Sunday, July 5
- 14:00 - 23:00 - Registration
- 18:00 - Dinner
- 19:30 - Opening remarks
Session I : Fundamental Concepts of Pattern Formation in Earth sciences
Discussion leader: Tony Lasaga, Yale University
- 19:45 - Eugene Stanley, Boston University:
Fractals and multifractals in the geological sciences: Recent results
- 20:45 - Peter Ortoleva, Indiana University:
The self-organizing planet
Monday, July 6
Session II: Patterns in Mineral Growth - Observations and Experiments
Discussion leader: Kelly Russell (University of British Columbia)
- 9:00 - Thomas Pearce, Queen's University (Ontario):
An overview of observed patterns in minerals with an emphasis on plagioclase
- 10:00 - Richard Reeder, SUNY:
Structurally controlled element distribution patterns in growing crystals
- 11:00 - Break
- 11:15 - Gary Lofgren, NASA:
Experiments on the growth of minerals, their shapes, the controls
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 18:00 - Dinner
Session III: Geomorphological Patterns
Discussion leader: Paul Meakin, University of Oslo
- 19:30 - Bernard Hallet, University of Washington:
An overview of patterns in landscapes with a focus on ice-dominated regions
- 20:30 - Brad Werner, UCSD:
Hierarchical models for near-shore patterns and processes
Tuesday, July 7
- 7:30 - Breakfast
- 8:30 - Group Photo
Session IV: Patterns and Fluid Geodynamics
Discussion leader: John Chadam, University of Pittsburgh
- 9:00 - John de Bruyn, Memorial University:
Pattern formation in fluids : Modeling the world in a teacup
- 10:00 - Joe Cartwright, Imperial College:
Polygonal fault systems in sedimentary basins: Implications for processes of compaction and fluid transport
- 11:00 - Break
- 11:15 - Gregory Dipple, University of British Columbia:
Hydrodynamics and pattterns of reaction in metamorphic-hydrothermal systems
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 18:00 - Dinner
Session V: Temporal Patterns: Earthquakes, Sedimentation
Discussion leader: Eugene Stanley, Boston University
- 19:30 - Birger Bergersen, University of British Columbia:
Temporal and scaling in threshold system: Applications to earthquakes and stick-slip models
- 20:30 - Roy Plotnick, University of Illinois:
Spatial and temporal scales in paleontology and stratigraphy
Wednesday, July 8
Session VI: Patterns in Rocks
Discussion leader: Gary Lofgren, NASA
- 9:00 - Kelly Rusell, University of British Columbia:
Chemical dynamics of open-system magmatic processes
- 10:00 - Ann Brown, University of Manitoba:
Patterns of microbially induced iron precipitation in a biofilm
- 11:00 - Break
- 11:15 - Jose Selles-Martinez, University of Buenos Aires:
Mechanical interpretation of fracture patterns in concretions
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 18:00 - Dinner
19:30 - 21:30 Session VII: Posters
Thursday, July 9
Session VIII: Kinetic Models of Patterns in Earth Sciences
Discussion leader: Bernard Hallet, University of Washington
- 9:00 - Antonio Lasaga, Yale University:
Experimental evidences for nonlinear kinetics and implications for models of pattern formation
- 10:00 - Enrique Merino, Indiana University:
Agates from basalts and igneous orbicules
- 11:00 - Break
- 11:30- Bjorn Jamtveit, University of Oslo:
Compositional zoning in hydrothermal minerals
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 18:00 - Dinner
Session IX: Geopatterns: New Directions
Discussion leader: Peter Ortoleva, Indiana University
- 19:30 - John Chadam, Univ. of Pittsburgh:
Reaction front and pattern formation
- 20:30 - Paul Meakin, University of Oslo:
Geological pattern formation: Overviews and future directions
- 21:30 Business meeting
Friday, July 10
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