Date:  21, Sep ,2017 to 25, Sep, 2017

Host:  Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China

Time		Topic	Speaker	Chair
Morning, Sep-21	08:30-08:50	Introduction and Welcome
	08:50-09:40	Extreme metamorphism in relation to secular changes in Earth history	Prof. Michael Brown
	09:40-10:10	Group photos & Coffee break
	10:10-11:00	Dehydration and anatexis under extreme metamorphic conditions	Prof. Yongfei Zheng
	11:00-11:50	Models and implications of UHT metamorphism	Prof. Chris Clark
	12:00-13:30	Lunch
Afternoon, Sep-21	13:30-14:20	Petrology of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphic rocks in Gondwanafragments	Prof. Toshiaki Tsunogae
	14:20-15:10	Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North ChinaCraton	Prof. M. Santosh
	15:10-16:00	Paleoproterozoic UHT metamorphism and related magmatism in theKhondalite belt, North China Craton	Prof. Jinghui Guo
	16:00-16:20	Coffee Break
	16:20-17:10	The probable UHT granulite facies metamorphism in theEast Hebei, North China Craton	Prof. Chunjing Wei
	17:10-18:00	The blueschist facies realm	Dr. Alicia Lopez Carmona
	18:00	Conference banquet
Morning, Sep-22	08:30-09:20	From nanoscale inclusions in ultra-high pressure minerals  to large geological concepts	Prof. Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya
	09:20-10:10	The tectonic evolution of UHP metamorphic belt of SW Tianshan, China	Prof. Lifei Zhang
	10:10-11:2	Coffee break
	10:30-11:20	Early Paleozoic HP-UHP metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the North Qinling Belt	Prof. Liang Liu
	11:20-12:10	HP-UHP metamorphism during orogenesis from arretionary to collision: a case study in the North Tibetan Plateau	Prof. Shuguang Song
	12：10-13：30	Lunch
Afternoon,   Sep-22	13：30-14：20	Numerical modelling of subduction and exhumation of HP rocks	Prof. Claudio Faccenna
	14：20-15：10	Decoding deep mantle messager: exsolutions in garnet	Prof. Junfeng Zhang
	15：10-15：30	Coffee break
	15:30-16:20	Modification of an ancient SCLM by deep continental subduction: insights from the Dabie-Sulu orogenic peridotites	Dr. Yi Chen
	17:10-18:00	Interaction with participants, discussion
	18:00	Dinner

 

Field Excursion in Qinling Mountains

This excursion isaimed at illustrating Early Paleozoic continental tectono-metamorphic sequencesand their interactions with eclogites in Qinling complex at (U)HP conditions.

Field leaders: Prof.Liang Liu and Prof. Danling Chen

September 23, 2017:

07:30:Depart for field excursion

First dayof field work. Stay in field hotel

September 24, 2017:

08:00:Second day of field work

Return toXi’an in the afternoon

September 25, 2017 (only for foreign delegates)

8:30 Departfor Sightseeing Trip

 

Empire Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum and Terracotta Army Museum