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Presentations at Annual Meeting 2009Micro-Analysis, Processes, Time (MAPT)Programme, with links to presentations SESSION M1: Decoding metamorphism and metamorphic processes during subduction, mountain building and exhumation Deciphering a complex geodynamic evolution
of an orogen:what is the contribution of the metamorphic
petrology? Dating of garnets confirms suspicions of an
early Palaeozoic tectono-metamorphic event blurred by Himalayan
shearing The metamorphic, structural and temporal
evolution of the country rocks surrounding Venetia Mine, Limpopo
Belt, South Africa: Unambiguous evidence for a Palaeoproterozoic
tectono-metamorphic event What is the geological significance of
Cretaceous U–Pb zircon ages in HP mélanges from the Cycladic
blueschist belt, Greece? Towards subduction mechanics: timing and
mechanisms of oceanic blueschist KEYNOTE and eclogite exhumation New views on 40Ar/39Ar dating of the
subducted Arabian continental margin beneath the Semail
ophiolite, Oman Pressure-induced amorphization of α-quartz
(>15 GPa): First report in a deep crustal rock Natural multi-stage growth of garnet along
a single P-T path reproduced by major and trace element
modelling: death of the constant growth-rate models? SESSION M2: Recent advances in metamorphic and igneous petrology Prospects in rutilology The effect of pressure and
temperature on Ti-in-quartz solubility: the TitaniQ
thermobarometer Variations of HFSE (Nb, Zr) contents in
rutile after partial replacement by titanite Diffusive fractionation of Nb and Ta in
rutile “Nanogranite” inclusions in peritectic
minerals: discovering the anatectic melt in migmatites and
granulites Optical and chemical fingerprints of
pre-existing minerals: A tool for studying mineral replacement
in metamorphic rocks Crystal defects in
omphacites from eclogites of the Tauern Window, Lago di Cignana,
CCSD (China) and from deformation experiments: Similarities and
differences SESSION M3: Pushing the limits of high-precision radioisotope geochronology and thermochronology: techniques, tools and applications
Developments in U-Pb ID-TIMS geochronology - more precision,
more accuracy, more fun Growth and evolution of oceanic crust: ID-TIMS
U-Pb dating of mid-ocean ridge zircons Improved Methods for Pb-Pb dating of
Meteorites U-Pb Thermochronology of lower crustal
xenoliths: creating a temporal record of lithosphere thermal
evolution Constraining Carboniferous climatic
fluctuations using high-precision U-Pb zircon CA-ID-TIMS
geochronology Onset of rapid exhumation in Taiwan during
the Pliocene constrained by detrital thermochronometry SESSION M4: LA-ICPMS isotopic and trace element analysis: techniques and applications to solid Earth studies New Application of the Femtosecond-Laser
Ablation Technique Precision and contribution of uncertainties
in in-situ isotope ratio measurements by LAM-MC-ICPMS Trace Elements in Fibrous and Gem Diamonds
with coupled Isotope Systematics for Diamonds of the Fibrous
Growth Form Elemental mapping of Ni, Hf and W in metal
and olivine phased of pallasite using a femtosecond laser
ablation-ICP-Mass spectrometry Direct Analysis of Greenland Ice Cores by
UV-Laser Ablation ICPMS Influence of instrumental and
sample-related factors on the integrity of paleoclimatic signals
from stalagmites obtained by LA-ICPMS SESSION M5: Electron microscopy, microstructural analysis and grain scale processes: insights and frontiers Investigating single dislocations in the
scanning electron microscope – electron KEYNOTE channelling
contrast imaging of dislocations in nitride semiconductor thin
films Novel imaging of primary and secondary gold New views on alkali feldspar microtextures
by charge contrast imaging and FIB- TEM Micro-Computed Tomography applied to
mineralogical samples A clue on the transport properties of
grain- and phase boundaries in rocks Innovations in EDS Microanalysis: High
Speed Mapping and Hyperspectral Imaging for Mineralogical
Applications using Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) for SEM, EPMA
and TEM Using electron backscatter diffraction to
understand textures in sector-zoned garnets Revealing the original microstructure and
composition of lenses in trilobite eyes by integrated EBSD-EDX
and FIB-TEM EBSD and microstructural analysis of grain
scale processes: insights and frontiers An Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)
Investigation of Plastic Deformation in Pyrite: Slip Systems,
Microstructures and the Pyrite Deformation Mechanism map Development of pseudotachylyte in quartzite Coseismic Microstructures of Simulated
Fault Zones in Carrara Marble and Halite Revealed by Electron
Microscopy SESSION M6: Mineralogy of Nuclear Wastes Deep bore-hole disposal of ceramics for
plutonium immobilisation Nuclear Waste form long term stability
SESSION M7: New advances in mineral deposit geology Laser
Ablation ICP-MS Analysis of Platinum-Group Elements and
Semi-Metals in Magmatic Sulphides: Implications for Sulphide
Fractionation and Ore Deposit Models Uncloaking “invisible” gold: nanoSIMS
images of ore-stage pyrites from a Carlin-type deposit The ‘Low-Temperature-Selenium-Paragenesis’
from Schlema-Alberoda (Erzgebirge, Germany) - a combined optical
microscopy, EMPA and LA-ICP- MS study Petrology of the fahlore deposits
Schwaz-Brixlegg (Tyrol, Austria) and its implications for
Bronze-Age ore trade Recent developments in LA-ICPMS analysis of
fluid inclusions from magmatic-KEYNOTE hydrothermal fluids Laser ablation MC-ICPMS Sm-Nd isotope
constraints on Metal Source in the Kiruna and Malmberget mining
districts, Sweden Stages of diamond formation of the
Yubileinaya Pipe (Yakutsk diamond province) SESSION M8: Light element isotopes: analysis and applications to mass fluxes in the Earth Detection of melt or hydrothermal influence
in different rock environments by investigation of Li, Be, B and
Li and B isotopes as tracer elements Crystal morphologies and stable isotope
compositions of Ikaites and their Calcite pseudomorphs from
Laguna Cháltel and Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina Li isotopes in foraminifera: a new proxy
for past ocean dissolved inorganic carbon Plenary Session The rheological properties of post-perovskite
and implications for D’’ Diamonds and Metamorphism in the Deep
Mantle: Protoliths, Processes and Time Laser-ablation ICP-MS analysis of solid,
melt and fluid inclusions: Techniques and applications Reading Nanostructures by TEM in Geo- and
Bio-Minerals SESSION W1: Advances in the application of accessory mineral analysis to understanding crustal processes Zircon: emerging views of our most reliable
chronometer On the difficulty of assigning magmatic
protolith, metamorphic and crustal residence ages to Lewisian
granulites – constraints from combined in situ U-Pb and Lu-Hf Zircon deformation, diffusion and
applications to Earth’s crust High Ti contents and Ti zoning in UHT
zircons from the Napier Complex Zircon: its response to low temperature
crustal processes Uranium (and lead?) retention in zircon
during a fluid-driven alteration reaction Inheritance, lead-loss, and isotopic
discordance in ultra-high temperature metamorphic monazite Zircon regeneration in the skarns of
Skallevikshalsen, East Antarctica: multistage infiltration
metasomatism during prolonged granulite metamorphism Petrochronology in the Central Alps:
metamorphic gradients and their space-KEYNOTE time evolution Grenville Skarn titanites: new reference
materials for SIMS U-Th-Pb analysis Chemical variation of multiple-stage
monazites in leucocratic veins from Sřr Rondane Mountains,
Antarctica Metasomatic alteration
of monazite and xenotime in fluids: the role of coupled
dissolution-reprecipitation vs. volume diffusion FIB/TEM study of ion beam radiation effects
in monazite (LaPO4) ceramic REE-mineral record of fluid circulations in
metasediments from the Swiss Central Alps SESSION W2: Mantle processes: insights from peridotite massifs, xenoliths, xenocrysts and diamonds Sr isotope and trace element systematics in
diamond forming fluids –the relative KEYNOTE roles of
asthenosphere and lithosphere. Diamonds from Grib Pipe, ARkhangelsk,
Russia: their morphology, growth history and mineral inclusions Nature and origin of the alluvial diamonds
northeast of the Yakutian diamondiferous province
Olivine microstructure, supra-subduction
zone deformation and implications for seismic anisotropy Trace-element geochemistry of mantle
olivine and application to mantle petrogenesis and
geothermobarometry Geochemical dissection of a kimberlite:
what makes up a whole rock analysis? Trapped high density fluids in superdeep
diamonds SESSION W3: Deep Earth Mineral Physics and Experimental Petrology Spin transitions in Fe-bearing MgSiO3
in the Earth's lower mantle and the effect KEY on physical
properties Сontinental flood basalts and related
picrites in large igneous provinces: geochemical features Fractionation of carbon and nitrogen
isotopes during diamond crystallization in Na2CO3‑CO2‑C
system A petrogenetic grid for relating
experimental and natural mineral assemblages across the
upper-lower mantle boundary High-temperature oxide melt calorimetry:
the enthalpy of formation of topaz-OH, Al2SiO4(OH)2
IR absorption coefficients for H2O
in nominally anhydrous high-pressure minerals Effect of water on the olivine-wadsleyite
phase boundary: from microanalytics to macroscopic observations SESSION W4: The role of microanalysis and microtextures in understanding magmatic processes Revealing the mixed up life of “boring”
volcanoes through combined textural KEYNOTE and microchemical
analysis The effects of magma mixing on eruption
dynamics and long-term storage time scales The magmatic evolution of the Whakamaru
supereruption constrained by microanalytical study of
plagioclase and quartz Crystal isotope stratigraphy from Edgecumbe
Volcano, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: evidence for complex
mixing in small volume eruptions Zoned sanidine in Taapaca dacites (I):
Textural and chemical characteristics of zoning patterns Zoned sanidines in Taapaca dacites (II):
Temperature, pressure and residence time Using oscillatory zoning of Mg and Ti in
plagioclase phenocrysts to determine time scales of magma
recharging and crystal growth rates Employing diffusion profiles in olivine to
constrain pre-eruptive triggering times, examples from Nea
Kameni, Greece An evaluation of the Ti-in quartz and
Ti-in-zircon palaeothermometers in a well characterised
rhyolitic eruption deposit Application of microprobe techniques for
the investigation of non-silicate magmatic melts Gallium in feldspar minerals – the cause of
changing Ga-Al ratios in granitic rocks? Nephelinite-natrocarbonatite immiscibility
and extremely peralkaline residual glasses in combeite
nephelinite at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania SESSION W5: Mineral microstructures: their implications and applications Dislocation cores in mantle minerals:
atomic scale insights from computer simulation Impurity incorporation in sphalerite (ZnS):
Insights from computer simulation Pyrrhotite, polytypes and pH: A TEM study
on structural complexity and its effects at the mineral-fluid
interface Volume diffusion controlled growth of an
Ĺkermanite reaction rim in the ternary system CaO-MgO-SiO2 Fluid-driven replacement of sanidine and
orthoclase by high albite/high sanidine
Microtextural and thermal evolution of
cryptoperthites, microperthites and peristerites in ten-phase
alkali feldspars The effect of different barium contents on
the sodium/potassium exchange capability between alkali
feldspars and salt melts Zircon microstructures and their
application to geochemistry and geochronology of the mantle and
moon Topotactic relationships between olivine
and antigorite: implications for Subduction zone seismology and
geodynamics Electron microscopy in biomineral research Microscale phase and texture analysis of
aragonite and calcite biomaterials: brachiopod shell calcite and
fish otoliths Sea urchin teeth – a mechanical, chemical
and crystallographic characterization of a highly optimised
biogenic composite material POSTER SESSION M1: Decoding metamorphism and metamorphic processes during subduction, mountain building and exhumation The effects of metamorphism and
deformation on zircon textures: implications for isotopic
dating The sapphirine+quartz assemblage in the
Chogar and Sharyzhalgay complexes, East Siberia, revisited Evidence for early Caledonian eclogite
facies metamorphism in the southernmost Scandinavian
Caledonides from Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology Some comments on the fractionation of
Nb from Ta during partial melting of titanite and rutile-bearing
metabasalts in subduction zones Geochemical proxies of the abyssal
pelagites from the accreted Lazy Formation and their
tectonic implications (Belice Unit, Western Carpathians,
Slovakia) UHP/HP metamorphic terrane rocks source
of the detrital garnets from the Middle Jurassic clastic
sediments of the Kraków Region (Kraków -Wieluń Upland,
Poland) Express identification of the detrital
garnets from UHP/HP metamorphic rocks using simple triangle
diagrams prp-alm-grs and prp-alm-sps Probing the depths of the India-Asia
collision: new insight from retrogressed eclogites in NW
Bhutan Reinvestigating Suture Boundary between
Yangtze Block and Cathaysia Block in South China using
zircon Lu-Hf isotopic compositions of Mesozoic igneous rocks POSTER SESSION M3: Pushing the limits of high-precision radioisotope geochronology and thermochronology: techniques, tools and applications Understanding the relationship between
microtextures and 40Ar/39Ar ages in alkali feldspars: a
combined imaging and 40Ar/39Ar UV laserprobe study. Using low temperature thermochronology
to gain insight into earthquake mechanics Cathodoluminescence as a proxy for U-Th
zonation in rapidly cooled zircons: implications for (U-Th)/He
thermochronology Pb isotope age determinations on
cassiterite and other unusual U-bearing minerals by SIMS POSTER SESSION M4: LA-ICPMS isotopic and trace element analysis: techniques and applications to solid Earth studies Development of in-situ measurement of
copper isotopic compositions of Cu-rich materials by NIR
femtosecond-LA-MC-ICP-MS and its applications to minute
mineral samples Warm springs and their deposits in the
Southern Alps, New Zealand: Insights into crustal fluid flow In situ LA-ICP-MS U/Pb age
determination, Sr AND Nd isotopic composition of loparite
from the Lovozero Complex, Russia Using LA-ICP-MS Lu-Hf isotopes and U-Pb
SHRIMP dating to investigate tectonostratigraphic controls
on the localisation of Archaean komatiite-hosted
nickel-sulphide deposits and camps in the Yilgarn craton,
Western Australia Characterising perovskite (CaTiO3)
standards for in-situ Nd and Sr isotope ratio and trace
element analysis A fast, low-volume technique for
simultaneous U-Pb geochronology and trace-element
measurement by LA-ICPMS LAMBERN – An Excel-based software for
the data deconvolution and calculation of U-Pb, Th-Pb and
Pb-Pb ages from in-situ solid state LA-ICP-MS
analysis POSTER SESSION M5: Electron microscopy, microstructural analysis and grain scale processes: insights and frontiers Deformation mechanisms in quartzitic
rocks precursor to seismic slip Inherited fabrics in an eclogite
symplectite: Evidence for deformation under ultra-high
pressure conditions Sub-micron variability of Pb
concentrations in zircon: evidence for incomplete thermal
resetting during polymetamorphism Microstructures of quartz and feldspar
overgrowths revealed by charge contrast imaging, EBSD and
FIB-TEM Characteristics of the Iron-L and
Fluorine-K xray emission lines of FeF2 and FeF3
as a case study of maximum interaction of both elements An investigation of carbonate minerals
in CM chondrites by EBSD, CL and EPMA Argon ion slicing (ArIS) of mineral and
rock samples: a novel tool to prepare super large electron
transparent thin films for TEM use POSTER SESSION M7: New advances in mineral deposit geology Garnet trace element chemistry in the
polymetallic Antamina Skarn: Sentinels of mineralizing
fluids Chaos and ordering in layered sulphides
– growth, mechanics or inheritance? First analyses of platinum-group
minerals in the Jurassic Dufek-Forrestal layered mafic
intrusion, Antarctica Quantifying the release of base metals
into hydrothermal ore forming systems: A SIMS investigation
of potential source rocks for ophiolite-hosted Volcanogenic
Massive Sulphide systems POSTER SESSION M8: Light element isotopes: analysis and applications to mass fluxes in the Earth A quantitative point defect model for
the incorporation and diffusion of Li in olivine: Effects of
the chemical environment for isotopic and chemical
fractionation Applications of SIMS boron isotope
studies of tourmaline from hydrothermal systems Heterogeneous distribution of
phosphorus in olivine from otherwise well-equilibrated
spinel peridotite xenoliths and its implications for the
mantle geochemistry of lithium POSTER SESSION W1: Advances in the application of accessory mineral analysis to understanding crustal processes A comparison of the monazite growth of
the Tyennan Orogeny, Tasmania with earlier generations of
monazite An extreme test of Zr-Ti thermometry U-Th-Pb constraints on the evolution of
Mather UHT Gneiss at Rauer Islands, Antarctica Ilmenite-rutile intergrowth in garnet-sillimanite
gneiss from Skallevikshalsen, Lützow-Holm Complex, East
Antarctica: Implications for ultrahigh-temperature
metamorphism Fluid regime of retrograde metamorphism
of the Hanke Massif Titanite and apatite compositions as
function of contact and regional metamorphism: case studies
from the Ötztal Complex and the northern Southalpine
basement Is there alpha-assisted annealing of
radiation damage? A helium implantation study of
radiation-damaged zircon and monazite Electron probe microanalysis of nano-scale
minerals: Extended possibilities of the geothermometry Distribution of trace elements between
zircon, garnet and melt: a key to understanding crustal
events and processes LA-ICPMS U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses
of detrital zircons for the khondalites from the North China
Craton Evolution of lithospheric mantle of
East Antarctic craton: Os isotope composition and PGE
distribution in spinel lherzolite xenoliths Hf isotopes applied to UHT granulites:
example from the Anápolis-Itauçu Complex, Central Brazil Mineralogical and geochronological
analysis of the Lake Vostok ice-core rock clusts
(Antarctica) POSTER SESSION W2: Mantle processes: insights from peridotite massifs, xenoliths, xenocrysts and diamonds Chromium solubility in saline fluids at
4-6 GPa and 1000-1200şC PGE-bearing sulfides in melt inclusions
in a Tahitian lherzolite xenolith detected with microbeam
synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence Unusual isotope signatures and trace
element patterns of Quaternary spinel lherzolite xenoliths
Long-lived layered lithosphere? Fresh
data from the Slave Craton – N.W.T., Canada The redox state of
glasses in mantle xenoliths: an EMPA investigation POSTER SESSION W3: Deep earth mineral physics and experimental petrology Experimental constraints on HFSE
partitioning and Ti mobility in saline fluids Diffusion in the pyrope-majorite system The rotational Paris-Edinburgh cell (roPEC):
In-situ rheological investigations under conditions of
planetary deep interiors The WURM project – a web-based freely
accessible database of computed physical properties for
minerals POSTER SESSION W4: The role of microanalysis and microtextures in understanding magmatic processes Zircon growth during magma mingling and
re-equilibration by late-magmatic fluids in a hybridized
pluton Temporal variations of Li and other
trace elements from the current eruption of the Soufričre
Hills Volcano, Montserrat Investigating crustal contamination on
the Bolivian Altiplano, Central Andes Zircon deforms in a magma chamber! Using intra-crystal Sr isotopes to
constrain variable open-system processes within a single
flood basalt eruption unit POSTER SESSION W5: Mineral microstructures: their implications and applications Defect Microstructure of Chalcedony in
Flint and Chert Kinetic fractionation of trace elements
during orthopyroxene replacement of olivine Microstructural characteristics and
timing of ductile deformation of the Druksiai-Polotsk
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