Oral programme

Theme 1 — Planet formation, crustal growth and the evolving lithosphere
Tony Kemp	An isotopic roadmap of Early Earth evolution- progress and potholes
John W. Valley	What can we agree on before 4 Ga?
Alexander Nemchin	Differentiation processes in the Early Solar System
Jean-François Moyen	Archaean granitoids record a range of geodynamical sites for crustal growth or recycling
Matthias Willbold	NCalc-Alkaline Dacites from Iceland and their relevance for models of Early Archaean crustal evolution
Jonathan O'Neil	Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the Nuvvuagittuq belt: implications for Earth’s early crust
Bill Griffin	The evolution and extent of Archean continental lithosphere: implications for tectonic models
Steven Shirey	Isotopic constraints on formation of Hadean-Archean mantle and crust
Vickie Bennett	The Hadean Earth as viewed from the Eoarchean rock isotopic record
N.E. Flament	Secular cooling of the solid earth, Archaean emerged land surface, and crustal growth models
C.R.L. Friend	Eoarchaean mantle slivers in the Isua supracrustal belt: links to the 3720-3710 Ma island arc rocks
J.A. Hollis	U-Pb-Hf-O character of Neoarchean basement to the Pine Creek Orogen, North Australian craton
Tsuyoshi Iizuka	U-Pb age, trace elements and Nd isotopes of monazites from metasediments in Mt. Narryer, Western Australia
A. Laurie	Growth of early continental crust by water-present eclogite melting
Suzanne Y. O’Reilly	Persistence of Archean lithospheric mantle beneath continents and oceans
J.A. Tarduno	The Paleoarchean geodynamo, solar wind and magnetopause

Theme 2 — Diversity in tectonic regimes
John Percival	A 4-D, craton-scale framework for the Superior Province, Canada
Richard Ernst	Using the Paleoproterozoic LIP record to reconstruct Late Archean Supercontinent(s)
Gary Stevens	The metamorphic record of a Paleoarchean crustal collision
Jean H Bedard	Falsification of the plate tectonic hypothesis for genesis of Archaean volcanic and plutonic rocks, and an outline of possible alternative mechanisms
Martin Van Kranendonk	Two types of Paleoarchean continental crust; oceanic plateaux and subduction zone collages on early Earth
Wouter Bleeker	The fundamental architecture of the south-central Abitibi greenstone belt, Superior craton, Canada, and the localization of world-class Au deposits
Patrice Rey	The Rise of the continents and the shift to modern Earth
Steve Wyche	Tectonic implications of recent advances in Yilgarn stratigraphy
M. Brown	When did one-sided subduction begin on Earth? The metamorphic record and modeling
G.L. Fraser	Mesoarchean Crust in the Eastern Gawler Craton, South Australia: Location, age, composition and possible correlations
Weronika Gorczyk	Lithospheric lateral heterogeneity in the sub-continetal lithospheric mantle – effects and consequences
N. Said	2.7 GA Kambalda sequence: plume impingement at a rifted craton margin
A.I. Slabunov	Archean evolution of the Belomorian province: from an ocean to a collision orogen
B. Windley	Growth of Archean lower continental crust: an arc accretion model

Theme 3 — Unique mineral systems
Graham Begg	The Lithosphere, Geodynamics and Metallogeny of Early Earth
Rob Kerrich	Early Earth Metallogeny: Lithosphere-Boundary Layer-Mantle Interactions
Boswell Wing	Mass independent fractionation of sulphur and implications for Archean to Paleoproterozoic mineral systems
Steve Beresford	Diversity of Ni-Cu deposit styles: is the Archean unique?
Greg Hall (Scott Halley)	Mapping the Footprints of Hydrothermal Systems
David Snyder	Imaging whole Archean mineral systems
Shane Evans	Electrical images of Archean cratons: links to mineralised zones
Phillips Thurston	The Economic and Stratigraphic Importance of Depositional gaps in Archean greenstone belt Stratigraphy
T. Angerer	BIF-related iron ore in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: geological setting and ore forming processes
R.S. Blewett	Archean gold mineral systems in the eastern Yilgarn Craton: new research contributions from the pmd*CRC
Marco Fiorentini	Platinum-group element geochemistry of mineralized and non-mineralized Archean and Proterozoic komatiites and basalts
S.A. Jones	Archean metal sources of Mesoproterozoic Mn deposits, Woodie Woodie, East Pilbara
J.M. Miller	Camp-scale controls on World Class gold systems in the Yilgarn Craton
T.J. Roache	Epidote-clinozoisite as a hyperspectral tool in Archean exploration

Theme 4 — Establishing a habitable planet
Nora Noffke	Turbulent lifestyle: Cyanobacteria on Earth's sandy beaches – today and 3 billion years ago
James Farquhar	Isotopic evidence for evolving atmospheric and oceanic chemistry and the early evolution of life on Earth
Clark M. Johnson	Archean isotopic records: paleo-ocean proxies or microbial cycling?
David Wacey	Are there signs of life in the ~3,400 ma Strelley Pool Formation?
Stefan Lalonde (Kurt Konhauser)	The great oxidation event recorded by transition element abundances in banded iron formation
S. Golding (M.Glikson)	Integration of observational and analytical methodologies to characterise organic matter in early Archean rocks: distinguishing biological from abiotically synthesized cm structures
D.T. Flannery	Does the Neoarchean Fortescue Group record the earliest evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis?
Stephen F. Foley	What do mantle rocks tell us about the evolution of the atmosphere?
Shoichi Kiyokawa	Mesoarchean hydrotheramal oceanic sedimentation and environment: dxcl-drillng, West Pilbara, Australia
D. Papineau	On the origins of carbonaceous material associated with apatite in banded iron formations
Desiree L. Roerdink	Evolution of the paleoarchean marine sulfate reservoir
K.E. Yamaguchi	Enrichment of molybdenum in mesoarchaean black shales:a preiminary result of dxcl-dp (Dixon Island-Cleaverville drilling project), Pilbara, Western Australia

Themes

Theme 1 — Planet formation, crustal growth and the evolving lithosphere

Formation of the Earth–Moon system; Hadean Earth; Geochemical and isotopic evolution of the crust and mantle; Petrogenesis of magmatic systems; Mapping lithospheric architecture.

Theme 2 — Diversity in tectonic regimes

A decade of controversy: Diapirs, plumes and crustal overturn; Arcs, back-arcs and ophiolites; Gneiss terrains vs granite–greenstones; basin tectonics; From Superia to Columbia—starting the supercontinent cycle; Imaging and visualisation of the crust.

Theme 3 — Unique mineral systems

Predictive models: orogenic and intrusion-related Au, magmatic nickel, hypogene versus supergene Fe, VHMS base metal systems; Evolving hydrothermal systems; A connection to the lithosphere?; Metallogeny and the supercontinent cycle.

Theme 4 — Establishing a habitable planet

Exploring links between evolving oceanic and atmospheric chemistry, environmental conditions, tectonics and life on Early Earth; Mars as analogue for Early Earth.

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