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FRIDAY, 28th PLENARY LECTURES

13.00-13.15 Opening

Paleontology

  • 13.15-13.45 Hugo Bucher: Taxonomic richness and zones of unknown duration.
  • 13.45-14.15 Walter Etter: Palaeooecology – from individuals to communities.
  • 14.1514.45 Discussion moderated by Jean-Pierre Berger

14.45 – 15.00 Coffee break

Mineralogy-Petrography

  • 15.00-15.30 Angelika Kalt: The East African Rift: an important window to the earth`s mantle.
  • 15.30-16.00 Lukas Baumgartner: Metamorphic petrology does have a bright future
  • 16.00-16.30 Discussion moderated by Martin Engi

16.30 -16.45 Coffee break

Geology and Environment

  • 16.45-17.15 Christine Alewell: New perspectives in environmental geosciences – closing the gap between fundamental and applied research.
  • 17.15-17.45 Pascal Kindler: The last interglacial climate: a model for future climate? Geological evidences from the Bahamas.
  • 17.45-18.15 Discussion moderated by Helmi Weissert

18.15 Information regarding the new CHGEOL award for the most relevant contribution to applied geosciences

18.20 Presentation of the "Paul Miggli Medal" to a young Swiss geoscientist, for outstanding contributions to mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, geophysics, mineral deposit geology and the technical applications of these research fields.

18.30 Election of the 2004 organizing and program committees. General discussion on future Swiss Geoscience Meetings. Refreshments will be provided

19.00 Open end Swiss Geosciences party, organized by the Vereinigung Basler Geologiestudenten

Friday lectures take place at:
Grosser Hörsaal Bernoullianum
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut
Bernoullistr. 32, Ch-4056 Basel