IGRM 2019

Application of multiple sulfur isotopes in geochemistry

Friday 1^st March 15:30 - 17:00

The analysis of all four sulfur isotopes has the potential to provide information about reaction pathways that differentiate equilibrium from kinetic effects as well as provide information that can be used as tracers of geochemical processes.  This workshop will review the basic principles that control the nature of sulfur isotope variability in terrestrial environments extending from the modern atmosphere to the ancient atmosphere, sediments in deep geological time, and recycling of material from ancient sediments to solid-Earth reservoirs.

Oceanic Anoxic Events 40 years on: the search for feedbacks

Friday 1^st  March 14:00 - 15:00

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Mass extinctions and supercontinents

Friday 1^st March 18.00 Moore Auditorium, O’Brien Science Centre

Paul lectures in palaeontology and sedimentology at the University of Leeds where he is Professor of Palaeoenvironments.  Paul has a broad range of research interests centred around the general theme of the causes of mass extinction events and their effects on the Earth System and black shale depositional environments; he also investigates the Carboniferous basin history of NW Europe. Paul’s approach is multidisciplinary, synthesising data from the fossil record, sequence stratigraphy, and geochemistry including stable isotopes.

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What controlled carbonate mineralogy through geological time?

Saturday 2^nd March 18.15 Moore Auditorium, O’Brien Science Centre

Rachel is Professor of Carbonate Geoscience at the University of Edinburgh.  Rachel is currently leading research groups investigating topics as diverse as biological evolution across the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic Transition, reef system evolution and sea water chemistry through geological time, and geomodelling of carbonates systems across pore to reservoir scales.  Rachel jointly co-ordinates the industry-sponsored International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs, the largest dedicated academic research group in Europe working on carbonate reservoirs.

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Friday 1^st March 17:00, O'Brien Science Centre

Saturday 2^nd March 17:15, O'Brien Science Centre

Sunday 3^rd March 09:00, O'Brien Sceince Centre