar Müntener (Université de Lausanne), Oliver Jagoutz (MIT), Jean Bedard (Geological Survey of Canada), Steve Parman (Brown University)
05F Characterizing mid- to lower-crustal flow related to orogenic processes
516d 8:30 12:15 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Félix Gervais (École Polytechnique), Dan Gibson (Simon Fraser University), Laurent Godin (Queen’s University)
05G Formation, evolution, and destruction of cratons and their lithospheric roots
518b 8:30 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Albrecht Hofmann (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry), Cin-Ty Lee (Rice University), Chuan-Zhou Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Aleksandar Miškovic (University of British Columbia), D. Graham Pearson (University of Alberta), Steven Shirey (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
06A Earth’s deep carbon cycle
520b 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Erik Hauri (Carnegie Institution of Washington), Juske Horita (Texas Tech University)
06C Crystals and glasses as archives of volcanic processes
518b 8:30 17:15 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Marc-Antoine Longpré (GEOTOP & McGill University), Valentin Troll (Uppsala Universitet), John Stix (GEOTOP & McGill University), Steffen Kutterolf (IFM-GEOMAR)
06D What is the nature of subduction records preserved in Earth’s upper mantle
520b 14:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Amy Riches (University of Alberta), Chris Dale (University of Durham), Helen Williams (University of Durham)
06E From crystallization to exsolution: the origin and fate of magmatic volatiles and the magmatic-hydrothermal transition in ore-forming systems
520d 8:30 12:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Jake Hanley (Saint Mary's University), Jim Webster (American Museum of Natural History)
06F Volatiles and their role in petrogenetic, intrusive and eruptive processes in subduction zones
524a 8:30 17:00 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Georg Zellmer (Academia Sinica-Taiwan), Susanne Straub (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge), Jon Blundy (University of Bristol), Séverine Moune (Université Clermont-Ferrand), Glyn Williams-Jones (Simon Fraser University)
07A The Art of weathering: A symposium in Honor of Art White
518b 8:30 16:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Heather Buss (University of Bristol), Marjorie S. Schulz (US Geological Survey)
07B The dynamics of continental weathering
519a 10:15 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Yves Goddéris (GET, CNRS Toulouse), Kate Maher (Stanford University)
07D Records of climate change from terrestrial archives: palaeosols and loess
520c 8:30 12:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Mohammed Rafi G. Sayyed (Poona College), Martine Gerard (IMPMC)
07E The global weathering thermostat
520c 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Heather Buss (University of Bristol), Rich Pancost (University of Bristol), Andy Ridgwell (University of Bristol)
07F Critical zone processes: their role in ecology and evolution
520c 14:00 17:00 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Elisabeth Bui (CSIRO), Martin B. Goldhaber (US Geological Survey), Geoffrey Abbott (University of Newcastle), Sylvie Derenne (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
07H Weathering of sediments – from natural processes to underground CO₂ storage
520a 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Matthias Haeckel (GEOMAR), Judith Schicks (GFZ), Giovanni Aloisi (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
08A1 Mineral growth and dissolution: modern approaches to molecular-level reaction mechanism determination with implications for toxic metal sequestration, biomineralization, and engineering
517ab 10:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Andrew Stack (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Steve Higgins (Wright State University), Frank Heberling (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
08A2 Mineral growth and dissolution: modern approaches to molecular-level reaction mechanism determination with implications for toxic metal sequestration, biomineralization, and engineering
517ab 8:30 16:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Andrew Stack (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Steve Higgins (Wright State University), Frank Heberling (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
08B Biologic mineralization and biomimetic model systems
520e 16:00 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Erika Griesshaber (LMU), Helmuth Cölfen (University of Konstanz), Wolfgang W.Schmahl (LMU)
08C Structural incorporation of heavy metals/radionuclides into mineral phases in aqueous environment
520c 8:30 16:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Thorsten Stumpf (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Thomas Neumann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
08D Geochemistry of nanoparticles: linking fundamental properties of nanoparticles to their fate and behavior in the environment
517d 8:30 17:15 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Caroline Jonsson (University of Gothenburg), Benjamin Gilbert (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Jörgen Rosenqvist (University of Leeds)
08E Towards the fundamentals of nanoparticle interactions with the living world: a life cycle perspective
517ab 9:30 17:00 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Armand Masion (CNRS and Aix Marseille University), Frank von der Kammer (Vienna University), Thilo Hofman (Vienna University)
08F Inorganic redox processes at mineral surfaces and nanoparticles
517d 8:30 17:00 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Udo Becker (University of Michigan), Devon Renock (Dartmouth College), Kevin Rosso (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
08G Structure and dynamics of ions and water at mineral-water interfaces: insights from experimental and computational studies
517d 8:30 16:45 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Sang Soo Lee (Argonne National Laboratory), Man Xu (Wright State University), Louise J. Criscenti (Sandia National Laboratories)
08H Surface complexation modeling: contemporary challenges and opportunities
517d 9:30 17:00 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: James A. Davis (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Michael L. Machesky (University of Illinois), Willem H. van Riemsdijk (Wageningen University), Janice P. L. Kenney (Umeâ University, Sweden), Daniel S. Alessi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
08I Interactions at the interface between organic components and minerals
517ab 8:30 18:15 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Patricia Maurice (Notre Dame University), Keshia Koehn (Notre Dame University), Per Persson (Umeâ Unversity), Dharni Vasudevan (Bowdoin College)
08J Pore scale geochemical processes
517d 8:30 17:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Simon Emmanuel (The Hebrew University), Carl Steefel (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
08K Trace element interactions with soils and sediments: implications for transport
517ab 8:30 17:45 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Brandy Stewart (Montana State University), Matthew Polizzotto (North Carolina State University)
09A The green technologies: metallogenesis for the future
520b 10:15 17:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Robert Linnen (University of Western Ontario), Anthony Williams-Jones (McGill University)
09B Geochemistry of petroleum, coal combustion and gasification products
516b 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: James C. Hower (University of Kentucky ), Hamed Sanei (Geological Survey of Canada), Owen Duckworth (NC State University), Dean Hesterberg (NC State University), Mark Chappell (Army Corps of Engineers R&D Center)
09C Black shale-hosted mineral resources: deposit characterization, geochemical controls, and exploration potential
519b 8:30 11:45 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Suzanne Paradis (Geological Survey of Canada), John Slack (U.S. Geological Survey)
09D1 Vectoring towards mineral deposits: integrated spatial analysis of geochemical and other mineral exploration datasets
516c 8:30 17:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: E.J.M. Carranza (Twente University), C.R. Stanley (Acadia University)
09D2 Vectoring towards mineral deposits: integrated spatial analysis of geochemical and other mineral exploration datasets
516c 8:30 9:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: E.J.M. Carranza (Twente University), C.R. Stanley (Acadia University)
09E Uranium: from a durable resource to its environmental impact
516c 10:15 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Georges Calas (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), Mostafa Fayek (University of Manitoba)
09F Innovative geochemical approaches to understanding geothermal systems
516c 9:30 17:00 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Nathalie Vigouroux (Alterra Power Corp), Anthony.E. Williams-Jones (McGill University), Glyn Williams-Jones (Simon Fraser University)
09G Water-rock-microbial interactions in energy systems
520b 11:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Jennifer McIntosh (University of Arizona), David Vinson (University of Arizona), Ben Cowie (University of Calgary), Steve Larter (University of Calgary)
09H Trace elements in oxides minerals from ore deposits: petrogenetic interpretation and implications for exploration
516c 8:30 17:00 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: James Brenan (University of Toronto), Sarah Dare (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), Philippe Pagé (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi)
10A Proxy development for paleoclimate and paleocean chemistry
519a 8:30 17:15 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Ann Russell (University of California at Davis), Pamela Martin (Indiana University-Purdue), Bärbel Hönisch (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
10B Seawater chemistry changes through time
516a 8:30 12:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Troy Rasbury (SUNY-Stony Brook), Lee Kump (Penn State University)
10C Past and future changes in ocean circulation
520c 10:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Eric Galbraith (GEOTOP-McGill University), Laura Robinson (University of Bristol)
10D1 The Cryosphere: Tracers, records and processes
519a 8:30 17:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors : Joerg Schaefer (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory), Anne de Vernal (GEOTOP-UQAM), Martin Roy (GEOTOP-UQAM), Alberto Reyes (University of Wisconsin), Anders Carlson (Oregon State University), Camille Li (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research)
10D2 The Cryosphere: Tracers, records and processes
519a 8:30 9:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors : Joerg Schaefer (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory), Anne de Vernal (GEOTOP-UQAM), Martin Roy (GEOTOP-UQAM), Alberto Reyes (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Anders Carlson (Oregon State University), Camille Li (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research)
10F Interpreting terrestrial geochemical proxy records of climate change
520f 8:30 17:15 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Paul Tomascak (SUNY-Oswego), Sidney Hemming, (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
10G Paleotemperature proxies: processes and comparisons
519a 9:30 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Peter Douglas (Yale University), Yige Zhang (Yale University)
10H1 Deciphering unstable climate intervals: from the Cretaceous to the Pliocene
520c 16:00 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Peter Bijl (University of Utrecht), Steven Bohaty (University of Southampton), Howie Scher (University of South Carolina), Marcus Badger (University of Bristol), Miguel Martínez-Botí (University of Southampton)
10H2 Deciphering unstable climate intervals: from the Cretaceous to the Pliocene
520c 8:30 10:00 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Peter Bijl (University of Utrecht), Steven Bohaty (University of Southampton), Howie Scher (University of South Carolina), Marcus Badger (University of Bristol), Miguel Martínez-Botí (University of Southampton)
11A Biogeochemical cycling of aerosols and their effects in the evolving Earth’s climate
524b 8:30 11:30 6/28/2012: Co-conveners: Nicholas Meskhidze (North Carolina State University), Ina Tegen (Institute for Tropospheric Research)
11E Chemical origin and evolution of organic aerosols in Titan's atmosphere
524b 8:30 11:30 6/27/2012: Co-conveners: Patrice Coll (LISA), Melissa Trainer (GSFC), François Raulin (LISA)
11F Transport and transformation of natural (volcanic) and anthropogenic (black carbon) aerosols
518c 8:30 12:15 6/29/2012: Co-conveners: Jihong Cole-Dai (South Dakota State), Clive Oppenheimer, Meng-Dawn Cheng (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), WeiMin Hao (United States Forest Service) -
12A Peatlands and lakes as dynamic geochemical systems
518b 14:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: François De Vleeschouwer (EcoLab), Richard Bindler (Umeâ University), Gaël Le Roux (EcoLab, UMR-CNRS)
12B Pa and Th distributions in the ocean: controlling mechanisms
524c 8:30 12:00 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Abel Guihou (SUNY-Stony Brook), Robert F Anderson (LDEO of Columbia University)
12C Low-temperature Si isotope geochemistry: a proxy for environmental conditions?
518a 8:30 12:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Karen Ziegler (UCLA), Johanna Marin-Carbonne (UCLA)
12D Ocean deoxygenation and coastal hypoxia: impact on ocean biogeochemistry
520b 8:30 12:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Samuel L. Jaccard (ETH-Zurich), Rebecca S. Robinson (University of Rhode Island)
12E Present and past biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and metals in high latitude marine environments
516d 15:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Laura Wehrmann (University of California Riverside), Christian März (Newcastle University)
12G1 Contribution of submarine groundwater discharge to oceanic chemical cycles
518a 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Aaron Beck (Virginia Institute of Marine Science), Richard Peterson (Coastal Carolina University)
12G2 Contribution of submarine groundwater discharge to oceanic chemical cycles
518a 8:30 9:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Aaron Beck (Virginia Institute of Marine Science), Richard Peterson (Coastal Carolina University)
12H New frontiers in methane biogeochemistry
518b 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: José M. Mogollón (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Michael Formolo (University of Tulsa), Laura Lapham (University of Maryland)
12I Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques: new insights in trace elements biogeochemical cycles comprehension
516a 8:30 12:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Marc Benedetti (Université Paris Diderot), Dominik J. Weiss (Imperial College), Farid Juillot (Université Paris Diderot)
13A1 Secular variation of the elemental and isotopic composition of seawater
524c 15:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Uwe Brand (Brock University), Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
13A2 Secular variation of the elemental and isotopic composition of seawater
524c 8:30 16:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Uwe Brand (Brock University), Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
13B Geochemical proxies for past ocean circulation
524c 14:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Anton Eisenhauer (IFM-GEOMAR), Steven L. Goldstein (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Ralph Schneider (Universität Kiel)
13D Geotraces, the international science program
524c 8:30 17:45 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Géraldine Sarthou (Université de Brest), Kazuyo Tachikawa (CEREGE), Tina van De Flierdt (Imperial College)
13E Biomineralisation and geochemical tracers of seawater composition
519a 8:30 16:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Maggie Cusack (University of Glasgow), Alex Gagnon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
13F Physicochemical constraints of the marine carbonate system: recent insights into the reactivity of carbonate minerals in aqueous solutions
516b 8:30 12:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Sang-Tae Kim (McMaster University), Adrián Villegas-Jiménez (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
13G Insights into recent and Cenozoic carbon cycle perturbations using boron-based isotopes
524c 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Marcus Gutjahr (University of Southampton), Gavin Foster (University of Southampton), Bärbel Hönisch (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
13H Trace metal cycling in sediments: past and present
524c 8:30 18:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Anthony Chappaz (Central Michigan University), Tais W. Dahl (University of Southern Denmark), Jeremy D. Owens (University of California)
14A Environmental impacts of shale gas production and methane emissions
520e 8:30 11:45 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Bob Howarth (Cornell University), Rob Jackson (Duke University)
14B Reciprocal interactions between archaeology and archaeometry focusing on the characterization of ancient human settlements and their environmental impacts
520e 8:30 12:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Alain Veron (CEREGE), Adrian L. Burke (Université de Montréal), Jean-Philippe Goiran (Université de Lyon), Frédéric Trément (Université Blaise Pascal)
14C Evolution of the ubiquitous presence of mercury in the environment of the Anthropocene
518c 9:30 15:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Xinbin Feng (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Marc Lucotte (GEOTOP-UQAM), Throjron Larssen (Norwegian Water Research Institute)
14D Geochemical influences on Hg bioavailability and biogeochemical transformations
524a 8:30 11:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Dwayne Elias (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Remy Guyoneaud (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour), Paul Bayer (U.S. Department of Energy)
14E New developments in understanding natural and anthropogenic water contaminants in the Athabasca oil sands region
520f 10:45 17:00 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Martine M. Savard (Geological Survey of Canada), Jean Birks (Alberta Innovates / University of Waterloo)
14F Biogeochemical mechanisms associated with oil sands processing, reclamation and storage
520f 8:30 10:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Christopher Weisener (University of Windsor), Lesley Warren (McMaster University), Katrin Wendt-Potthoff (Helmholtz Institute)
15A Water, elements and life in early-Earth and Mars analogs
518a 9:30 16:45 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Long Li (University of Toronto), Lori Ziolkowski (McMaster University), Nadia Mykytczuk (McGill University)
15B The molecular foundations of geochemical and microbial co-evolution
520c 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Alexander Bradley (Washington University), Eric Collins (McMaster University), Boswell Wing (GEOTOP-McGill University)
15D1 Between the O₂ steps: life and the environment between the GOE and the Late Neoproterozoic rise of ice and animals
518a 10:15 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Noah Planavsky (University of California), Timothy Lyons (University of California), Peter McGoldrick (University of Tasmania)
15D2 Between the O₂ steps: life and the environment between the GOE and the Late Neoproterozoic rise of ice and animals
518a 8:30 10:15 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Noah Planavsky (University of California), Timothy Lyons (University of California), Peter McGoldrick (University of Tasmania)
15E 40 years of Gaia
520e 8:30 10:00 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Colin Goldblatt (University of Victoria), Andrew Watson FRS (University of East Anglia)
15G Geochemical, mineralogical, and morphological biosignatures in astrobiology
520e 10:45 17:00 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Dominic Papineau (Boston College), Andy Czaja (University of Wisconsin)
16A Microbe-mineral interactions in time and space: elemental cycling and mineralogical transformations over geological time scales
517c 8:30 16:45 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Sara Holmström (Stockholm University), Magnus Ivarsson (The Swedish Museum of Natural History)
16B1 Omics and geomicrobiology: examining microbe-mineral interactions using cutting-edge microbiological methods
516d 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Joyce M. McBeth (Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences), Jennifer Bowen (University of Massachusetts)
16B2 Omics and geomicrobiology: examining microbe-mineral interactions using cutting-edge microbiological methods
516d 8:30 9:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Joyce M. McBeth (Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences), Jennifer Bowen (University of Massachusetts)
16C Carbon-iron-sulfur partitioning in modern and ancient sediments: Global sulfur cycle and diagenetic pathways
516d 10:15 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Aninda Mazumdar (National Institute of Oceanography), Tatiana Goldberg (Imperial College London), Subrata Chakraborty (University of California), William Gilhooly (Indiana), Josef Werne (University of Minnesota)
16D Biogeochemistry under redox-dynamic conditions: Processes, speciation and fluxes
524a 8:30 16:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Philippe Van Cappellen (University of Waterloo), Raoul-Marie Couture (University of Waterloo)
16F Biogeochemistry of aquatic sediments. A celebration of the career of Pr. Bjorn Sundby
517c 9:30 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Bruno Deflandre (Université de Bordeaux), Pierre Anschutz (Université de Bordeaux)
16G Chemical and microbial electron transfer processes at mineral surfaces
517c 8:30 17:15 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Andreas Kappler (University of Turbingen), Kevin Rosso (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
16I Redox-active metals and the global carbon cycle
520f 14:00 17:15 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Peter Nico (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Thomas Borch (Colorado State University), Karin Eusterhues (Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena)
16L Biogeochemistry of oxyanion-forming trace elements in the environment
517c 8:30 12:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Karen Johannesson (Tulane University), Saugata Datta (Kansas State University), Rudolph Hon (Boston College)
16M Biogeochemical mechanisms of nutrient acquisition
520f 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Walter Schenkeveld (University of Vienna), Stephan Krämer (University of Vienna), Peter Croot (National University of Ireland)
16N1 Microbial transformations of radionuclides
517c 15:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Jon Lloyd (University of Manchester), Rizlan Bernier-Latmani (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
16N2 Microbial transformations of radionuclides
517c 8:30 16:00 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Jon Lloyd (University of Manchester), Rizlan Bernier-Latmani (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
17A Geochemical heterogeneity – definition, detection, characterization
520a 15:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: L.P. Bédard (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), Kim H. Esbensen (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)
17C Laser Ablation ICPMS for trace-element, isotope and imaging applications in geochemistry
520a 8:30 17:15 6/27/2012: Co-conveners: Thomas Prohaska (VIRIS Lab), Jan Fietzke (GEOMAR), Bodo Hattendorf (ETH)
17E Investigating biogeochemical cycling using micro-scale techniques
520a 8:30 12:15 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Elizabeth Herndon (Penn State University), Carla Rosenfeld (Penn State University), Jocelyn Lavallee (Colorado State University), Phoebe J. Lam (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Brandy M. Tone (University of Minnesota), Benjamin S. Twining (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
17F1 Frontiers in U-Series as tracers and chronometers of environmental processes and paleoclimatic archives
520b 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Pierre Deschamps (CEREGE), Francois Chabaux (LHyGeS), Andrea Dutton (University of Florida), Bassam Ghaleb (GEOTOP-UQAM)
17F2 Frontiers in U-Series as tracers and chronometers of environmental processes and paleoclimatic archives
520b 8:30 9:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Pierre Deschamps (CEREGE), Francois Chabaux (LHyGeS), Andrea Dutton (University of Florida), Bassam Ghaleb (GEOTOP-UQAM)
17G Traditional and novel isotopes as tracers of weathering processes
520a 8:30 12:15 6/28/2012 Co-conveners: Jérôme Gaillardet (Institut de Physique du Globe), Sophie Opfergelt (university of Oxford), Thomas Bullen (US Geological Survey), Friedhelm von Blanckenburg (GFZ)
17H Mineral seeks meaningful date
520a 9:30 17:15 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Dawn Kellett (Geological Survey of Canada), David Schneider (University of Ottawa), Alfredo Camacho (University of Manitoba)
17K Advances in noble gas research
520a 8:30 12:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: David Hilton (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Bernard Marty (CRPG), Yuji Sano (University of Tokyo)
18A Molecular model development and simulation of geologic aqueous environments: from magmatic waters to chlatrate hydrates
516e 8:30 12:15 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Ariel A. Chialvo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Sandro Jahn (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)
18B Nucleation, growth, and dissolution in aqueous environments: elementary processes and atomistic models
518a 10:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Paolo Raiteri (Curtin University), Raffaella Demichelis (Curtin University), Sebastien Kerisit (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
19A Kinetics of microbial and geochemical processes
516a 10:15 12:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Martial Taillefert (Georgia Institute of Technology), George Luther (University of Delaware)
19B Linking experimental and field observations of mineral carbonatation for in-situ long-term carbon storage
518a 8:30 12:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Pablo Garcia Del Real (Stanford University), Natalie Johnson (Stanford University)
19C Kinetics of interfacial geochemical processes
518c 10:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Christine Putnis (Münster), Andrew Putnis (Münster)
20B1 Geochemistry and human health effects of atmospheric particulate matter
520e 15:30 17:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Allan Kolker (U.S. Geological Survey), Tamara R. Diedrich (Barr Engineering Company, Minneapolis), Andrea Harrington (SUNY-Stony Brook)
20B2 Geochemistry and human health effects of atmospheric particulate matter
520e 8:30 9:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Allan Kolker (U.S. Geological Survey), Tamara R. Diedrich (Barr Engineering Company, Minneapolis), Andrea Harrington (SUNY-Stony Brook)
20C Biogeochemical influences on metal bioavailability in contaminated soils and sediments
520c 10:15 12:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Christopher Kim (Chapman University), James Shine (Harvard University)
20D Metals and human health
520d 16:00 18:00 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Gabe Filippelli (Purdue University), Ben Bostick (Columbia University)
20F Selenium distribution, bioavailability and health effects
520e 15:30 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Laurent Charlet (University of Grenoble), Lenny Winkel (EAWAG and ETH Zurich), Markus Lenz (University of Northwestern)
21A Innovative approaches for improving water quality in mining environments
520d 8:30 11:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Lena Alakangas (Luleâ University of Technology), Matthew B.J. Lindsay (University of British Columbia)
21B Soil and sediment remediation
520d 9:30 15:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Feng He (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Upal Ghosh (University of Maryland), Catherine Mulligan (Concordia University), Eric Pierce (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
21C Smart materials for subsurface flow applications
520f 8:30 12:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Amr Abdel-Fattah (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rex Hjelm (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David DiCarlo (The University of Texas)
21D1 Controlling mine drainage and metal(loid) leaching from mine wastes
520d 16:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Dogan Paktunc (CANMET), Juraj Majzlan (University of Jena)
21D2 Controlling mine drainage and metal(loid) leaching from mine wastes
520d 8:30 10:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Dogan Paktunc (CANMET), Juraj Majzlan (University of Jena)
21E Recent advances in applied microbial biomineralization
520e 14:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Dominique J. Tobler (University of Glasgow), Vernon R. Phoenix (University of Glasgow), Christopher R. Omelon (University of Texas)
21F Mixing and reaction fronts in porous media
520e 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: George Redden (Idaho National Laboratory), Rick Colwell (Oregon State University), Massimo Rolle (Stanford University)
21G1 Process-based reactive transport modeling of aquifer remediation and natural attenuation
519b 15:30 17:00 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: K. UlrichMayer (University of British Columbia), Henning Prommer (CSIRO)
21G2 Process-based reactive transport modeling of aquifer remediation and natural attenuation
519b 8:30 9:45 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: K. UlrichMayer (University of British Columbia), Henning Prommer (CSIRO)
21H Role of iron oxyhydroxides in metal(loid) retention, mobility, and bioavailability in the environment
519b 10:45 16:30 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: M. Jim Hendry (University of Saskatchewan), Jeff Warner (Canadian Light Source Inc.)
22A Tracing groundwater variability
520d 10:45 17:15 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Florent Barbecot (Université de Paris-Sud), Rolf Kipfer (EAWAG), Roland Purtschert (University of Bern)
22B Chemistry and isotopes as biogeochemical tracers of water cycle in the critical zone
520d 10:45 17:30 6/28/2012: Co-convenors: Lixin Jin (University of Texas at El Paso), Katya Bazilevskaya (Penn State University)
22C Applications of emerging geochemical and isotopic analytical techniques for integrated water resource management and environmental monitoring
518b 8:30 11:45 6/29/2012: Co-convenors: Jean Birks (Alberta Innovates/University of Waterloo), Yi Yi (Alberta Innovates/University of Victoria), Mike Moncur (Alberta Innovates/University of Waterloo), John Gibson (Alberta Innovates/University of Victoria)
22D Geochemical and microbiological site characterization methods in low permeability and low porosity formations
516a 14:00 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Niklaus Waber (University of Bern), Jennifer McKelvie (Nuclear Waste management Organization, Canada), Sarah Hirschorn (Nuclear Waste management Organization, Canada)
22E Assessing groundwater transport processes using natural geochemical tracers 520e 10:15 12:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Laura Kennell (Nuclear Waste Management Organization), Monique Hobbs (Nuclear Waste Management Organization), Sébastien Savoye (CEA)
22F Tracing fluid circulation and reconstruction of environmental conditions with noble gases: from basinal brines, freshwater to emerging aquatic systems
516a 9:30 12:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Daniele L. Pinti (GEOTOP-UQAM), Rolf Kipfer (EAWAG)
23A1 Frontiers in fluid and melt inclusion research
516d 9:30 17:30 6/25/2012: Co-convenors: Iain Samson (Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor), Robert Bodnar (Dept of Geosciences, Virginia Tech)
23A2 Frontiers in fluid and melt inclusion research
516d 8:30 12:00 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: Iain Samson (Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor), Robert Bodnar (Dept of Geosciences, Virginia Tech)
23B Geochronology: the role of fluids
516b 10:15 17:45 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: Philippe Boulvais (Université de Rennes), Marc Poujol (Université de Rennes)
23C1 Nucleation and its effects on geological processes
516a 15:30 17:30 6/26/2012: Co-convenors: David M. Hirsch (Western Washington University), Stephanie J. Moore (University of Texas)
23C2 Nucleation and its effects on geological processes
516a 8:30 9:30 6/27/2012: Co-convenors: David M. Hirsch (Western Washington University), Stephanie J. Moore (University of Texas)

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