34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012

Theme 26. Antarctic and Arctic Geoscience
Coordinators: Phil O’BRIEN phil.obrien.ant@gmail.com (Australia) and Tim NAISH (New Zealand)
Symposia
26.1 The geology of Antarctic life: history and habitats
Phil O’BRIEN phil.obrien.ant@gmail.com (Australia) and Jeff STILWELL (Australia)
26.2 Antarctic marine biogeochemistry
Simon GEORGE simon.george@mq.edu.au (Australia) and Leanne ARMAND (Australia)
Keynote speaker: Simon BRASSELL (USA)
26.3 Arctic tectonics
Loic LABROUSSE loic.labrousse@upmc.fr (France), Oleg PETROV (Russia) and Christopher HARRISON
(Canada)
26.4 Rodinia to Gondwana: evolution of the southern supercontinent
Chris CARSON chris.carson@ga.gov.au (Australia) and Mark FANNING (Australia)
26.5 Polar climate archives and their global significance
Tim NAISH timothy.naish@vuw.ac.nz (New Zealand) and Henk BRINKHUIS (The Netherlands)
Theme 27. Biogeoscience
Coordinators: Matthew STOTT m.stott@gns.cri.nz (New Zealand) and Jill BANFIELD (USA)
Symposia
27.1 Biogeochemical cycling
John MOREAU jmoreau@unimelb.edu.au (Australia)
27.2 Understanding biogeological processes using ‘-omic’ technologies
Jill BANFIELD jbanfield@berkeley.edu (USA) and Matthew STOTT (New Zealand)
Keynote speaker: Gene TYSON (Australia)
27.3 Microbes and extreme environments
Lesley WARREN warrenl@mcmaster.ca (Canada) and Don COWAN (South Africa)
27.4 The deep biosphere
Anna KAKSONEN anna.kaksonen@csiro.au (Australia) and Katrina EDWARDS (USA)
27.5 Bioprocessing technologies
Racquel QUATRINI rquatrini@yahoo.com.ar (Chile) and Carol DAVIS-BELMAR (Chile)
Keynote speaker: David S. HOLMES (Chile)
27.6 Austral Portals: Paleobiogeography and paleogeography of Gondwana breakup
Jo WHITTAKER jo.whittaker@sydney.edu.au (Australia), Ross MCPHEE (USA) and Dave BARBEAU (USA)
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