35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
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35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
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TUESDAY PROGRAMME CHANGES
| T44.5 - Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Ecosystems of Gondwana | |
| Time: | 14:00 ‐ 15:30 |
| Location: | Reg Foyer 2 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 14:15 | Dr. Philip John Hancox | The Beaufort-Stormberg contact in the main Karoo Basin – the most important unconformity surface for understanding the basin’s development |
| 14:15 | 14:30 | Prof. Jonah Choiniere | South Africa's Triassic-Jurassic sauropodomorph fauna: phylogenetic fit to stratigraphy, evolutionary rates, and the biased appearance of characters in time |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Prof. Yi Zhang | The fossil plants from the Middle Triassic Linjia Formation in Benxi of eastern Liaoning, China and its paleoclimatic implication |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Dr. FRESIA RICARDI-BRANCO | Paleoecological and taphonomic analysis of Permian coal seam of Rio Bonito Formation, Paraná basin, western Gondwana (Cancelled) |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Dr. Julien BENOIT | Paleoneurology of Therapsida (Synapsida) and the Evolution of soft tissue traits in the mammalian ancestry |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | Dr. Thomas Rich | Southeastern Australia’s Cretaceous polar tetrapods in a Greenhouse World |
| T36.5 - Granite Keynotes | |
| Time: | 14:00 ‐ 15:30 |
| Location: | MR 1.41 - 1.42 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Prof. Julian Pearce (keynote) | Geochemical Fingerprinting of Granites Revisited |
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Prof. Bor-ming Jahn (keynote) | Crustal and tectonic evolution of accretionary orogens in NE Asia: evidence from geochronological and geochemical study of granitoids and comparison with the Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
| T30.5 - Geology and Tectonics Of the Himalayan Orogenic Belt | |
| Time: | 14:00 ‐ 15:30 |
| Location: | Auditorium 1 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Dr. Alex Webb | Key challenges in Himalayan tectonics and climate-tectonic interactions |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Mr. Chaitra Dhar Taye | Geochemical Characteristics of Abor volcanics, Arunachal Pradesh, India and Probable age of its Emplacement |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Mr. BUBUL BHARALI | Geochemistry and Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of Surma Basin, Mizoram, India |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Prof. Gen-Hou Wang | Discovery of Middle-Late Triassic Conodonts within accessory complexes of South Qiangtang in the region of Tibetan Marigangri (China) and its tectonic significance |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | Mr. Tanay Dutta Gupta | Neo-tectonic activity in Sarpang Re-entrant, frontal Bhutan Himalaya, Kokrajhar District, Assam, India constrain from Geological, Geomorphological and GPS surveys. |
| T26.5 - The Urban Mine | |
| Time: | 14:00 ‐ 15:30 |
| Location: | MR 1.61 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 14:15 | Dr. Krzysztof Galos | Towards EU concept of mineral deposits of public importance for their safeguarding for future generations - considerations on qualifying criteria defining such deposits |
| 14:15 | 14:30 | Ms. Mariekie Gericke | Development of an e-waste implementation toolkit (EWIT) to support the recycling and secondary raw material recovery strategies in metropolitan areas in Africa. |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Dr. Jionghui WANG | Green Mining and Sustainable Resources Prospecting of New Technology Minerals in China |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Prof. Luís Lopes | The importance of technical specifications for stone construction products - The case study of "StonePT brand", a product certification for Portuguese stone |
| 15:00:00 | 15:30:00 | Dr. Patrice Christmann (keynote) | Toward a More Equitable Use of Resources |
| T17.5 - New theories and methods in resources exploration | |
| Time: | 14:00 ‐ 15:30 |
| Location: | Auditorium 2 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 14:15 | Dr. Wei Wan | Geological and geochemical prospecting models of porphyry Mo deposits in China |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Dr. Houmin Li | Types and genesis of the BIF-hosted high-grade iron ores in China |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Ms. Bijal Chudasama | Hydrogeochemistry of uranium leaching, transportation and precipitation in surficial environments in western India |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Dr. Dhawan Gopal | Crustal Evolution and Gold Metallogeny in Peninsular India - Studies for Exploration Target Selection |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Dr. Claudio Porto | Regolith mapping and geochemical exploration in the Chapada-Mara Rosa Cu-Au district, Central Brazil |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | Dr. Nathan Reid | Can drilling fluids be a useful sample media for mineral exploration? |
| T8.6a - Challenges in Identifying and Characterising Seismogenic Faults in Non-Plate Boundary Settings / Geohazards and societal benefits: coping with reality | |
| Time: | 16:00 ‐ 17:45 |
| Location: | Roof Terrace |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | 16:15 | Dr. Paul Bierman | Cosmogenically dated marine terraces in South Africa reveal low long-term rates of uplift and no evidence for localized faulting |
| 16:15 | 16:30 | Prof. Hisashi Nirei | Differences in geological hazards from liquefaction–fluidization and ground waves in the areas facing Tokyo Bay and San Francisco Bay |
| 16:30 | 16:45 | Mr. David L Knott | The use of downhole geophysical logging in assessing subsidence from abandoned coal mines |
| 16:45 | 17:00 | Dr. Jiri Chlachula | Present Permafrost Degradation in NE Siberia: Environmental Implications |
| 17:00 | 17:15 | Dr. Andreas Barth | Artificial neural network based geohazard potential mapping for sustainable land use planning: approaches and examples from Germany and Namibia |
| 17:15 | 17:30 | Dr. Laurance Donnelly | Variations in the morphology of reactivated fault scarps in the UK |
| 17:30 | 17:45 | Prof. Arun Kumar | Field evidences of Gorkha Earthquakes of 25 April (7.8M) |
| T5.5 - Integrated geo-hydrological approaches to secure groundwater resources | |
| Time: | 14:00 ‐ 15:30 |
| Location: | MR 2.64 - 2.66 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 14:15 | Dr. Isabel Manuela Fernandez Fuentes | KINDRA Project: classification and inventory of groundwater research and knowledge in Europe |
| 14:15 | 14:30 | Dr. Suresh Babu DS | Submarine Groundwater Discharge in SW coast of India and its implications |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Y Altchenko | Mapping Irrigation Potential from Renewable Groundwater pan-Africa – an integrated approach |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Edite Reis | Coastal Aquifers Management in Algarve – Portugal |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Dr. Tanvi Arora | Investigating and incorporating local scale heterogeneity for MAR in karst aquifers through a hydro-geophysical approach |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | Dr Vetrimurugan Elumalai | An assessment of groundwater contamination at the Empangeni and Richards Bay landfill areas, Kwazulu-Nata, South Africa |
| T4.6 - Palaeosols, palaeoweathering profiles and polygenetic soils indicators of climate change | |
| Time: | 16:00 ‐ 17:45 |
| Location: | Hall 4B4 |
UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR SESSION - FOR SESSION CHAIR
| START | END | PRESENTER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | 16:15 | Dr. Jiri Chlachula | Climate Change Evidenced by Paleosol Records in the Kazakhstan Steppe Area |
| 16:15 | 16:30 | Mr. LiangJun Wu | The difference of the sediment under diverse climate in the north-south part of Bohai Bay Basin in the Eocene |
| 16:30 | 16:45 | Prof. Jian Ni | Counting land carbon storage in Guizhou Province, southwestern China |
| 16:45 | 17:00 | Ms. Cindy Faul | Climate Change: A reality or a myth? Koa Dunefield case study, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 17:00 | 17:15 | Dr. Izuchukwu Mike Akaegbobi | Geomorphological and Paleopedological Development on Cretaceous Parent Source Rock around Nsukka Southeastern Nigeria. |
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