[meteorite-list] Workshop on Antarctic Meteorites

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:35:32 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200804081635.JAA25215_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.metsoc2008.jp/workshop/

Workshop on Antarctic Meteorites

The workshop on Antarctic Meteorites: Search, Recovery, and
Classification will be held July 26 - 27, 2008, at the Kunibiki Messe
<http://www.kunibikimesse.jp/en/index.html> in Matsue City
<http://www.city.matsue.shimane.jp/kankou/en/>, Japan. The workshop
precedes the 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
<http://www.metsoc2008.jp> held at the same venue.

Purpose and Scope

Many groups are recovering large numbers of meteorites from Antarctica.
The purpose of the workshop is to gather meteoriticists to discuss
issues relating to these collections, and how to allow these new
discoveries to have the largest impact on our field. The workshop format
will allow discussion of topics not usually covered during the regular
sessions of the Meteoritical Society meeting. Specifically, the topics
of interest will include the search, recovery, classification,
weathering and curation of Antarctic Meteorites.
    
Travel Grants

Thanks to generous contributions from the National Institute of Polar
Research, Japan <http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/>, and the Graduate
School for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan
<http://www.soken.ac.jp/en/>, a limited number of student travel grants
will be available to qualified students and recent Ph.D.s, who are
members of the Meteoritical Society. Applicants must be the sole or
first author of an abstract to be presented at the workshop and also
submit application materials <antmet2008.studentapp.pdf> to the Lunar
and Planetary Institute by the abstract deadline
    
Schedule

May 14, 2008 Deadline for abstract submission
June 18, 2008 Program and abstracts posted on this website
July 7, 2008 Deadline for pre-registration
July 26-27, 2008 Workshop on Antarctic Meteorites
July 28-August 1, 2008 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
Received on Tue 08 Apr 2008 12:35:32 PM PDT