Themes and Sessions

The science committee, chaired by Chris Ballentine, Janet Hering and Philippe van Cappellen have identified 20 themes that will form the focus of Goldschmidt2009.

All of the currently proposed sessions for Goldschmidt2009 can be seen in this PDF file, or viewed using the links below:

Theme 0:Plenary lectures
Theme 1:Nebular Processes, Planet Formation and Comparative Planetology
Theme 2:Earth, The Early Years: Building a Habitable Planet
Theme 3:The Deep Earth: Formation, Evolution and Dynamics
Theme 4:Mantle to Crust: Ocean Ridge and Intraplate Volcanism
Theme 5:Continental Crust Formation, Tectonics and Orogeny
Theme 6:Recycling: Subduction, The Mantle Wedge and Arc Volcanism
Theme 7:Evolution of Earth's Surface Environment
Theme 8:Interfaces and Interfacial Processes from the Nano- to Continental Scale
Theme 9:Earth's Resources I: Origin and Sustainable Exploitation of Oil/Water/Gas systems
Theme 10:Earth's Resources II: Origin and Sustainable Exploitation of Fluids and Ore Deposits
Theme 11:Climate Change: Processes and Records
Theme 12:Sources, Sinks and Impact of Atmospheric Aerosols
Theme 13:Global Geochemical Challenges: Past Record and Future Impact
Theme 14:Ocean Chemistry Past and Present
Theme 15:Human Activities: Environmental Impact, Consequence and Remediation
Theme 16:Life at the Edge: Extreme Environments
Theme 17:Microbes Rock: Biogeochemical Activity and Biosignatures
Theme 18:Frontiers in Analytical Techniques
Theme 19:Frontiers in Computational Geochemistry
Theme 20:General sessions