6^th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lugano 2008

COMPLETE PROGRAM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22: SYMPOSIA
Meetings of Societies

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23: Year of Planet Earth Symposium: Deep Earth – From Crust to Core: A tribute to Peter A. Ziegler
Excursions

Plenary Session, Friday November 21^st

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Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano (where is it?)

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14:15 - 14:30	Manfred Thüring President local organizing committee SGM 2008		Opening address
14:30 - 15:00	Urs Germann MeteoSvizzera, Locarno		The art of using weather radars for hydrology in the Alps
15:00 - 15:30	James Kirchner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research		Simple models for complex hydrologic behavior: a challenge for basic research and engineering
15:30 - 16:00	Simon Löw Engineering Geology, Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich		Annual opening and closing of alpine valleys
16:00	Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00	Gérard Stampfli Geological & Paleontological Institute, University of Lausanne		Oil supply - peak or not peak?
17:00 - 17:30	Hans Peter Willi Federal Office for the Environment FOEN		Natural hazard prevention - current challenges for research and development in geosciences
17:30 - 18:00	Helmut Weissert Daniele Biaggi Christoph Heinrich		Platform Geosciences + BaseCamp09 CHGEOL Award Paul Niggli Medal
18:00	Break
18:30 - 19:00	Mauro Dell’Ambrogio State Secretary for Education and Research		Research in Geosciences in Switzerland - boundary conditions for the coming years
19:00	Swiss Geoscience Party

Symposium Sessions, Saturday November 22^nd

Palazzo dei Congressi & Il Ciani, Lugano (directions)

1. Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics (Open Session)
2. Mineralogy-Petrology-Geochemistry (Open Session)
3. Palaeontology (Open Session)
4. Meteorology and Climatology (Open Session)
5. Quaternary Research (Open Session)
6. Apply! Snow, ice and Permafrost Science + Geomorphology (Open Sessions)
7. Geofluids and related mineralization: from shallow to deep
8. Building Stones - application, suitability, research
9. Natural hazards and risks
10. Anthropogenic impacts on hydrological regime
11. Who cares about water? - Social aspects of water + Environmental challenges of border regions
12. Data acquisition, Geo-processing, GIS, digital mapping and 3D visualisation
13. Global Change – lessons from the geological past

Session 1: Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics

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			Chair: Marco Herwegh
8:30-8:50	Almqvist B., Hirt A., Herwegh M.		Origin of the magnetic anisotropy in a two marble lithologies from the Morcles Nappe shear zone
8:50-9:10	Guerra I., Vennemann T., Mancktelow N., Negro F., Kalt A.		Interaction between meteoric and metamorphic water along the Simplon fault zone: constraints from oxygen and carbon stable isotope geochemistry
9:10-9:30	Linckens J., Herwegh M., Müntener O., Mercolli I.		Evolution of a mantle shear zone and the influence of second phases, Hilti massif, Oman
9:30-9:50	Misra S., Burlini L.		Deformation and reaction of Quartz-Muscovite aggregates: results from torsion experiments
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Guido Schreurs
11:00-11:20	Mosar J., Kangarli T., Bochud M., Rast A.		The Greater Caucasus - Tectonics and paleotectonics East of Eden
11:20-11:40	Bochud M., Mosar J., Kangarli T.		Structural geology, stress and strain across the Eastern Greater Caucasus
11:40-12:00	Giese J., Seward D., Schreurs G.		Evolution of the Morondava basin shoulder in western Madagascar - an apatite fission-track study
12:00-12:20	Kounov A., Viola G., de Wit M., Andreoli M., Niedermann S.		Tectonic evolution and denudation of the Atlantic passive margin: New insights from apatite fission-track analysis on the western coast of South Africa.
12:20-14:00	Lunch (General Assembly of the Swiss geological Society)
			Chair: Boris Kaus
14:00-14:20	Tackley P., Nakagawa T., Deschamps F., Connolly J.		Coupled models of mantle geochemical evolution, plate tectonics, magmatism and core evolution incorporating self-consistently calculated mineralogy
14:20-14:40	Golabek G., Gerya T., Tackley P.		Rheological controls on the terrestrial core formation mechanism
14:40-15:00	Deubelbeiss Y., Kaus B.J.P., Connolly J.		Direct numerical simulation of two-phase flow: homogenization and collective behaviour in suspensions
15:00-15:20	Löw F.I., Gerya T.V.		Influence of rheological weakening by fluids and melts on subduction at an active margin: Numerical modelling
15:20-15:40	Frehner M., Deubelbeiss Y., Schmalholz S.M., Kaus B.J.P., Saenger E.H., Steeb H.		Finite element method versus finite difference method: Numerical accuracy study for two different applications
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Jon Mosar
16:30-16:50	Kaus B.J.P.		Stress and strength of the continental lithosphere.
16:50-17:10	Faccenda M., Burlini L., Gerya T.V., Mainprice D.		Subduction Zone anisotropic Patterns induced by Faulting and Hydration of the Slab
17:10-17:30	Moix P., Champod E., Stampfli G.M.		The Triassic detrital units in southern Turkey: synrift or syncollisional series?
17:30-17:50	Ruiz G.M.H., Negro F., Foeken J., Stuart Babault J.F., Ivy-Ochs S., Kober F., Saddiqi O., Stockli D., Champagnac J-D., Frizon de Lamotte D.		The Atlas Mountains: why there? Why now?
17:50-18:10	Sue C., Champagnac J.-D., Tricart P.		Neotectonics of the Western and Central Alps : geodynamic implications

Posters:

	Allanic C., Sue C., Champagnac J.-D.		Neogene transtensional brittle tectonics in the Lepontine Dôme (Central Swiss Alps)
	Augenstein C. & Burg J.-P.		Structural and kinematic analysis in the Dourbie river valley, Cévennes, SE French Massif central
	Bruijn R. & Burlini L.		Mechanical and microstructural changes during torsion testing on Carrara marble with pre-existing deformation history
	Champagnac J.-D., Molnar P., Yuan D., Ge W.		Neotectonics slip rate at the front of the Qilian Shan, NE Tibetan plateau
	Deschamps F. & Tackley P.J.		Models of thermo-chemical convection: what is needed to fit probabilistic tomography?
	Dolati A., Müller C., Smit J., Bernoulli D., Spezzaferri S., Burg j.-P.		New results of tectono-sedimentary history of the Makran accretionary prism
	Dolati A., Seward D., Smit J., Burg J.-P.		Structural evolution and fission track ages of the Makran accretionary wedge in SE Iran
	Duchoiselle L., Deschamps F., Tackley P.J.		Stability of thermal boundary layers for convection in spherical shell : Application to the dynamics of planetary mantles
	Engi M., Janots E., Allaz J., Berger A.		Dynamics of orogenic metamorphism: Diachronic evolution in the Central Alps
	Golabek G., Tackley P., Schmeling H.		Terrestrial core formation aided by flow channelling instabilities induced by iron diapirs
	Görres B.		Recent Site Motions in the Lower Rhine Embayment and the Eifel from 15 Years of GPS Data
	Ibele T., Matzenauer E., Mosar J.		Brittle tectonics in the Swiss Molasse Basin
	Keller T. & Kaus B.J.P.		Implementation and geodynamical application of iterative and multigrid solvers for 2D finite-element Stokes flow
	Kilian R., Heilbronner R., Stünitz H.		Change of deformation mechanism of quartz with increasing strain in mylonites
	Klinkmüller M., Rosenau M., Kemnitz H., Schreurs G.		Physical properties of granular materials for analogue modelling
	Kordi Kobra & Arabi Siavash		Calculation of Orthometric Correction with Geopotential Models
	Kordi Kobra & Arabi Siavash		Calculation of Tide Correction in Precise Levelling of Iran
	Lechmann S.M., Schmalholz S.M., Burg J.-P., Marques F.O.		2D dynamic retro-deformation of folded multilayers: Application to Carboniferous turbidites in South-West Portugal
	Li Zhonghai & Gerya Taras		Numerical modeling of poly-phase formation and exhumation of HP-UHP rocks in continental subduction zone
	Marzorati A., Ghiselli A., Bini A.		Structural influence on glacial cirque morphology: the case of Pizzo Arera (Orobic Alps, Southern Alps, Italy)
	Matasci B., Epard J.-L., Masson H.		The Teggiolo zone: stratigraphy and tectonics in the Val Bavona (Lower Penninic, Ticino)
	Matzenauer E., Ibele T., Mosar J.		Brittle tectonics in the Subalpine Molasse and in the Prealpes Klippen
	Mishin Y., Gerya T., Burg J.-P., Connolly J.		Double subduction dynamics: Insight from petrological-thermomechanical numerical models
	Misra S., Tumarkina E., Burlini L.		Migration and storage of melts in rocks under dynamic conditions: insights from physical experiments
	Nikolaeva K., Gerya T., Marques F.		Numerical modelling of subduction initiation at passive margins: Critical effects of continental mantle strength and density
	Nommensen L., Stipp M., Pomella H. & Fügenschuh B.		Structural Mapping along the Meran-Mauls and the Faltleis Faults in the Sarntaler Alps (South Tyrol, Northern Italy)
	Nováková L.		Comparative study of geological and GPS research of reactivated fractures in the north of Silesia (NE part of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic)
	Martin M., Kindler P., Sartori M., Charollais J.		The Rochers de Leschaux (Bornes Massif, Subalpine domain, Haute-Savoie, France): a complex record of Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Neogene tectonics
	Pleuger J., Nagel T., Froitzheim N.		Structural evolution of the Monte Rosa and Adula nappes and the formation of the Lepontine dome
	Pomella H., Fügenschuh B., Stipp M.		The Giudicarie Fault System at the transition between Southern and Eastern Alps (Northern Italy). A new structural analysis
	Rahn M., Selbekk R., Spikings R., Zaugg A., Burkhalter R.		Volcanic ash layers in OSM sediments: clues to their origin and the post-sedimentary tectonic history
	Ruiz G.M.H.		Direct versus indirect thermochronology – what do we trully trace? Examples and implications for the Central Andes
	Schefer S., Egli D., Frank W., Fügenschuh B., Ovtcharova M., Schaltegger U., Schoene B., Schmid S.M.		Metamorphic and igneous evolution of the innermost Dinarides in Serbia
	Schlatter A.		Recent vertical movements from precise levelling in Switzerland
	Sizova E., Gerya T.		Initiation of plate tectonics in the early Earth
	Smit J., Burg J.-P., Dolati A., Sokoutis D.		The effects of large sub-marine landslides on the mechanics of thrust wedges
	Sue C., Daoud A.M., Le Gall B., Rolet J.		How rose up the Ali Sabieh bloc (Afar triple junction)? New insights from faulting analysis
	Thust A., Tarantola A., Heilbronner R., Stünitz H.		The Availability of H2O for Deformation in Natural Quartz Single Crystal Experiments
	van Heck H. & Tackley P.		Transitions in tectonic mode based on calculations of self-consistent plate tectonics in a 3D spherical shell
	Yuan D.-Y., Champagnac J.-D., Ge W.-P., Molnar P., Zhang P.-Z., Zheng W.-J., Zhang H.-P., Liang M.-J.		Late Quaternary slip rates of active faults adjacent lake Qinghai, northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Session 2: Mineralogy-Petrology-Geochemistry

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			Chair: Eric Reusser
8:30-8:50	Dessimoz M., Müntener O., Ulmer P.		The Chelan complex (Washington Cascades): insights into the roots of continental arcs
8:50-9:10	Bussien D., Bussy F., Chiaradia M.		Multi-pulse emplacement of the bimodal Matorello calc-alkaline pluton, Central Swiss Alps
9:10-9:30	Van den Bleeken G., Müntener O., Ulmer P.		Reaction between tholeiitic melt and residual peridotite in the uppermost mantle: An experimental study at 0.8 GPa
9:30-9:50	Mattsson H., Solgevik, H.		Bubble- and crystal-size distributions in the emergent Capelas tuff cone, São Miguel (Azores): insights into magma-ascent and fragmentation
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Bernard Grobéty
11:00-11:20	Leuthold J., Müntener O., Baumgartner L., Putlitz B., Michel J., Chiaradia M.		Emplacement of the Torres del Paine mafic complex (Patagonia, Chile), a progress report
11:20-11:40	Ramírez de Arellano C., Putlitz B., Müntener O., Cosca M.		Age determinations of the Fitz Roy Plutonic Complex, Southern Patagonia (Argentina)
11:40-12:00	Villagómez D., Spikings R., Magna T., Winkler W.		Late Cretaceous history of the western Colombian Andes
12:00-12:20	Hunziker D.		The Blueschists of the Deyader Complex, Makran, SE Iran – Petrography, Geochemistry and Thermobarometry
12:20-14:00	Lunch (General Assembly of the Swiss Society for Mineralogy and Petrography)
			Chair: Lukas Baumgartner
14:00-14:20	Reubi O*. & Blundy J.		*Paul Niggli Medal receipient 2008 A lot of andesitic rocks but no andesitic melts: the paradox of arc magmatism
14:20-14:40	Fabbrizio A., Schmidt M.W., Günther D., Eikenberg J.		Experimental determination of Ra mineral/melt partitioning for leucite, feldspars, and phlogopite and 226Ra-disequilibrium crystallisation ages of leucite and feldspars
14:40-15:00	Zakaznova-Herzog V., Wiedenmann D., Gorbar M., Grobéty B., Vogt U., Züttel A.		Experimental geochemistry and mineralogy for industrial applications: new membranes for alkaline electrolysers
15:00-15:20	Studer A., Kündig R., Schenker F., Surbeck H.		Trace Elements in Miocene Subbituminous Coals from the Swiss Molasse Basin with Special Attention to Uranium and its Mode of Occurrence
15:20-15:40	Schenker F.		Shocked quartz in Ticino, and beyond
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Peter Ulmer
16:30-16:50	Zhu C., Fu, Q., Lu P., Seyfried W.E.		New Experiments of Feldspar Hydrolysis and Implications for Interpretations of Weathering Rates
16:50-17:10	Bader T., Franz L., de Capitani C., Ratschbacher L., Hacker B.R., Weise C., Wiesinger M., Popp M.		Discontinuous metamorphic P-T paths in the Liuling Unit (Qinling belt, central China)
17:10-17:30	Allaz J., Engi M., Berger A., Janots E., Villa I.		Linking thermobarometry with 39Ar-40Ar and U-Th-Pb ages from the northern Central Alps: implications for Rb-Sr and K-Ar data
17:30-17:50	Robyr M., Carlson W., Passchier C., Vonlanthen P.		Textural, chemical and microstructural records during snowball garnets growth
17:50-18:10	Darbellay B., Baumgartner L., Robyr M.		Mushroom garnet from the Mt. Mucrone, Sesia Zone, Italian Alps

Posters:

	Bader T., Franz L., de Capitani C., Ratschbacher L., Hacker B.R., Weise C., Wiesinger M., Popp M.		New hints on the tectonometamorphic history of the Douling complex (Qinling belt, central China)
	Baumberger T., Früh-Green G.L., Pedersen R.B., Thorseth I.H., Bernasconi S.M., Plötze M.		Geochemistry of the rift valley sediments at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge: Preliminary results of the H2DEEP expedition to the southern Knipovich Ridge at 73°N
	Bekaddour T., Schmidt S., Gnos E., Rütti R.		Petrographic observations in the Erstfelder Gneiss in the Gotthard Base Tunnel (NEAT) between Erstfeld and Amsteg
	Bussien D., Bussy F., Magna T., Masson H.		Paleozoic magmatism in the Sambuco and Maggia nappes, Lower Penninic domain
	Davoudian A.R., Genser J., Neubauer F.		P-T condition of crystallization of granitoid plutons of Zayandeh -Rood river area, north of Shahrekord, Iran
	Durand C., Baumgartner L.		Experimental re-determination of initial melting in the system calcite-H2O at 100 MPa and calcite/melt element fractionation
	Hack A., Ulmer P., Thompson A.		On mass fluxes and metasomatic processes above subducting slabs: An experimental solubility and melting study of Enstatite + Quartz + H2O
	Khodami M., Davoudian A.R.		Sr-Nd Isotopic Characteristics of Neogene volcanic rocks in Southeast of Isfahan
	Madonna C., Schenker F., Reusser E., Burg J.-P.		Metamorphic and deformation history of the Nufenen Pass and Lukmanier Pass area
	Mattsson H., Caricchi L.		Cooling and crystallization of natrocarbonatitic lava flows: Reconciling laboratory experiments with field observations
	Nandekar R., Mattsson H.		Petrology of the Lake Natron – Engaruka monogenetic volcanic field, northern Tanzania
	Noghreyan M., Khodami M., Davoudian A.R.		Adakite-like volcanism in Central Iranian magmatic belt,Isfahan,Iran
	Reusser E., Mattsson H.		Natrocarbonatitic tephrafall from the explosive eruption of Oldoinyo Lengai in September 2007
	Reymond C., Leuthold-Favre L., Mucciolo A., Bonin M.		Advantages of using TEM when analysing asbestos in ambient air
	Schaltegger U., Antognini M., Girlanda F., Wiechert U., Müntener O.		Alkaline mantle melts in the southern Alpine lower crust mark the initiation of late Triassic rifting
	Schwarzenbach E.M., Früh-Green G.L., Bernasconi S.M.		Comparing carbon and sulfur isotopes in ophiolites and active peridotite-hosted hydrothermal systems
	Shabanian N., Davoudian A.R., Khalili M.		Petrogenesis of post-collisional granitoid of Ghaleh-Dezh, NW Azna, Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran: Nd–Sr isotope evidence
	Tripoli B., Mattsson H.		Physical volcanology of the Lake Natron-Engaruka monogenetic field, Tanzania
	Zarasvandi. A.		Geochemistry and Source of the Recent Sediments in Southwestern of Ahvaz, Khouzestan Province, Iran
	Zhou W., Stober I., Bucher K.		Surface water in the Zermatt—Matterhorn area, Switzerland, a hydrogeochemical study

Session 3: Palaeontology

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			Chair: Damien Becker
9:10-9:30	Lavoyer T. & Berger J.-P.		New data on the Bouwxiller Formation (Eocene, Lutetian)
9:30-9:50	Mennecart B., Zulliger L., Scherler L., Becker D., Berger J.-P.		A new Aquitanian fauna in the Jura Molasse (Sur le Mont, Tavannes, Northwestern Switzerland)
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Daniel Marty
11:00-11:20	Scherler L., Mennecart B., Becker D., Berger J.-P.		Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) of the Swiss Molasse Basin during the Oligo-Miocene transition: taxonomical study and preliminary results
11:20-11:40	Schweizer M., Thierstein H., Schulz H., Darling K.		How similar are morphological and genetic diversities recognizable on a typical plankton filter?
11:40-12:00	Goudemand N., Orchard M., Bucher H., Brayard A., Brühwiler T., Galfetti T., Hermann E., Hochuli P.A., Ware D.		Smithian-Spathian boundary: the biggest crisis in Triassic conodont history
12:00-12:20	Yazdi M. & Mannani M.		Two Late Triassic biostroms levels as key beds for controlling sea level changes in Central Iran
12:20-14:00	Lunch
			Chair: Jacques Ayer
14:00-14:20	Berger J.-P., Reynard E., Constandache M., Dumas J., Felber M., Häuselmann P., Jeannin P.-Y., Martin S., Regolini G., Scapozza C., Schneider H.		Inventory of geotopes of national significance: the paleontological record
14:20-14:40
14:40-15:00
15:00-15:20	Poster authors		Swiss Commission of Palaeontology Prize Short presentations of the posters
15:20-15:40
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2

Posters:

	Ayer J., Comment G., Adatte T., Badertscher C., Boll S., Fürsich F.T., Gretz M., Hug W.A., Marty D.		Sedimentology and palaeocology of the Banné Member (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian): new data from excavations along the Transjurane highway (Canton Jura, Switzerland)
	Baumgartner-Mora C., Baumgartner P.O., Buchs D. Bandini A., Flores K.		Palaeocene to Oligocene Foraminifera from the Azuero Peninsula (Panama): The timing of seamount formation, accretion and forearc overlap, along the Mid-American Margin
	Becker D.,Scherler L., Tütken T., Aubry D., Detrey J.		The Late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Ajoie (Northwestern Switzerland): stratigraphy, taphonomy, palaeoecology
	Cavin L., Meister C., Piuz A., Boudad L.		Fossil assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeast Morocco
	Germann D., Schatz W., Hadorn M., Fischer A., Eggenberger H.P.		Correlation between morphology, behaviour and habitat -- bivalve burrowing in simulation and robotics
	Marty D., Paratte G., Lovis C., Jacquemet M., Hug W.A., Iberg A., Oriet A., Denier C., Mihajlovic D.		Methodology of systematic excavation and documentation of dinosaur tracksites along the Transjurane highway (Canton Jura, NW Switzerland)
	Renesto S., Lombardo C., Stockar R.		New excavations in the Cassina levels (Monte San Giorgio, Middle Triassic) preliminary reports
	Reynard E., Berger J.-P., Constandache M., Dumas J., Felber M., Häuselmann P., Jeannin P.-Y., Martin S., Regolini G., Scapozza C., Schneider H.		The revision of the inventory of geotopes of national significance

Session 4: Meteorology and Climatology

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			Chair: Rolf Philipona
8:30-8:50	Roesli H.P.		Monitoring weather/climate related and other phenomena by simple RGB compositing of multispectral imagery from Meteosat Second Generation
8:50-9:10	Hering A., German U., Boscacci M.		Operational nowcasting of thunderstroms in the Alps using TRT during MAP D-PHASE
9:10-9:30	Füllemann C., Begert M., Brönnimann S., Croci-Maspoli M.		Digitization and homogenization of long-term climate series from surface observation stations in Switzerland - DigiHom
9:30-9:50	Walker D., Vuilleumier L.		Effect of clouds on erythemal UV radiation
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Markus Furger
11:00-11:20	Philipona R., Behrens K., Ruckstuhl C.		How declining aerosols and rising greenhouse gases forced rapid warming in Europe since the 1980s
11:20-11:40	Morland J., Collaud Coen M., Hocke K., Jeannet P., Mätzler C.		Changes in integrated water vapor above Switzerland over the last 12 years
11:40-12:00	Perler D., Geiger A., Leuenberger D., Brockmann E., Kahle H.-G.		Impact of GNSS network design on water vapour tomography
12:00-12:20	Barthazy E.		Electron microscopy of aerosols
12:20-14:00	Lunch (General Assembly of the Swiss Meteorological Society)

Posters:

	Jeleń D., Kuc T., Necki J., Rozanski K., Zimnoch M.		Assessing fossil fuel CO2 fluxes in the urban atmosphere of the city using combined measurements of CO2, CO and 14CO2/12CO2 mixing ratios
	Vogt R., Frey C.M., Burri S., Harhash M., Parlow E.		Eddy covariance measurment of CO2-fluxes in Cairo/Egypt
	Wach P., Zimnoch M., Rozanski K., Kozak K.		Temporal variability of Radon-222 in near-ground atmosphere

Session 5: Quaternary Research

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			Chair: Susan Ivy Ochs
8:30-8:50	Preusser F. & Schlüchter C.		Chronostratigraphy of the Quaternary of Switzerland
8:50-9:10	Kuhlemann J., Rohling E.J. , Krumrei I., Kubik P.W., Ivy-Ochs S., Kucera M.		Regional synthesis of Mediterranean atmospheric circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum
9:10-9:30	Furrer H., Riedi M.A., Anselmetti F., Drescher-Schneider R., Graf H.R., Hajdas I., Lowick S , Preusser F.		Environmental and climatic history of an overdeepened and filled glacial basin in Northern Switzerland
9:30-9:50	Akçar N., Ivy-Ochs S., Kubik P.W., Schlüchter C.		Anthropogenic impact on ‘Findlinge’ (erratic boulders) in the Alpine foreland and its implications for surface exposure dating
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Irka Hajdas
11:00-11:20	Straub M., Wick L., Anselmetti F., Gilli A., Guélat M., Mottet M., Paccolat O., Rentzel P.		Record of past environmental and climatic changes in the sediments of Lake Pfafforet (Valais, Switzerland)
11:20-11:40	Wirth S., Girardclos S., Anselmetti F.S.		From the 'Kanderschnitt' to the 21st century: Human impact and natural hazards in the Lake Thun sediment record
11:40-12:00	Burki V., Haeberli W., Schlunegger F., Schnellmann M.		Glacier erosion: processes and quantification
12:00-12:20	Smittenberg R., Birkholz A., Gierga M., Hajdas I., Hagedorn F., Guelland K., Christl I., Bernasconi S.M.		Soil carbon dynamics on annual to millennial timescales – the experimental approach
12:20-14:00	Lunch
			Chair: Frank Preusser
14:00-14:20	Kaiser K.F., Schaub M., Friedrich M., Kromer B., Talamo S., Miramont C., Guibal F.		Late glacial tree-ring chronologies reflecting environmental changes - last steps towards an absolute chronology back to 14,250 cal BP
14:20-14:40	Heer A., Hajdas I., Lowick S., Preusser F., Veit H.		Chronology and development of the postglacial beach plain NE of Lake Neuchâtel on Swiss Plateau, using OSL*- and 14C-Data.
14:40-15:00	Rambeau C., Inglis R., Smith S., Finlayson B., Black S.		Reconstruction of Jordan palaeoenvironments (~25 000 BP - present day): the Water Life and Civilisation project
15:00-15:20	May J.-H., Lombardo U., Veit H.		Reconstructing the fluvial history of the Llanos de Moxos, NE Bolivia – approaches, challenges and first results
15:20-15:40
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2

Posters:

	Burki V., Hansen L., Fredin O., Beylich A., Larsen E.		Glacier erosion rates since Little Ice age during advance and retreat of a Norwegian outlet glacier
	Deline P., Akçar N., Ivy-Ochs S., Kubik P.W., Schlüchter C.		Differentiation of rock avalanche deposits from lateglacial moraines in Val Ferret (Mont Blanc Massif, Italy) using cosmogenic 10Be
	Hajdas I., Michczyński A., Bonani G., Wacker L., Furrer H.		Dating old bones: Study case mammoth from Niederweningen, ZH
	Ivy-Ochs S., Kober F., Kubik P.W., Schlüchter C.		Exposure dating of the Chironico landslide, Leventina, Switzerland
	Klisch M.A., Rozanski K., Edwards T.W.D.		Oxygen isotopic composition of lacustrine cellulose and authigenic calcite – new insight into Late Glacial and Holocene temperature changes in central Poland
	Kober, F., Abbühl, L., Ivy-Ochs, S., Schlunegger, F., Kubik, P.W. , Baur, H., Wieler, R.		Variation of denudation rates in the partially fluvially and partially glacially scupltured Hörnli region, Switzerland
	Rufer D., Preusser F., Schreurs G.		Proposing IR stimulated luminescence to date Quaternary phreatomagmatic eruptions from central Madagascar
	Schindelwig I., Akçar N., Lukas S., Kubik P.W., Schlüchter C.		Glacier advances during the Lateglacial to Holocene transition in the Swiss Alps
	Schmid T.W. & Bernasconi S.M.		Application of “clumped-isotope” thermometry to paleotemperature reconstructions in lacustrine carbonates
	van Raden U., Beer R., Tinner W., Gilli A., Clegg B., Bigler C., Hu Feng Sheng, Haug G.		Evidence for climatic cooling at Grizzly Lake (Alaska) around 2800 cal. yr. BP
	Yu J., Zhang L., Zhan D., Gao C.		Paleoclimates since the MIS 3 on the NE Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: a comparison with SCS and European records

Session 6: Apply! Snow, ice and Permafrost Science + Geomorphology (Open Sessions)

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			Chair: Christoph Lambiel
8:30-8:50	Champagnac J.-D., Schlunegger F., Norton K., von Blanckenburg F., Abbühl L., Schwab M.		Erosion-driven uplift of the modern Central Alps
8:50-9:10	Fontana G., Scapozza C., Reynard E.		Lateglacial glacier evolution of the Greina region (Central Swiss Alps)
9:10-9:30	Fischer L., Eisenbeiss H., Kääb A., Huggel C., Haeberli W.		Combined LiDAR and photogrammetry for stability-related change detection in glacierised and frozen rock walls - A case study in the Monte Rosa east face
9:30-9:50	Linsbauer A., Paul F., Hoelzle M., Haeberli W.		Modelling of glacier bed topography from glacier outlines and DEM data in a GIS
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
11:00-11:20	Lüthi M.		Transient response of idealized glaciers to climate variations
11:20-11:40	Bauder A. & Huss M.		Long term point observations of seasonal mass balance: a key to understanding 20th century climate change
11:40-12:00	Paul F. & Haeberli W.		Spatial variability of glacier elevation changes in the Alps obtained from differencing two DEMs
12:00-12:20	Foppa N., Seiz G., Walterspiel J.		Observation of the Cryosphere – Switzerland’s contribution to the Global Climate Observing System GCOS
12:20-14:00	Lunch (General Assembly of the Swiss Society for Snow, Ice and Permafrost and of the SSGm)
			Chair: Emmanuel Reynard
14:00-14:20	Hauck C. & Hilbich C.		Application of operational geophysical monitoring systems on alpine permafrost
14:20-14:40	Morard S. & Delaloye R.		Airflow velocity measurements in ventilated porous debris accumulations
14:40-15:00	Lambiel C., Scapozza C., Pieracci K., Baron L., Marescot L.		Thermal and electrical properties of a periglacial talus slope
15:00-15:20	Phillips M., Zenklusen Mutter E., Kern-Luetschg M.		Rapid permafrost degradation induced by non-conductive heat transfer within a talus slope at Flüela Pass, Swiss Alps.
15:20-15:40	Roer I., Hoelzle M., Haeberli W., Kääb A.		Rockglacier dynamics in the Swiss Alps – comparing kinematics and thermal regimes in the Murtèl-Corvatsch region
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Marcia Phillips
16:30-16:50	Fierz C. & Lehning M.		Snow temperatures: measurement and modelling
16:50-17:10	Heggli M., Köchle B., Pinzer B., Schneebeli M.		Thermal conductivity of snow: How to find a better parameterisation?
17:10-17:30	Wüthrich C., Begert M., Scherrer S.C., Croci-Maspoli M., Appenzeller C., Weingartner R.		Analyses of newly digitised snow series over the last 100 years+ in Switzerland
17:30-17:50			SEP-NGP-Prize for Young Researchers

Posters:

	Bodin X., Schoeneich P., Lhotellier R., Gruber S., Deline P., Ravanel L., Monnier S.		A first assessment of the permafrost distribution in the French Alps
	Caprez J., Maisch M., von Poschinger A.		The Flims Rockslide - 3D terrain modelling and volume calculations with GIS application
	Darms G. & Hoelzle M.		First results of firn temperature measurements in 2008 on Colle Gnifetti, Monte Rosa, Switzerland
	Fontana G., Scapozza C., Reynard E.		Geomorphological map of the Greina region (Central Swiss Alps)
	Frei E., Heggli M., Schneebeli M.		Replica method for three-dimensional X-ray microtomographic imaging of snow
	Frey H., Busarello C., Frauenfelder R., Haeberli W., Hoelzle M., May B., Rau S., Wagenbach D., Wagner S.		The ice ridge at Murtèl/Corvatsch: Studying a (c)old archive
	Pagano L.		Inventory of geomorphosites of Bavona and Rovana valleys (Ticino)
	Parisod J., Senn C., Pfeifer H.-R., Vennemann T.		Evaluation des effets de l'enneigement artificiel sur la chimie du sol par comparaison de l'effet de la neige naturelle, artificielle, avec et sans additif: Cas de Cran-Montana-Aminona, Valais, Suisse.
	Paul F., Kääb A., Rott H., Shepherd A., Strozzi T.		GlobGlacier: A new ESA project to map the world's glaciers from space
	Scapozza C., Gex P., Lambiel C., Reynard E.		Electromagnetic prospecting in alpine permafrost: examples from the Southern Swiss Alps
	Scapozza C., Mari S., Valenti G., Strozzi T., Gex P., Fontana G., Müller G., Lambiel C., Delaloye R., Reynard E.		Permafrost map of the Eastern Ticino Alps
	Theler D., Bardou E., Reynard E.		Conceptualising sediment cascades to enhance dynamic geomorphological mapping
	Worni R., Pulgarín B., Agudelo A., Huggel C.		Glacier volcano interactions and related hazards during the 2007 eruptive crisis at Nevado del Huila, Colombia
	Zenklusen Mutter E., Phillips M., Blanchet J.		Evidence of warming in disturbed and undisturbed permafrost terrain at Schafberg (Pontresina, Eastern Swiss Alps)

Session 7: Geofluids and related mineralization: from shallow to deep

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			Chair: Thomas Wagner & Robert Moritz
8:30-8:50	Bendezú A., Catchpole H., Kouzmanov K., Fontboté L., Alexey U., Astorga C.		Miocene magmatism and related porphyry and polymetallic mineralization in the Morococha district, Central Peru.
8:50-9:10	Catchpole H., Bendezú A., Kouzmanov K., Fontboté L., Edgar R.		Paragenesis and preliminary fluid inclusion data of porphyry-related base metal mineralisation styles in the Miocene Morococha district, Central Peru.
9:10-9:30	Meier D.L., Heinrich C., Guillong M., Marquez-Zavalía M.F.		Low-Salinity fluids at the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Argentina.
9:30-9:50	Steinberger I., Driesner T., Weis P., Heinrich C.		Towards a quantitative process model of a porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit at the example of Bingham, Utah.
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
11:00-11:20	Grün G., Coumou D., de Ronde C., Driesner T., Weis P., Heinrich C.		Numerical modelling of fluid flow in submarine hydrothermal systems.
11:20-11:40	Lehmann K., Driehorst F., Ramseyer K., Pettke T., Wiedenbeck M.		Trace element uptake into quartz cement – a function of temperature or fluid characteristics?
11:40-12:00	Hurtig N.C., Driesner T., Heinrich C., Wall V., Matthison I. Maureen		Unconformity-related U-Mo-F deposit, Georgetown, QLD, Australia.
12:00-12:20	Efimenko N., Spangenberg J.E. , Matera V., Adatte T., Föllmi K.B.		Formation of sphalerite mineralisations and cadmium enrichments in the Hauptrogenstein Formation (Upper Bajocian) of Jura Mountains (Switzerland): geological, geochemical and isotopic (O, C, S) evidence.
12:20-14:00	Lunch

Posters:

	Aerts M., Hack A.C., Ulmer P., Thompson A.B.		Low-temperature fluid phase relations of granitic solutions and implications for crustal mass transport.
	Bejaoui J., Bouhlel S., Cardellach E., Pique A., Canals À.		Mineralogy and fluid inclusion investigations of carbonate hosted Pb-Zn-Ba-(Cu) deposits in Jebel Ajered, Central Tunisia.
	Garnit H. & Bouhlel S.		Phosphorites -hosted zinc and lead in the Sekarna ore deposit, Central Tunisia.
	Kodolányi J., Spandler C., John T., Scambelluri M., Pettke T.		Olivine-Ti-clinohumite veins and their relation to partial dehydration of high pressure serpentinites.
	Mantegazzi D., Sanchez-Valle C., Driesner T.		PVTx properties of H2O-NaCl fluids using Brillouin scattering spectroscopy.
	Souissi F., Jemmali N., Souissi R., Dandurand J.-L.		The Pb-Zn-Sr-Ba deposits in Northern Tunisia: trace elements, rare earth elements and Sr geochemical evidence for their origin.
	Souissi F., Souissi R., Dandurand J.-L.		The Mississippi Valley type fluorite ore of Jebel Stah (North-Eastern Tunisia) II: contribution of the REE and Sr isotope geochemistry to the genetic model.
	Vágó E. & Moritz R.		Fluid chemical characterisation of the Pataz, Marsa and Parcoy mineralized districts in the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera.

Session 8: Building Stones - application, suitability, research

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14:20-14:40	Cavallo G., Corredig G., Dell’Oro D., Galimberti L., Rodeghiero F., Vezzoni B.		The natural stones used on the Romanesque north wall of the St. Martino church in Mendrisio
14:40-15:00	Küng A. & Vezzoni B.		The soapstone of the Romanesque church of San Nicolao in Giornico, Canton Ticino (Switzerland)
15:00-15:20	Zerbi S.		Construction en pierre massive en Suisse. Le cas des Tre Valli au Canton du Tessin
15:20-15:40	Bläuer C. & Rousset B.		Geological methods in everyday conservation of monuments and sites
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
16:30-16:50	Wetzel A., Herwegh M., Zurbriggen R.		Spatial and temporal evolution of physico-chemical properties of polymer-modified mortar at the interfaces of large-sized tiles
16:50-17:10	Zehnder K., Kündig R., Baumeler A.		Stones on historic buildings and artworks of Switzerland – actual stage of the database

Posters:

	Bugini R. & Folli L.		The use of ornamental stones from Arzo (Ticino) in the italian architecture
	Wetzel A., Zurbriggen R., Herwegh M.		Setup for investigations of tile-mortar interface of large-sized tiles

Session 9: Natural hazards and risks

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			Chair: Giovanni Crosta
14:00-14:20	Schweizer J.		On the predictability of snow avalanches
14:20-14:40	Rosset P., Bonjour C., Cua G., Kaestli P., Trendafiloski G., Wiemer S., Wyss M.		The earthquake loss estimating tool QLARM: Applications in real-time and for predictions
14:40-15:00	Troisi C.		Landslide investigation by means of PSiNSARTM radar interferometry:the Piemonte experience
15:00-15:20	Strozzi T., Werner C., Wiesmann A., Wegmüller U.		A portable radar interferometer for the measurement of surface deformation
15:20-15:40	Jaboyedoff M., Pedrazzini A.		Theoretical basis for shadow angle variability and implications
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Michel Jaboyedoff
16:30-16:50	Oppikofer T., Böhme M., Blikra L.H., Derron M.-H., Jaboyedoff M., Saintot A.		Geological and structural model of the Åknes rockslide (Norway)
16:50-17:10	Kanevski M., Pozdnoukhov A., Timonin V.		Machine learning algorithms for spatial data. Case studies: environmental pollution, natural hazards, renewable resources
17:10-17:30	Mautz R.		Simulation for a volcano monitoring network
17:30-17:50	Zechner E., Lewin I., Konz M.		Effects of tectonic structures, groundwater pumping, and mining activity on evaporite subrosion and resulting land subsidence
17:50-18:10	Huggel C., Eugster S., Ramírez J.M., Worni R.		Recent experiences from Swiss projects in risk reduction in South America

Posters:

	Alizadeh Bahram, Bagheri Soheila, Hoseini Seyed Hossein		Biomarkers as effective and beneficial tools in petroleum caused natural hazards
	Ambrosi C., Pera S.		Interdisciplinary approaches to recognition, analysis and modelling in sackung system and large landslides in southern Swiss Alps
	Ambrosi C., Strozzi T.		Sar Interferometric Point Target analysis and interpretation of aerial photographs for landslides investigations in southern Switzerland
	Baruffini M., Baruffini M., Thüring M.		A GIS-tool for risk assessment due to natural hazards in mountain regions
	Matti B.		Geological heterogeneity in landslides: Characterization and flow modeling
	Fischer L., Amann F., Huggel C.		Multidisciplinary investigations and back-analysis of a periglacial rock fall event: Tschierva rock fall
	Forootan Ehsan, Sharifi Mohammad Ali, Nikkhoo Mehdi, Dodge Somayeh		Applying altimetry and in-situ data to compute point-wise MSL for inland waters, case study: Caspian Sea
	Fossati D., Kos A.		The Deep Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation of Landarenca (Graubünden, Switzerland): A Geological-Geotechnical Analysis
	H. Serdar Akyüz, Taylan Sançar, Cengiz Zabcı, Pınar Gutsuz, Volkan Karabacak, Erhan Altunel, Ziyadin Çakır, Çaglar Yalçıner		Paleoseismological studies on Yedisu seismic gap, eastern part of North Anatolian Fault, Turkey
	Künzler M., Huggel C., Ramírez J. M.		A method for risk analysis related to lahars and floods – a case study at Nevado del Tolima volcano, Colombia
	Meier A., Willi C.		Systematic recording and analysis of natural hazards along railway lines using GIS
	Mohamadi Mahin		Glass and magnetitic Spherules associated with the solid impact and mass extinction in D/C boundary in Central Alborz mountain north of Iran
	Ostermann M., Sanders D.		A new approach to dating carbonate-lithic rockslides
	Pedrazzini A., Jaboyedoff M., Froese C., Humair F., Langenberg W., Francisco M.		The role of regional fault and fold-related fractures in the development of rock slope failure
	Thüring M.		Rockfall modelling applied to rockfall protection design
	Thüring M., Cannata M., Hammer J.		Hazard and risk assessment of landslides on accumulation reservoirs – a field applicable scheme
	Vouillamoz N., Mosar J.		Microzonage sismique du Canton de Fribourg: Carte de Sol de fondations

Session 10: Anthropogenic impacts on hydrological regime

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			Chair: S. Peduzzi, SGHL
11:00-11:05	Filippini, Laurent		Opening address
11:05-11:30	Pfaundler M., Salvetti A.		Module Hydrology: Assessing the natural status of the flow regime. Methodology and case study Brenno (TI)
11:30-12:00	Baumann P.		Schwall/Sunk und Morphologie in Fliessgewässern
12:00-12:20	Polli B., Solcà L.		Hydropeaking on the Ticino River: Analysis, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies
12:20-14:00	Lunch (22nd General assembly of the SSHL, Chaired by A. Jakob)
			Chair: A. Salvetti, CHy
14:00-14:20	Maiolini B., Bruno M.C., Carolli M., Silveri L., Zolezzi G., Bellin A. & Siviglia A.		Eco-hydrological impacts of hydropower production in the Adige river system
14:20-14:40	Siviglia A., Salvaro M., Zolezzi G., Maiolini B., Carolli M., Bruno M.C.		Thermopeaking from power plant releases in regulated Alpine stream
14:40-15:00	Kirchhofer A., Breitenstein M.		Schwall-Sunk in der Linth (GL) - ein neuer Ansatz zur Reduktion der Auswirkungen auf das Flussökosystem
15:00-15:20	Robinson C.T., Buser T., Mannes S., Kelly D., Larned S.		Spatio -temporal effects of experimental floods on benthos, drift and seston below reservoirs
15:20-15:40	Consuegra D.		Urban storm water runoff impacts on receiving waters. On the use of continuous modelling and quantitative indicators.
15:50-16:00	Bonalumi M., Anselmetti F., Kägi R., Müller B., Wüest A.		Effects of pump storage operations on reservoir turbidity
16:00-16:20	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Prof. Reinhardt Bachofen, Hydrobiologie-Limnologie Stiftung
16:20-??:??			Hydrobiologie-Limnologie-Preis

Posters:

	Al-Zoubaidy M., Brovelli A., Rossi L., Barry D.A., Holliger K.		Evaluation of the hydraulic properties of constructed wetlands using geoelectric techniques

Session 11: Who cares about water? - Social aspects of water + Environmental challenges of border regions

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			Chair: Walter Leimgruber & Patricia Felber
8:30-8:50	Leimgruber Walter		Introduction
8:50-9:10	Graefe O.		Domestic water as means of masculine domination. An analysis from the High Atlas Mountains
9:10-9:30	Hagmann T., Korf B.		Water violence, governable space and the state's frontier
9:30-9:50	Chaudhuri N., Gueye A., Pfeifer H.-R., Niang S., Cole D.		Increasing sustainability of irrigated urban agriculture in southern countries by Participatory Education and Action Research (PEAR) among small producers: case study of Dakar, Senegal
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1 + Pannel: Who cares about water? (Discussant: Felber Patricia)
			Chair: Doris Wastl-Walter & Béla Filep
11:00-11:20	de Bettignies G.		Consuming mountain space
11:20-11:40	Wastl-Walter D., Filep B., Váradi M.M.		Cross-border environmental conflicts: Struggling for political participation across borders
11:40-12:00	Gueye A., Pfeifer H.-R., Sarr B., Niang S.		Nitrogen leaching in groundwater from periurban agrosystems in Senegal: is fertilization contributing to the high nitrate groundwater contamination?
12:00-12:20	Widmer D.		Peasant Border Cases
12:20-14:00	Lunch

Posters:

	Ndiaye M.L., Peduzzi R., Pfeifer H.-R., Niang S., Dieng Y., Tonolla M.		Microbiological quality of groundwater related to urban agriculture of the Dakar area (Senegal)
	Veronesi M., Pera S., Simona M.		Recovery of lake Lugano (Switzerland-Italy): a differentiated strategy for a complex challenge

Session 12: Data acquisition, Geo-processing, GIS, digital mapping and 3D visualisation

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			Chair: Adrian Wiget "The framework for digital geo-scientific data in Switzerland "
8:30-8:50	Beer C.		The relevance of digital data and techniques to applied geo-sciences (PPT presentation = 43,1 MB)
8:50-9:10	Buogo A., Buser R., Sonney R., Wiget A.		The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (PPT presentation = 6,6 MB))
9:10-9:30	Oesterling N., Kühni A., Kündig R.		Geological Informtion System Switzerland (PPT presentation = 3,5 MB)
9:30-9:50	Cannata M.		FOSS4G: open source tools for geoinformation
09:50-11:00	Coffee break & Poster Session 1
			Chair: Massimiliano Cannata "GIS"
11:00-11:20	Giorgis D.		The "cadastre géologique" of the canton of Vaud: a geoinformatic tool to collect, manage and publish geological data (PPT presentation = 33 MB)
11:20-11:40	Oliosi F., Storelli S.		GIS helps water resources management (PPT presentation = 5,5 MB)
11:40-12:00	Molinari M., Cannata M.		A GIS approach for tsunami risk assessment
12:00-12:20	Antonovic M.		The Sensor Observation Service (SOS) (PDF presentation = 1 MB)
12:20-14:00	Lunch
			Chair: Adrian Wiget "Data acquisition and Geo-processing"
14:00-14:20	Bochud M., Mosar J.		GIS-supported Geology and Fieldwork in the Eastern Greater Caucasus (PDF presentation = 3,4 MB)
14:20-14:40	Skaloud J., Schaer P., Tomé P., Stebler Y.		Real-Time Mapping and Monitoring Capability of Geological Features by Airborne Laser Scanning (PPT presentation = 23,3 MB)
14:40-15:00	Kalbermatten M., Turberg P.		Analysing landslide features through scale using the wavelet transform – Theory and application to the earth flow type landslide of Travers (Switzerland) (PDF presentation = 15,9 MB)
15:00-15:20	Metzger R., Jaboyedoff M., Oppikofer T.		COLTOP 3D: A software dedicated to analyze relief using large DEM and massive 3D-imaging cloud points
15:20-15:40	Grimm D. & Zogg H.-M.		Dynamic Monitoring of Load Tests by Kinematic Terrestrial Laser Scanning
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Nils Oesterling "Digital mapping and 3D visualisation"
16:30-16:50	Baumeler A.		Bereitstellung digitaler Daten für unterschiedliche Ausgabemedien: Web, GIS, Druckprodukte. Kartografische Anforderungen, Genauigkeit, Produktions- und Darstellungsprobleme (PPT presentation = 2,8 MB)
16:50-17:10	Schreiber L., Ornstein P., Sartori M., Kühni A.		TOOLMAP – ‘SION’ method: development of a new GIS Framework for digital geological mapping (PPT presentation = 1,4 MB)
17:10-17:30	Parriaux A., Turberg P., Kalbermatten M., Golay F., Lance J.-M.		The geotype concept to develop GIS oriented analysis in engineering geology applications (PDF presentation = 2,9 MB)
17:30-17:50	Jordan P., Schwab M., Schneider H., Schnellmann M., Weber H., Neaf H., Alber W.		A 3D geological model of North-East Switzerland, a GIS solution
17:50-18:10	Baumberger R., Bossart P., Eichenberger U., Kühni A., Nussbaum C., Oesterling N., Weber E.		3D Geological Model of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory (PPT presentation = 8,8 MB)

Posters:

	Abdollahzadeh M., Najafi A.M.		Detection of gross-errors into gravity data of IRAN by Kriging approach
	Baumeler A.		Digitale Kartografie für GIS und Kartendruck mit Grafikprogrammen
	Glur L., Bossart P., Herfort M., Meier E., Nussbaum C.		Borehole Evapometer measurements: Detection of zones with different hydraulic conductivities in the Opalinus Clay
	Hilbe M., Anselmetti F.S., Eilertsen R., Hansen L.		Geomorphologic mapping of Lake Lucerne - the potential of high-resolution bathymetry data
	Kanevski M., Pozdnoukhov A., Timonin V.		“GeoKernels.org”: kernel-based methods for spatio-temporal data. Analysis, modelling and geo-visualisation
	Kistler M., Brockmann E., Marti U., Métraux C., Papafitsorou A., Ray J., Schlatter A., Vogel B., Wiget A., Wild U.		New coordinates for Switzerland: Completion of the Swiss national triangular transformation network for precise transformations between the old reference frame LV03, the new LV95 and global ones like ETRF
	Marti U.		The National Gravity Network of Switzerland
	Pera S.		Hydrogeology and geochemical characteristics of groundwater in a porous aquifer connected with two karst systems, in Southern Switzerland.
	Sartori M., Ornstein P., Schreiber L., Jemelin L.		GIS modelling: a first step toward 3D geology with the "Sion" map
	Villiger A., Heller O., Geiger A., Kahle H.-G., Brockmann E.		Estimation of local tectonic movements using continuous GNSS network

Session 13: Global Change – lessons from the geological past

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			Chair: Helmut Weissert
14:20-14:40	Hermann E., Hochuli P.A., Bucher H., Brühwiler T., Goudemand N., Ghazala R.		Evidence for major climatic change at the Smithian-Spathian boundary from low palaeolatitudinal records
14:40-15:00	Richoz S., Van De Schootbrugge B., Püttmann W., Heunisch C., Quan T.M., Fiebig J., Pross J.		Evidence of sulfidic marine environment after the Triassic-Jurassic mass-extinction event
15:00-15:20	Baumgartner P.O. & Tschudin P.		Eutrophication of marginal seas by river input: The Middle Jurassic Western Tethys compared to the Modern Caribbean
15:20-15:40	Erba E., Bottini C., Casellato C.E., De Bernardi B., Tiraboschi D.		A geological perspective on calcareous nannoplankton evolution: biotic response to global change and environmental perturbations?
15:40-16:30	Coffee break & Poster Session 2
			Chair: Peter O. Baumgartner
16:30-16:50	Mehay S., Keller C.E., Bernasconi S.M., Weissert H., Erba E.		The initiation of OAE1a revealed by a high resolution biomarker carbon isotope record
16:50-17:10	Westermann S., Matera V., Fiet N., Adatte T., Föllmi K.B.		Paleoredox changes associated with the Early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event
17:10-17:30	Föllmi K.B., Godet A., Bodin S., Linder P., de Kaenel E., Adatte T., Stein M.		The rise and fall of the Urgonian empire
17:30-17:50	Adatte, T.		Impacts, volcanism, sea-level and climate fluctuations: towards a multi-causal scenario for the Phanerozoic extinctions, a lesson from the past ?
17:50-18:10	Jaccard S., Galbraith E., Haug G., Sigman D.		Reduced oxygen concentrations in the abyssal North Pacific during the last glacial period – implications for oceanic carbon storage

Posters:

	Dessauges A., Leuenberger M., Nicolussi K., Schlüchter C.		Glacial geology and paleoclimate: Stable isotope analysis in Holocene tree rings Mont Miné glacier (VS)
	Giorgioni M., Weissert H., Bernasconi S.		Oceanic and climatic Changes during the Albian- Cenomanian: the World at the End of Pangea
	Girault F.E., Weller A.F., Thierstein H.R.		Neogene global cooling and its impact on diatom size evolution
	Godefroid F., Kindler P., Samankassou E.		Confirmation of an exceptional sea-level highstand at +20 m during MIS 11 (400’000 ka BP) from Bahamian sedimentary rocks: a credible scenario for future global warming?
	Keller C.E., Giorgioni M., Garcia T.I., Bernasconi S.M., Hochuli P.A., Weissert H.		Cretaceous carbon cycle and climate: The Barremian-Early Aptian C-cycle perturbation

Meetings of Societies on Friday 21^st November

Meetings of Societies on Saturday 22^nd November

International Lithosphere Program

Swiss Commission International Union of Geological Sciences

Sunday November 23^rd
Year of Planet Earth Symposium
Deep Earth – From Crust to Core: A Tribute to Peter A. Ziegler

Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano (directions)

Several excursions are proposed on Sunday 23^rd. All excursions take place from 9 am to 12 am.