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Overview Oral

Preliminary Program

 

Scientific Programme

Monday - 10/08

08:15 - 08:40 Opening Ceremony  
08:40 - 09:30 Thomas Prohaska Isotopes as Tracers in Archaeological Sciences
09:30 - 09:50 Wilson Development of quality control materials from natural geologic starting materials
09:50 - 10:10 Webb Systematic bias in the reporting of XRF results for trace elements at concentrations approaching the detection limit — evidence from the GeoPT proficiency testing programme
10:10 - 10:30 Begzsuren Porficiency testing schemes organized at Central Geological Laboratory of Mongolia
10:30 - 10:00 Refreshments  
11:00 - 11:20 Gäbler Analytical fingerprint of wolframite: Chemical analysis, data variability, statistics
11:20 - 11:40 Kirkwood Stream sediment geochemistry as a tool for enhancing geological understanding: An overview of new data from south west England
11:40 - 12:00 Malitch Compositonal and isotope study of Ru-Os-Ir-Pt alloys and Ru-Os sulfides from the Witwatersrand Basin (South Africa): New data
12:00 - 13:20 Lunch Break  
13:20 - 13:40 Wälle Analysing fluid inclusions by laser ablation sector field ICP-MS –  advantages of higher sensitivity
13:40 - 14:00 Walkner Trace element quantification in crude oils using ICP-QQQ-MS
14:00 - 14:20 Everett Influences on the distribution of hydrothermally enriched commodity elements in stream sediments of south west England, investigated using new geochemical baseline survey data
14:20 -14:40 Havelcová Geochemistry of anomalous uranium enrichment in fossil resin 
14:40 - 15:00 Glass Sampling of moisture content in particulate materials
15:00 - 15:20 Petrakova Determination of organic-mineral composition of bazhenov formation rocks (West Siberia, Russia) by combination analytical technique
15:20 - 16:00 Refreshments  
16:00 - 16:20 Moher Application of ASTER data in the genesis and Genetic relationship of Barite and Iron Ores in El-Bahariya Oasis Western Desert Egypt

Tuesday - 11/08

08:30 Announcements  
08:40 - 09:30 Wolfgang Müller Time-resolved isotopic and elemental analysis of teeth (LA-(MC )ICPMS, SIMS) in archaeometry/forensics – examples related to the Iceman and medieval Ag-mining
09:30 - 09:50 Brand Performance comparison of portable XRF instruments: A mineral exploration industry prospective
09:50 - 10:10 Ingham Calibration strategies for geo-environmental XRF analysis
10:10 - 10:30 Rachetti Problems with elements not included in the software of handheld XRF analysers
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments  
11:00 - 11:20 Wünscher Analysis of rare earth elements in soils and sediments 
11:20 - 11.40 Bokhari Removal of Interferences on platinum in Platinum Group Elements (PGE) reference materials (RM) 
11:40 - 12:00 Zack Principles of LA-QQQ-ICP-MS and opportunities in Earth Sciences
12:00 - 13:20 Lunch Break  
13:20 - 14:20 Company Presentations  
14:20 - 16:40  Posters and Exhibition  
16:40 -  IAG General Meeting  

Wednesday - 12/08

08:30 Announcements  
08:40 - 09:30 Frank Melcher Fingerprinting of conflict minerals: the coltan case
09:30 - 09:50 Malitch Radiogenic and stable isotope study of the Vologochan and Mikchangda ore-bearing intrusions of the Noril’sk Province: Implications for exploration
09:50 - 10:10 Cupper Application of optically stimulated luminescence dating and lead isotope analysis to authenticate an
10:10 -10:30 Dias Absolute calibration for the EMPA-FT
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments  
11:00 - 11:20 Guillong Careful validation of U-Th zircon dating by LA-ICP-MS
11:20 - 11:40 Wiedenbeck Performance Capabilities of the Cameca 1280-HR SIMS Instrument
11:40 - 12:00 Renno What role can and should play ion beam analytical methods in the context of geometallurgy?

Thursday - 13/08

08:40 Announcements  
09:00 -10:10 Henry Longerich Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: A personal odyssey; trials, tribulations,problems, and successes
10:10 - 10:30 Garbe-Schönberg Particle size matters: A new strategy for manufacturing microanalytical reference standards from nano-particulate powder pellets
10:30 - 10:50 Onuk Development of the matrix-matched sphalerite (ZnS) standards MUL-ZnS-1 and MUL-ZnS-2 for in-situ analysis of trace elements by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS)
10:50 - 11:20 Refreshments  
11:20 - 11:40 Belousov Comparison of ablation of different sulphides as a function of the type of nano-second pulse width l
11:40 - 12:00 Macholdt The search for suitable reference materials for microanalytical analyses of Mn rich samples
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break  
14:00 - 14:20 Ramsey Characterizing isotopic homogeneity of candidate reference materials at the picogram sampling scale
14:20 - 14:40 Enzweiler Revisiting the chromium reference value in BRP-1 (Basalt Ribeirão Preto)
14:40 - 15:00 Wilson BPbISO-1G, a synthetic geologic glass designed to facilitate lead isotopic analysis in geologic materials
15:00 - 15:20 Bank Optimization of rare earth analyses in geologic material using universal cell technology and ICP-MS
15:20 - 15:40 Jochum Reference values following ISO guidelines for 20 most frequently requested rock reference materials
15:40 - 16:20 Closing Ceremony  

 

Guest Programme

Schedule
TimeSundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
08:30 Registration Excursion to
Erzberg
with mine tour
and Hauli adventure ride
an following a walk
around the
Leopoldsteinersee
Excursion to Zotter chocolate manufacture
with a subsequent
personal tour on the
Riegersburg

Spare Time Spare Time

Trip to Prague
(faculative)

/

A mountain hike to Geotrail at Polster

Trip to Prague
(faculative)
09:00
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30

Graz City Tour

/

Buschenschank Schneeberger

13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15.30
16:00
16:30   Closing Ceremony
17:00 Gösser Brewery Installation Exhibition  
17.30      
18:00      
18.30        
19:00 Welcome receiption
"Hauptplatz" City Center,
Rossecker Performance
       
20:00   Classic Concert
(Aula at University)
Sarah Kettner
       

 

Excursion Programme

Monday 10 Aug 2015 
08:30 departure
09:30 - 10:30 Hauly andventure ride
10:45 - 12:15 mine tour
12:15 - 13:15 lunch break (Hauly Restaurant)
13:15 - 13:30 transfer to Leopoldsteinersee
13:30 - 15:00 walk around the Leopoldsteinersee
15:00 - 15:45 travel time Eisenerz-Leoben
15:45 arrival Leoben
Costs: € 53.-
Tuesday 11 Aug 2015 
08:00 departure
10:00 - 12:30 chocotour around the Zotter World
12:30 - 14:00 lunch break (Seehaus)
14:30 - 16:00 personal tour of the Riegersburg
16:00 - 18:00 travel Riegersburg-Leoben
18:00 arrival Leoben
Costs: € 80.-

*All prices are subject to change at any time (depending on the number of participants)
*Payment on site
*Lunch not included
*Warm clothing, rain protection and sturdy shoes are required

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registration deadline: 10.07.2015

 

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