SPECIAL WORKSHOP
The Siberian Traps and the End-Permian Extinction

Purpose:
To investigate the feasibility of and interest within the community for a new multidisciplinary field and laboratory study of the Siberian flood basalts and their effect on the chemistry of the oceans, atmospheres, and climate, and on the P/Tr mass extinction. (Conference Details below).

(Above) The Siberian flood basalts near Noril'sk,
courtesy Stefansson Arctic Institute & Vladimir Ossipov

Photomicrograph of olivine phenocrysts in meimechite,
courtesy Linda Elkins-Tanton and the
American Museum of Natural History

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation Continental Dynamics Program.

The Siberian Traps and the End-Permian Extinction Workshop

Date:
Saturday, September 17 through Sunday, September 18, 2005

Location:
Brown University
Geological Sciences Department
GeoChemistry Building
167 Thayer Street
Lecture Hall: MacMillan 115
Providence, RI USA

Hotel Accomodations:
Biltmore Hotel
If you need to change your hotel reservation, please contact Nancy Fjeldheim at 401-863-3357.

Conveners:
Dr. Linda Elkins-Tanton, Senior Research Assc., Brown University
Dr. Sam Bowring, Professor of Geology, MIT

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