First Circular
Following the successful first symposium in honour of the late Professor David Roberts in 2014 we have inaugurated a biennial
conference devoted to passive margins called The Roberts Conference. The meeting is programmed for the 6th - 8th of April
2016 at Royal Holloway University of London.
Passive margins have been a key frontier for successful hydrocarbon exploration, and consequently extensive geological
research, for a number of decades. With new insights from on-going technological advancements and acquisition of high
quality 2D and 3D reflection seismic data classical models once used to interpret passive margins no longer suffice. The
complexity of these geological systems that is now being revealed demands further understanding of the role of such
mechanisms as depth-dependant and differential stretching through the lithosphere, polyphase deformation, magmatic
activity, and the interplay between structure and sedimentation in rift and passive margin development.
This conference aims to bring together researchers and industry personnel to address these themes and to discuss the current
state of understanding of these exciting and complex geological systems.
Preliminary Themes:
Geographic Case Studies – African, Atlantic, Australian, Antarctic, and Indian passive margins
Geophysics – Advances in processing and interpretation of geophysical data from passive margins
Numerical & Physical Modelling – Advances in modelling of passive margins
Petroleum Systems – Frontiers and new insights into hydrocarbon exploration on passive margins
Stratigraphy & sedimentology of passive margin sequences
Structure & tectonics of passive margin systems
We are seeking contributions for this conference from both industry and academia and particularly from younger geoscientists.
Register of Interest & Abstract Submission:
To register your interest and for further details regarding abstract submission please visit:
http://fdrg.rhul.ac.uk/passivemargins2016
Organising Committee:
Ken McClay, James Hammerstein, and the Fault Dynamics Research
Group.
Contact:
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London.
Tel: +44 (0) 1784 443581 Email: [email protected]
http://fdrg.rhul.ac.uk/passivemargins2016