Magnetic Moments 2008: Programme (download PDF version)

Tuesday 8 Jan
1200-1400	Finger Buffet lunch in the Carstares Room, Old College
1400-1410	Introduction and Welcome
1410-1425	Overview of Palaeomagnetic Research in the UK (C. Mac Niocaill, Oxford)
1425-1500	Palaeomagnetism posters: 5 minute oral presentations
1500-1520	Coffee
1520-1535	Overview of Environmental Magnetic Research in the UK (J. Bloemendal, Liverpool)
1535-1550	Overview of Rock Magnetic Research in the UK (D. Krása, Edinburgh)
1550-1635	Environmental, Rock, Geo- and Archaeomagnetism posters: 5 minute oral presentations
1635-1830	Wine Reception and Poster Session
1930-late	Conference Dinner
Wednesday 9 Jan
0845-0900	Overview of Archaeomagnetic Research in the UK (M. Hill, Liverpool)
0900-0915	At the Limits of Archaeomagnetic Data – the Church and the Mosque Point the Way? (A. Lodge, R. Holme, J. Ramm)
0915-0930	Origins of the Soils Magnetic Susceptibility Anomalies on the area of Poland (O. Polechonska)
0930-0945	Sediment dynamics in an upland temperate catchment: changing sediment sources, rates and deposition (R. Hatfield, B.A. Maher, J.M. Pates, P.A. Barker)
0945-1005	Coffee
1005-1020	Overview of Geomagnetic Research in the UK (N. Pressling, Plymouth)
1020-1035	Core Flow Modelling from Satellite-Derived ‘Virtual Observatories’ (C. Beggan, K. Whaler, S. Macmillan)
1035-1050	The Matuyama-Brunhes Reversal: a Global and Temporal Perspective (M. Brown, M.N. Gratton, R. Holme, J. Shaw)
1050-1105	A palaeomagnetic investigation of the Archean Pongola Supergroup, South Africa (C. Rowan, N.J. Beukes, J. Gutzmer)
1105-1120	Palaeomagnetic studies in the Kletno Old Uranium Mine (Sudety Mts, Poland) – preliminary results. (K. Sobien, J. Nawrocki)
1120-1140	Coffee
1140-1155	Off-axis electron holography of multi-domain magnetite below the Verwey transition (T. Kasama, N. Church, J.M. Feinberg, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, R.J. Harrison)
1155-1210	A suite of synthetic titanomagnetites for electron holography: initial observations of magnetic properties in exsolved samples (N.S. Church, R.J. Harrison, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski)
1210-1225	FORCinel: An improved algorithm for calculating first-order reversal curve (FORC) distributions using locally-weighted regression smoothing (R.J. Harrison, J.M. Feinberg)
1230-1245	Closing remarks