Come and try linocut printing in the shadow of a Megalosaurus! The advent of printing was revolutionary for the distribution of scientific diagrams and drawings, including those of fossils. Against the backdrop of the Geological Society Library, this beginner level workshop will give you the opportunity to unleash your creativity and print your own fossil-inspired […]
June 23 – 28 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 21st Annual Meeting, Gangwon-do, South Korea
December 1 - 6 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA
April 14 – 19 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria
April 22 – 26 MRS Spring Meeting, Seattle WA, USA
The Variscan orogen formed between 380 and 300 million years ago through several accretionary and collisional cycles, culminating with the construction of the Pangea supercontinent. This process occurred via sequential opening and closure of oceanic basins, synchronous detachment of Gondwana derived continental ribbons, and their outboard amalgamation onto the Laurussia margin. The Variscan orogen is rather unique compared with other orogenic belts on Earth: its overthickened and dominantly magmatic crust in the central belt, surprisingly minor mantle involvement in the magmatic and geodynamic processes, coherent and pulsed magmatism along the collision suture, and its complex accretionary history. Because its final product, Pangea, is the youngest and best-understood supercontinent on Earth, the Variscan orogeny offers clues for understanding the mechanisms of supercontinent formation.
