EUROPROBE Workshops
EUROPROBE's five key projects were present at
EUG 9 Symposia
URALIDES - Palaeozoic collisional orogeny between Baltica and Asian terranes
Convenors:
Andrés Pérez-Estaún
Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, CSIC, c/. Lluís Solé I Sabarís s/n, E-08028
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Tel: +34-3/490 05 52, Fax: +34-3/411 00 12, e-mail: andres@ija.csic.es
Helmut Echtler
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg C2, D-14473 POTSDAM, GERMANY
Tel.: +49-331/288 13 14, Fax: +49-331/288 13 70, e-mail: helle@gfz-potsdam.de
The Uralides orogen,
separating Europe from Asia, is remarkable for its preservation of Palaeozoic oceanic
crust, subduction-related volcanics and high-pressure (blueschist-eclogite) metamorphic
complexes. The orogen is characterised by a pronounced crustal root and little evidence of
syn- or post-collisional collapse. This symposium addresses the wide range of recent and
on-going investigations, in all disciplines, concerned with the structural architecture
and tectonic evolution of the orogen and adjacent basins.
SVEKALAPKO and EUROBRIDGE - Evolution of Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean Lithosphere
Convenors:
J. Stephen Daly
Dept. of Geology, University College, Belfield, DUBLIN 4, IRELAND
Tel.: +353-1/706 23 27, Fax: +353-1/283 77 33, e-mail: sdaly@macollamh.ucd.ie
Sven-Erik Hjelt Dept. of Geophysics, University of Oulu, POB 333, FIN-90571 OULU,
FINLAND
Tel.: +358-81/553 14 02, Fax: +358-81/553 14 14, e-mail: seh@babel.oulu.fi
Svetlana R. Bogdanova Dept. of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 13, S-22362
LUND, SWEDEN
Tel.: +46-46/222 45 97, Fax: +46-46/12 14 77, e-mail: Svetlana.Bogdanova@geol.lu.se
Two EUROPROBE projects
concern the East-European Craton, particularly the Palaeoproterozoic accretionary history
of the Baltic and Ukrainian Shields. The one (EUROBRIDGE) focuses on a transect from the
southern Baltic to the Ukraine and the other (SVEKALAPKO) investigates the Svecofennian,
Karelian and Lapland-Kola orogens of Finland and Russia. The structure of the deep
lithosphere varies greatly across these transects and includes some of the thickest craton
crust (60 km) on earth. Whereas the evidence for Palaeoproterozoic plate tectonics is well
defined (ophiolites, subduction- related volcanics, rift basins etc.), the Archaean
geodynamics are enigmatic. This symposium will focus on the results from crustal evolution
and lithosphere dynamics studies, addressing both surface relationships and deep
structure.
Intraplate Tectonics and Basin Dynamics - The East European Craton (EEC) and its
Margins
Convenors
Randell A. Stephenson
Institut voor Aardwetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 HV
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Tel.: +31-20/444 73 47, Fax: +31-20/646 24 57, e-mail: ster@geo.vu.nl
Frank Roth GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A 134, D-14473 POTSDAM,
GERMANY
Tel.: +49-331/288 15 31, Fax: +49-331/288 15 34, e-mail: roth@gfz-potsdam.de
EUROPROBE Intraplate
Tectonics and Basin Dynamics focuses on the geodynamic record of the East European Craton
and mechanisms of intracratonic rifting in the framework of regional studies on the Late
Proterozoic and younger sedimentary basins overlying it and its margins. The availability
of a vast geological and geophysical data base permits quantitative testing of ideas
through development of tectonic and tectono-sedimentary models and comparison with
neotectonic observations and analogues. Contributions are invited that document and model
intraplate deformations of the EEC - ranging from rifting, magmatism, and regional arch
uplift to subsidence and compressional reactivation of sedimentary basins - including the
neotectonic motions and present-day state of stress that provide a realisable boundary
condition on the governing geodynamic processes.
Trans-European Suture Zone - Phanerozoic Accretion and Evolution of Contrasted
Continental Lithosphere
Convenors
Tim C. Pharaoh British Geological Survey, Keyworth, NOTTINGHAM NG12 5GG, UNITED
KINGDOM
Tel.: +44-115/936 31 00, Fax: +44-115/936 32 00, e-mail: t.pharaoh@bgs.ac.uk
Wolfgang Franke Institut für Geowissenschaften und Lithosphärenforschung,
Universität Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3,
D-35390 GIESSEN, GERMANY
Tel.: +49-641/702 859 10, Fax: +49-641/702 859 59, e-mail: Wolfgang.Franke@geo.uni-giessen.de
The TESZ separates
mobile Phanerozoic orogenic terranes in western Europe from the Precambrian East European
Craton. The zone stretches 2000 km from the North Sea to the Black Sea and is as clearly
defined in the deep lithosphere as in the upper crust. A coordinated programme of
geological and geophysical studies aims to evaluate the lithospheric structure across the
zone, and demonstrate its dynamic evolution during Palaeozoic orogenic episodes and
Permian-Cenozoic basin formation. Papers dealing with lithospheric structure, the
accretionary history and the interaction between the craton and mobile belts are
encouraged.
PANCARDI - The Pannonian-Carpathian-Dinaride System - Dynamics of On-going Orogeny
Convenors
Cestmír Tomek Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University Salzburg,
Hellbrunnerstrasse 34/III, A-5020 SALZBURG,
AUSTRIA
Tel.: +43-662/8044 5419, Fax: +43-662/8044 621, e-mail: tomek@edvz.sbg.ac.at
Friedemann Wenzel Geophysikalisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Hertzstrasse
16, D-76187 KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
Tel.: +49-721/608 44 31, Fax: +49-721/711 73, e-mail: fwenzel@gpiwap1.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de
The Carpathian Arc, Pannonian Basin, Dinaride system offers an outstanding opportunity to
study the interaction of asthenospheric and lithospheric processes and their mutual
dependencies during volcanic arc and related fore-arc and back-arc development. The
evolution of the highly arcuate Carpathians has been driven by the inter-related processes
of subduction, slab roll-back and plate boundary retreat into a continental embayment. The
arc is unique in providing a snapshot of still active, soft collision between the
Carpatho-Pannonian and Eurasian plates. The symposium aims at a synthesis of available
studies and data and attempts to develop geodynamic models of PANCARDI evolution.
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