CONFERENCE PROGRAM

FRIDAY 5 - SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER:

Pre-conference field trip through the Western Alps.

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SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
16:00-18:00	Registration in the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Congress Center
18:00-19:00	Icebreaker reception at the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Congress Center
MONDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
08:20	Welcome and Opening Session
Session 1: New analytical developments in thermochronology
08:50	Introduction to the session
09:00	Keynote: Ultraviolet Laser (U-Th)/He Research Kip HODGES Matthijs VAN SOEST, Alka TRIPATHY-LANG, Jeremy BOYCE, Jeremy HOURIGAN, Brian MONTELEONE
09:30	Invited: U-Pb apatite dating by LA-ICPMS David CHEW Joe PETRUS, Balz KAMBER, Nathan COGNE, Richard SPIKINGS, Ryan COCHRANE, Raymond DONELICK
09:50	Apatite fission track analysis by LA-ICP-MS: An evaluation of the absolute dating approach Christian SEILER, Barry KOHN, Andrew GLEADOW
10:10	Coffee Break
10:30	Round Table: in-situ/zonation
11:30	Poster session & lunch break
14:30	Keynote: Standardizing Isotopic Composition and Fission Track Parameters in the Apatite U-FT-Pb System Ray DONELICK, Margaret DONELICK, Paul O'SULLIVAN, Rich KETCHAM, Ann BLYTHE
15:00	Zircon 4He/3He thermochronometry: A proof-of-concept study using Fish Canyon Tuff Alka TRIPATHY-LANG, David SHUSTER
15:20	A quantitative assessment of the causes of dispersion of single grain apatite (U-Th)/He ages and a new inversion approach to deriving thermal histories from ‘over-dispersed’ data Roderick BROWN, Romain BEUCHER, Steven ROPER, Kerry GALLAGHER, Fin STUART
15:40	AFM observation of natural zircon: Is alpha recoil dating possible? Noriko HASEBE, Kentaro ITO, Matsuki ATSUSHI, Fukuma TAKESHI
16:00	Coffee Break
16:20	Round Table: Image analysis for fission-track thermochronology
17:00	Poster session
18:30	Laslett lecture: Thermochronology of the Future Andrew GLEADOW

TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
Session 2: Noble-gas diffusion (He, Ne, Ar) applied to thermochronology
08:20	Introduction to the session
08:30	Keynote: Physical aspects of noble gas diffusion in crystals and their implication for thermochronology Laurent TASSAN-GOT, Cécile GAUTHERON, Duval MBONGO, Jérôme ROQUES, Eric SIMONI, Chloé GERIN
09:00	Invited: Interpreting zircon (U-Th)/He date-eU correlations with a new damage-based model for He diffusion in zircon William GUENTHNER, Peter REINERS, Richard KETCHAM, Lutz NASDALA, Gerald GIESTER
09:20	Invited: Crystallisation, cooling or contamination: interpreting dispersion in metamorphic 40Ar/39Ar ages Clare WARREN, Christopher McDONALD, Catherine MOTTRAM, Simon KELLEY
09:40	Significance of micropores and low noble-gas solubilities for thermochronology Peter ZEITLER
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	Keynote: 4He/3He and (U-Th)/21Ne thermochronometry of polycrystalline minerals as illustrated by hematite Ken FARLEY, Ryan McKEON, Stephen COX
11:00	What really controls He migration in, and loss from, minerals? Peter REINERS, Richard THOMPSON
11:20	Poster session & lunch break
Session 3: Data, Models and Interpretation
15:20	Introduction to the session
15:30	Keynote: Zircon (U-Th)/He radiation damage thermochronology: Some empirical observations Barry KOHN, Andrew GLEADOW, Ling CHUNG, Christian SEILER, Shimon FEINSTEIN
16:00	Keynote: Thermal History Modeling using Multiple Thermochronometric Systems: A Progress Report Richard KETCHAM
16:30	Inverted apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track dates from the Southern Canadian Shield: Evaluating the internal consistency of apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology datasets James METCALF, Rebecca FLOWERS, Barry KOHN, Kirk OSADETZ, Andrew GLEADOW
16:50	The influence of slow cooling and zonation on apatite 4He/3He thermochronometry Ryan McKEON, David SHUSTER
17:10	Round Table: Diffusion/Thermal models
18:00	End of session
19:30	Tasting of local products, Espace Tairraz

WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

09:00-18:00: Mid-conference field trip in the Mont-Blanc massif.

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THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
Session 4: Thermochronology in active orogenic belts
08:20	Introduction to the session
08:30	Keynote: Using structural thermochronology to resolve the evolution of the retroside of the Alpine wedge Mark BRANDON, Devin McPHILLIPS
09:00	Invited: Growth and exhumation of the Pamir orogen revealed by multi-dating of detrital minerals from Tajikistan and China Barbara CARRAPA, Fariq SHAZANEE MUSTAPHA, Lindsay SCHOENBOHM, Michael COSCA, Peter G. DECELLES, Edward R. SOBEL
09:20	Integrative thermochronology, petrology and modelling reveal the 4-D evolution of active plate boundary zones Suzanne BALDWIN, Mauricio BERMÚDEZ, Paul FITZGERALD, Laura WEBB
09:40	Coupling sequential restoration of balanced cross-sections and low-temperature thermochronometry: the case study of the Polish Carpathians Ada CASTELLUCCIO, Benedetta ANDREUCCI, Richard A. KETCHAM, Leszek JANKOWSKI, Stefano MAZZOLI, Rafal SZANIAWSKI, Massimiliano ZATTIN
10:00	Coffee Break
Session 5: Thermochronology applied to georesources
10:20	Introduction to session
10:30	Keynote: An overview of thermochronological studies at Petrobras - Research activities and upstream exploration in Brazil João MARINHO DE MORAIS NETO, Isabela DE OLIVEIRA CARMO, Gilvan PIO HAMSI Jr
11:00	Invited: Assessing economic resource potential in the northern Canadian Cordillera: deciphering gaps in the rock record from zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology David SCHNEIDER, J. POWELL
11:20	Keynote: Thermal footprints in time: Exploring the crust using thermochronometry Brent McINNES
11:50	Poster session & lunch break
Session 6: Thermochronology of Sedimentary Basins
14:50	Introduction to session
15:00	Keynote: Radiation-damage and cooling ages of Precambrian detrital zircon John GARVER
15:30	Invited: Exploring uncertainty and bias in the inversion and interpretation of detrital fission track data Mark NAYLOR, Hugh SINCLAIR, Matthias BERNET, Peter VAN DER BEEK, Linda KIRSTEIN
15:50	Using detrital thermochronology to quantify glacial catchment denudation and sediment mixing Eva ENKELMANN, Todd EHLERS, Sarah FALKOWSKI
16:10	Coffee Break
16:20	Round Table: Interpreting detrital thermochronology data
17:30	Poster session
18:30	Dodson lecture: Oscar LOVERA MDDI: A Thermochronometric Odyssey

FRIDAY 12/09
Session 7: New quantitative tools and approaches in geomorphology
08:20	Introduction to the session
08:30	Keynote: Production and diffusion of cosmogenic noble gases: Using open-system behavior to study surface processes David SHUSTER, Marissa TREMBLAY, Greg BALCO
09:00	Invited: Paleo-denudation rates at the Plio-pleistocene transition: a cosmogenic nuclides perspective from Asia Pierre-Henri BLARD, Julien CHARREAU, Nicolas PUCHOL, Raphaël PIK, Jérôme LAVE, Didier BOURLES, Régis BRAUCHER
09:20	OSL-Thermochronometry: observations, theory, and applications Benny GURALNIK, Pierre VALLA, Frédéric HERMAN
09:40	Keynote: Quantifying global erosion from thermochronometric data Frédéric HERMAN
10:10	Coffee Break
10:30	Round Table: Databases
11:30	Poster session & lunch break
Session 8: Landscape evolution on different timescales
15:50	Introduction to session
16:00	Keynote: Recent Advances in Quantifying Tectonic and Erosional Processes with Thermochronology and Numerical Models Todd EHLERS
16:30	Keynote: Thermochronology to constrain landscape evolution at a variety of scales Jean BRAUN
17:00	Invited: Grand Canyon, models, and the interpretation of thermochronology data Rebecca FLOWERS, Kenneth A. FARLEY
17:20	Keynote: 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints on long-term and continental-scale landscape evolution Paolo VASCONCELOS
17:50	Presentation of future conferences
18:00	Closure, Student prizes and drinks
20:00	Conference Banquet, Cap Horn restaurant

SATURDAY 13 - SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER:

Short courses on low-temperature thermochronology and modelling.

SHORT COURSES

Short courses on low-temperature thermochronology and modelling will be held in the Chamonix Congress Center.

SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER:
10:30-12:30:	Paul Green (Geotrack) “AFTA and low temperature thermochronology: the Geotrack approach”
12:30-13:30:	Lunch break
13:30-15:00:	Cécile Gautheron (Univ Psud, France) “(U-Th)/He thermochronology: the important parameters controlling ages interpretation (FT, Rs, active radius)”
15:30-18:30:	Richard Ketcham (Univ. Austin, USA) “HeFTy”
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER:
9:30-12:30:	Kerry Gallagher (Univ. Rennes, France) “Bayesian Thermal History Modelling with QTQt"
12:30-13:30:	Lunch break
13:30-17:30:	Jean Braun (Univ. Grenoble, France) "Quantifying rates of landscape evolution and tectonic processes by thermochronology and numerical modeling, using PECUBE"

 

KEYNOTE^∗ AND INVITED SPEAKERS⁺

Pierre-Henri Blard (CRPG-CNRS Nancy, France)⁺
Mark Brandon (Yale University, USA)^∗
Jean Braun (University of Grenoble, France)^∗
Barbara Carrapa (University of Arizona, USA)⁺
David Chew (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)⁺
Ray Donelick (Apatite to Zircon Inc., USA)^∗
Todd Ehlers (Universität Tübingen, Germany)^∗
Ken Farley (California Institute of Technology, USA)^∗
Rebecca Flowers (University of Colorado, USA)⁺
John Garver (Union College, USA)^∗
William Guenthner (University of Illinois, USA)⁺
Frédéric Herman (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland)^∗
Kip Hodges (Arizona State University, USA)^∗
Richard Ketcham (University of Texas at Austin, USA)^∗
Barry Kohn (University of Melbourne, Australia)^∗
Joao Marinho de Morais Neto (Petrobras, Brazil)∗
Brent McInnes (Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia)^∗
Mark Naylor (University of Edinburgh, UK)⁺
David Schneider (University of Ottawa, Canada)⁺
David Shuster (University of California Berkeley, USA)^∗
Laurent Tassan-Got (Université Paris-Sud, France)^∗
Paulo Vasconcelos (Univertsity of Queensland, Australia)^∗
Clare Warren (Open University, UK)⁺