May
2007
VGP
Section Newsletter #28
Dear Colleagues,
Here is the May issue of the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
section newsletter. As always, the newsletter
is archived at http://vgp.agu.org ,
and feedback
may be directed to Sarah Fagents
at fagents@hawaii.edu .
In this issue:
* Message from the VGP
president
- AGU Fellowship
nominations
- Other awards
- 2007 Joint
Assembly
* VGP Sessions at the 2007 Joint Assembly
(1) MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT
AGU Fellowship
nominations: Deadline July 15th 2007:
I have been asked several times recently whether our Section
loses out in terms of AGU honors. Here are
a few numbers. At last count AGU had 48000 members of whom 8.4% had VGP
primary
affiliation. In terms of AGU Fellows this means we should get around
four per year.
In 2007 we had five and in 2006, three. If you add primary and
secondary affiliations,
VGP is 7.8% of 105000 which means we might expect eight total. In 2006
there were eight
and in 2007, eight. Statistics of small numbers means that there can
always be an extra
one or two if the case is strong enough. So please give a lot of
thought when nominating
our colleagues. VGP Fellows committee, chaired by Ken Farley, is there
to help.
Other Awards:
Where the section really doesn¹t do well is in Macelwane Medals.
There could be a number of reasons for this, but field-based
researchers are disadvantaged
(I believe) by the 36 year cut-off age. Given that, VGP Executive
Committee has
decided to introduce a young scientist award for VGP members. Our
proposal is currently
before the Honors and Recognition Committee and I hope to report on its
acceptance
before too long.
2007 Joint Assembly:
The 2007 Joint Assembly is being held in Acapulco, Mexico
from 22-25 May 2007 and I would like to thank Bob Bodnar and Gerardo Carrasco for
putting together a great program for VGP (see below). There will
again be a VGP reception; please check the meeting program for the time
and place.
Two very important items for
the meeting diary:
Firstly, the Daly Lecture, not to be missed. 2007 Daly Lecture
by Timothy L. Grove:
Unlocking the Secrets of the Mantle Wedge: New Insights Into
Melt Generation Processes in Subduction Zones Thursday at 2pm in the
Juan Ruiz room.
Honors Ceremony: This will be held on Thursday 24th May. Please
come to honor and celebrate with the new VGP Fellows.
---Bernie Wood , VGP President
(2) VGP
SESSIONS AT THE 2007 JOINT ASSEMBLY
The 2007 Joint Assembly will be held in Acapulco, Mexico
from 22 to 25 May. The program and
abstracts are now available online at http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja07/?content=program. Below is a list of the sessions sponsored or
cosponsored by the VGP section. For
more information, visit www.agu.org/meetings/ja07/
V01: Volcanology,
Geochemistry, and Petrology General Contributions
V02: Methodology to
prepare Volcanic Hazard Maps: Geology, Gis Analyses, Simulation
Software, And
Examples.
V03: The Origin,
Evolution, and Tectonic Significance of Coeval Magmas of Differing
Parentage
V04: Modelling of
conduit and plume processes: defining strategies for volcano monitoring
V05: Processes and
Hazards of Monogenetic Volcanoes: Are they what everyone thinks they
are?
V06: Understanding
Volcano-Ice Interactions: Integration of Field, Remote Sensing, and
Modeling
Approaches
V07:
Space-Time-Composition Trends in Phanerozoic Magmatism, Southwestern North America
V08: Diversity of the
Subarc Mantle- Insights from Studies of Peridotite Xenoliths,
Ophiolites and
Metamorphic Rocks from Subduction Zones.
V09: Towards
Integrated Studies on Volatiles in Magmas: from the Mantle to the
Atmosphere
V10: Volcano
satellite monitoring
V11: Deep subduction
zone metamorphism and rheology: role of fluids
V12: Recent eruptions
and volcanic crisis in the Americas
V13: Monitoring
Volcanic Emissions in the Americas
V14: Physical and
experimental volcanology: state of the art and hazards analysis
applications
V15: Chicxulub Crater, Mexico:
Petrology and Geochemistry
of Impactites at Peak-Ring Craters
V16: What is a
volcano ? New answers to an old question
V17: Prehistoric
Hazards: Volcanoes and Archaeology
V18: High
Mg-Andesites, Slab Melts and Wedge Melts Significance for Crustal
Genesis?
V19: Post-Subduction,
Arc-Related Magmatism and Tectonism in Northwestern
Mexico
V20: Volcanic Flank
Collapses
V21: Volcanoes,
Plutons and Ore
Deposits: What's the Connection?
V22: Multiparameter
studies for evaluating magma storage, ascent and eruption triggering
V23: Deep drilling at
volcanic areas: developments in volcanology and perspectives for
geothermal
energy exploitation
COSPONSORED SESSIONS
G05: Large
Scale
Geodetic Networks for Science, Hazard Monitoring, and Infrastructure
GP06: New Discoveries
in Magnetic and Gravity Anomaly Interpretation Methodologies and Their
Innovative Application for Geologic, Environmental, Exploration and
Planetary
Scale Potential-field Data
GS06: Uranium in the
Environment
H06: Isotope Tracers
in the Earth and Life Sciences: A Tribute to Gilbert Hanson
NG04: Complex Systems
and Nonlinear Geophysics: New Developments
P03: Geochemistry of
Solar System Bodies
PA01: Public Affairs
related to assessing geologic hazards
PP07: Paleoenvironmental
records from cave sediments
T02: Subduction
erosion and tectonic underplating along the Central
America trench and beyond
T03: Untangling
Subduction Zone Plate Boundary Coupling and Trench Migration Using
Multi-Scale
Observations and Modeling
T06: Mexican and Central
America subduction zones: bringing together
seismology, petrology, geology, tectonics and geodynamics
T08: Dynamic Linkage
between Orogenic Exhumation and Basin Evolution
T09: Paleoseismology
T10: The
Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: new assessments from the ICDP YAX-I
drill-core
and beyond
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