Website Upgrade

For security reasons we have had to upgrade the Tectask Website this weekend (20/07/2008), it may take a few days for all the features to reappear, so if something doesn't work as you expected, or has gone missing, please let This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it know 

Outcropedia

The Outcropedia is a new initiative of TecTask. The aim is to make a central, public database of all important and beautiful outcrops in the World. The main aim is to record where beautiful deformation structures are to be seen, but other outcrops can also be submitted. The setup will be similar to Panoramio and other sites to share photographs, but in this case the accent will be on structural geology only, and contain more detailed descriptions. The Outcropedia will presently be accessible to members of TecTask only. If you click here you can see the Bons/Drueget Cap de Creus example (requires a plugin).

 

Virtual Seismic Atlas

A new Virtual Seismic Atlas is available through a industry-academia partnership involving University of Leeds and Aberdeen, the Geological Society, National Surveys and many partners from exploration industry.

A great opportunity for teachers and researchers to access a large amount of stunning sub-surface imagery, most were acquired and processed by modern technology (3D seismic, pre-stack migration).

Dr. PD. Martin Casey

It is our very sad duty to report that one of the foremost characters in Structural Geology passed away. Martin Casey was among the brightest brains in theoretical Structural Geology, but he never went out of touch with field observations. Those who had the honor to share part of their work or education with him, know his sharp analysis and gentle critics. He was an excellent and loved mentor – many of us lost  a wonderful colleague and friend!

Farewell Martin

Obituary at University of Leeds 

Teaching Geoscience Through Fieldwork

 The ‘Teaching Geoscience through Fieldwork’ guide has been launched this week. Prepared by Professor Rob Butler, University of Aberdeen, the guide sets out the academic and professional rationale for geoscience fieldwork but also explores a number of key practical issues relating, for example, to fieldwork design, location, assessment and resourcing. The text also provides useful information on health and safety issues.

You can download the Teaching Geoscience through Fieldwork guide. Additional hard copies can be obtained by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PhD Student Scholarship

We are looking for a PhD student to work on Mantle-lithosphere de/coupling. The project description is here: doktorand2008.

Hemin A. Koyi ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Professor in Tectonics and Geodynamics Head of Solid-Earth Geology Department of Earth Sciences

Uppsala University Villavägen 16 SE-752 36 Uppsala Sweden Phone: +46 18 471 25 63 Fax: +46 18 471 25 91

Web: http://www.geo.uu.se/mpt/personal.aspx?Namn=Hemin.Koyi

Director Hans Ramberg Tectonic Laboratory Uppsala University Uppsala, SWEDEN

Microtectonics Course 2009

Lecturer:  Cees W. Passchier

April 2009 Costs: 270 Euros
The course will consist of lectures and extensive practical work on thin-sections from the Mainz collection.

Deadline for application is the 1. 3. 2009.  Please contact Anja Koch at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

This is a tectask workshop 

You can find more information about Mainz at: http://www.mainz.de

 

Microdynamics Simulation

New Springer book on the numerical simulation of microstructures: Microdynamics Simulation see Elle Home Page for further details...The windows version of the code may be downloaded from here

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Marine and Continental Fold and Thrust Belts (STT 06)
Sponsored by UIGS Task Group on Structural Geology and Tectonics
Continental Fold and Thrust Belts spectacularly express lithospheric deformation processes and their study pioneered our understanding in modern Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics. Marine fold and thrust belts, not less spectacular, became increasingly eminent during the past decades due to extensive geophysical data acquisition pursued by off-shore exploration along various continental margins.
Though individual fold and thrust systems may have developed under considerably different boundary conditions they reveal remarkable similarities in internal architecture and style of deformation.
The symposium’s intention is to bring together scientists from research and industry to discuss those similarities in fold and thrust belt architectures, the underlying kinematics and mechanics in context of the different tectono- stratigraphic settings as well as aspects of geohazard.
We welcome contribution from a multi-disciplinary spectrum of relevant approaches focusing on fold and thrust belt development that may regard local to regional studies, analog/numerical experiments or application of innovative technologies.

Conveners
Hermann Lebit, Marathon Oil Company USA

Rob Butler, Univ. Aberdeen, UK

Signe Ottesen, StatoilHydro, Norway

Chis Hedland, Shell International, USA

Stefano Mazzoli, Univ. Naples, Italy

 

 Numerical and analogue modelling of deformation - from the micro- to the crustal scale (STT 08)

 

 Modelling is an indispensable tool in the study of rock deformation, where direct observations or physical experiments on rocks are hampered by the time and length scales of geological deformation processes. Recent years have seen the application of many new methods and materials (EBSD, (synchrotron) tomography, chocolate, yeast, phase-field modelling, particle codes, etc.). This session will bring together modellers to present the latest approaches and results in modelling and their application to rock deformation. Special focus will be on the hierarchical nature in length and time scales of rock deformation (from individual dislocations to orogens) and the integration of different methods and techniques (numerical modelling, analogue experiments, field geology, geophysics, petrology, materials science, etc.). We invite contributions on all types of modelling (experimental, numerical), especially those dealing with innovative modelling techniques or new applications, as well those that integrate different methods or different length and time scales in their models

Conveners:

 Paul D. Bons, Univ. Tuebingen, Germany

Sudipta Sengupta, Jadapur Univ. India

Hemin Koyi, Uppsala, Sweden

  1st TecTask Field Workshop on Structural Analysis completed successfully.

The course was held at Cap de Creus (Spain) from Sept. 14 -19, 2006

by Elena Druguet, Jordi Carreras, Paul Pons, Ian Alsop and Sudipta Sengupta. 

For a report click here 

2008 United Nations International Year of  Planet Earth

 

  The Year's purpose, encapsulated in it strapline Earth sciences for society, is to:

  • Reduce risks for society caused by natural and human-induced hazards
  • Reduce health problems by improving understanding of the medical aspects of Earth science
  • Discover new natural resources and make them available in a sustainable manner
  • Build safer structures and expand urban areas, utilizing natural subsurface conditions
  • Determine the non-human factor in climatic change
  • Enhance understanding of the occurrence of natural resources so as to contribute to efforts to reduce political tension
  • Detect deep and poorly accessible groundwater resources
  • Improve understanding of the evolution of life
  • Increase interest in the Earth sciences in society at large
  • Encourage more young people to study Earth science in university

 Join your national committee, or constitute one in your country.

For details contact:

International Year of Planet Earth
IUGS Secretariat Geological Survey of Norway
N-7491 Trondheim

NORWAY

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