Aims: discussing the geological, physical and (bio-) chemical processes of serpentinization and the life it sustains, its impact on development of mineral resources, of new energy sources and the environmental and societal impact of serpentine exploration and exploitation.
Topics
1 - Serpentinite and tectonics
Keynote: M. Cannat (IPGP);
Invited: C. Ranero (ICREA)/J.P. Morgan (Royal Holloway)
2 - Serpentinite in seismicity
Keynote: T. Ferrand (UC San Diego)
Invited: A. Polonia (CNR)
3 – Ophiolites and drilling projects as field observatories
Keynote: P. Kelemen (Columbia University)
Invited: O. Muntener (Lausanne University)
4 - Serpentinization and geochemical cycling
Keyote: E. Schwarzenbach (Freie Universität Berlin)
Invited: A. Beinlich (Curtin University)
5 - Serpentinite-hosted deep biosphere
Keynote: S. Lang (University of South Carolina)
Invited: B. Orcutt (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
6 - Serpentinization in early Earth and beyond Earth
Keynote: C. Glein (Southwest Research Institute)
Invited: N. Tosca (Oxford University)
7- Geo-hazard of Natural Occurrences of Asbestos in Serpentine
Keynote: L. Gaggero (University of Genova)
8- Economic aspects of serpentine
Keynote: M. Munoz (Géosciences Montpellier)
An evening open discussion on Serpentinization along band faults (chair: C. Ranero/J/P. Morgan) is also planned with the aim of stimulating future tectonic, geophysical, geochemical, and petrological work on this topic.
Post-workshop field trip
Field trip organization
Marco Scambelluri, Elisabetta Rampone (Genova University, Italy), Enrico Cannaò (Milano UNiversity, Italy), Oliver Plümper (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
The field trip is organized in the Northern Apennines (day 1) and in the Ligurian Alps (day 2) for maximum 40 participants. Participants will be selected on a first-registered, first-served basis if there are more than 40 applicants. The excursions will be daily and participants will remain settled at Vis a Vis hotel in Sestri Levante.
The Northern Apennine ophiolites are a fossil section of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere recording shallow mantle exposure, serpentinization and carbonation; the Alpine Erro-Tobbio peridotite records prograde subduction metamorphism and dehydration of serpentinized mantle
