Events & Outreach

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Upcoming Events

• Conference: International Conference on Ophiolites and the Oceanic Lithosphere - Results from the Oman Drilling Project and Related Research

12^th - 14^th January 2020, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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Previous Events

• Conference: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting, Washington DC, USA, December 2018. Dedicated session of talks and poster presentations:

Crustal Formation, Fluid–Rock Reactions, and Subsurface Microbial Communities in the Samail Ophiolite: Results from the Oman Drilling Project and Related Research

Monday 10^th December 2018

08:00 - 10:00 Oral Session V11B

10:20 - 12:20 Oral Session V12B

13:40 - 18:00 Poster Session V23H

• Conference: Eurpoean Geophysical Union (EGU) Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 7^th-12^th April 2019. Dedicated session of talks and poster presentations:

The formation and modification of oceanic crust and the upper mantle: Insights from the Oman Drilling Project and related investigations in the oceanic lithosphere. (co-organized)

Abstract submissions are now open and will close on 10th January 2019 13:00 CET for this session (GMPV4.3/BG1.61/TS9.13)

• Conference: JpGU Annual Meeting, Chiba, Japan, May 2018. Dedicated session of talks and poster presentations:

Hard-Rock Drilling: Oman to Oceanic Lithosphere to Island Arc Formation and Beyond (# S-CG54)

• Workshop: OmanDP Phase 2 Workshop, Public Authority of Mining, Sultanate of Oman, 12^th March 2018

• Site Visit: Visitors from the Geological Society of Oman at site BA4 on the morning of 24^th February 2018.

• Site Visit: We were visited by a group from the US Embassy in Muscat on the afternoon of 24^th February 2018.

• Site Visit: The OmanDP in-country Steering Committee visited site BA1 28^th January 2018.

• Site Visit: A group of Geology students from the German University for Technology visited the CM1 and CM2 sites on 11^th December 2017.

• Conference: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA, December 2017. Dedicated Late Breaking session of talks and poster presentations:

Initial Results from the Oman Drilling Project (Oral Session V24E) | (Poster Session V43G)

• Ship Visit: The OmanDP In-Country Steering Committee visited the science team who were describing the Phase 1 cores onboard DV Chikyu in Japan in August 2017.

• Site Visit: The Vice Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos Univerity visited site BT1 on the afternoon of 22^nd March 2017 and joined the drill site team in celebrating the successful conclusion of Phase 1 drilling!

• Site Visit: Students from the Muscat College of Higher Technology visited site BT1 on the morning of 22^nd March 2017.

• Site Visit: A visit from a group of Geology students from the German University for Technology at the BT1 site on 18^th March 2017.

• Site Visit: Scientists from the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources Muscat visited the BT1 site on 15^th March 2017.

• Seminar: Chief Scientist Prof. Peter Kelemen gave a seminar at Sultan Qaboos University on 15^th March 2017 on weathering and alteration of the Samail Ophiolite.

• Site Visit: We were visited at the BT1 site on 11^th March 2017 by Geoscientists from univerisities and institutes in Japan, who will participate in Phase 2 of OmanDP.

• Site Visit: A group of Geology students from Sultan Qaboos Univerity visited us on 9^th March 2017 at the BT1 site.

• Workshop: OmanDP Phase 1 Workshop, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, 26^th February 2017.

• Related Workshop: Serpentine Days Workshop 2016, Sète, France, 25^th - 29^th September 2016

• Seminar: Oman Drilling Project Presented by Prof. Juerg Matter and Dr. Jude Coggon. Hosted by Geological Society of Oman at PDO, 2^nd March 2016.