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Abstract Deadline approaching! Only 1 WEEK!!! to submit your abstract for the VMSG Conference 2020 in Plymouth

15 Nov 2019 by VIPS Commission
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The Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group – a joint special interest group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland and the Geological Society of London – are delighted to announce their 56th annual meeting will be held in Plymouth between 7-9 January 2020. Check out their webpage for further information here.


Symposia include:

1. Processes at plate margins (J Barclay and M Harris)

2. Magma storage and transport (M Edmonds and A Morris)

3. Timescales and rates of magmatic processes (C Petrone and P Cole)

4. Intraplate magmatism (M Harris and S Gibson)  

5. Monitoring and forecasting (J Hickey and J Johnson)

6. Hazard, risk and communication (J Phillips and I Manzella)

7. Research in Progress (P Cole and A Peach) 


Keynote speakers include:

  • VMSG award winner Professor David Pyle, Oxford University
  • Professor Kathy Cashman, University of Bristol: ‘From magma storage to eruption: New questions for a new decade’
  • Dr Mike Cassidy, University of Oxford: ‘Explosive or Effusive? Investigating the controls of volcano eruptive style’
  • Dr Johan Lissenberg, University of Cardiff: ‘Magma processing in the lower oceanic crust’
  • Professor Costanza Bonadonna: ‘Integrating hazard, exposure and vulnerability for risk assessment and management: the case study of Vulcano island, Italy’

The abstract deadline is Friday 22 November!


Here is the link to the webpage of VMSG 2020 in Plymouth.

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