Conference: Petrochronology 2017

该奖项将支持将于2017年10月在西雅图(西雅图)召开的一次会议的与会者，该会议的目的是传播岩石学和地质年代学整合的新知识和技能。会议的主要受众是研究生、早期研究人员以及想要学习这一新方法的知名专业人士。通过这种类型的培训，早期职业研究人员将能够发展未来的研究方向，这反过来将促进岩石学和构造学领域的进步。会议将在华盛顿州会议中心举行，将强调该学科专家的演讲风格，并包括数据简化软件的演示，以及可能的额外讨论时间，以确定这些方法的改进领域。第一天将介绍理论和分析方法，并开始对相关矿物系统进行系统调查。第二个半天将完成对岩石成因有用矿物的讨论，并介绍有用的软件，然后进行讨论。参与者将从对开发这些新技术感兴趣的更广泛的社区招募。岩石年代学在过去5-10年里已经成为地质年代学的首选方法，基本上使用化学和/或结构将单个晶体或晶域的年龄整合到岩石成因背景中。变质系统中的例子包括使用锆石、独居石、钛铁矿和石榴石等矿物中特定晶域的微量元素模式或温度计，将年龄与整个P-T-t演化联系起来。火成岩系统中的例子包括晶体停留时间的分辨率、岩浆补充的时间和速率，以及来自石英、橄榄石、长石和熔体(玻璃)分带的岩浆传输速率。岩石年代学直接有利于构造、变质和火成岩成因的研究。预计通过《矿物学和地球化学评论》出版的相应书籍将为对这一新兴领域的理论和应用感兴趣的高水平本科生、研究生和初级专业研究人员提供重要的基础。

This award will support participants in a conference that will be convened in Seattle (WA) on October 2017 with the purpose of disseminating new knowledge and skills for the integration of petrology and geochronology. The primary audience for the conference is composed of graduate students, early-stage researchers as well as established professionals that would like to learn this new methodology. Through this type of training, early-career investigators will be able to develop future research directions that, in turn, will promote the advancement of the fields of petrology and tectonics. The conference will be held in the Washington State Convention Center, and will emphasize lecture-style presentations from experts in the discipline, and include a demonstration of data reduction software and possibly additional discussion time to identify areas of improvement of these methods. The first day will cover theory and analytical methods, and begin the systematic survey of relevant mineral systems. The second half-day will complete discussion of petrogenetically useful minerals and the presentation of useful software followed by discussion. Participants will be recruited from the broader communities interested in developing these new skills.Petrochronology has emerged in the last 5-10 years as a preferred approach to geochronology, basically using chemistry and/or textures to integrate ages of individual crystals or crystal domains into a petrogenetic context. Examples in metamorphic systems include the use of crystal domain-specific trace element patterns or thermometers in minerals like zircon, monazite, titanite and garnet to link an age to an overall P-T-t evolution. Examples in igneous systems include resolution of crystal residence times, timing and rates of magma recharge, and rates of magma transport from zoning in quartz, olivine, feldspar, and melt (glass). Petrochronology directly benefits studies of tectonics, and metamorphic and igneous petrogenesis. It is expected that a corresponding book, published through "Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry", will provide an important foundation accessible to high-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and junior professional researchers who are interested in theory and applications within this burgeoning field.