Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet workshop 201810-12. September, Lausanne, Switzerland

www.unil.ch/hkt2018

Second Circular

Second circular

The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite you to the 33rd edition of the HKT workshop series!Please find the main information below, as well as on the conference website: www.unil.ch/hkt2018

Scientific program & extras

There will be one oral session at a time alternating with daily changing poster sessions. Themes will include – but are not limited to – the areas of:• structure and dynamics of the HKT region on various

spatial and temporal scales,• processes at depth, at surface, and their connections,• natural hazards of the HKT area.

Keynote speaker:• Peter Molnar, U. Colorado, Boulder, USA

Best PhD student presentation awards:• to recognize outstanding oral and poster presentations,• contributions evaluated by the Scientific Committee.

Retrospective photo exhibition:• informal collection of pre-digital era HKT area photos,• public online access to the submitted pictures.

Important dates in 2018

February Abstract submission & registration open30. April Abstract submission deadline,

regular registration ends15. May Final registration deadline

7-9. September Field trip in the Swiss Alps (optional)

9. Sept. PM Ice-breaker10-12. Sept. HKT2018 workshop

Costs

We warmly acknowledge all sponsors, listed later in thisdocument, who contributed to the organizational costs.

Conference• regular participant (by 30. April) 270 CHF• regular PhD participant (by 30. April) 220 CHF• last-minute registration (by 15. May) 320 CHFFee includes 3 lunches, coffee breaks, ice-breaker*, 1 buffetdinner, 1 gala dinner* (* available for accompanying guests).

Field trip (max. 30 people – first come first served)• double-room accommodation 420 CHF• single-room accommodation 500 CHFFee also includes transportation, meals & geological guide.

Field trip

There will be an optional pre-conference field trip to the Western Swiss Alps. Please visit www.unil.ch/hkt2018/field-trip/for full details including logistics, weather etc.

Provisional program

Day 1: From the foreland basin to the pre-Alpine basement• Lavaux: Panorama on the Western Alps• Dorénaz: Upper Carboniferous deposits in the Aiguilles-

Rouges Massif• Emosson: Panorama on the Mont-Blanc Massif; migmatites in

the basement (pre-Alpine history) and thrusting of the Alpine Morcles nappe

Folds and thrusts in the frontal part of the Helvetic Wildhornnappe, Sanetsch area (planned for day 2).

(planned for day 3)

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White triangle: breccia deposits, ocean-continent

transition

Sasseneire (“Black Rocks”) summit: calc-schists with ophiolitic elements, oceanic domain

Europe-derived tectonic units

Day 2: The Helvetic nappe system• Sanetsch dam: Panorama on the frontal part of the Helvetic

Wildhorn nappe and on the Prealps nappe system• Sanetsch pass: Helvetic nappe stack• Trek on the Tsanfleuron lapiaz: highly sheared, overturned

limb of a fold nappe; Eocene transgression, from continental deposits to Oligocene volcanoclastic flysch deposits

Day 3: Continent to ocean transition• Nax: Panorama on the Lower Penninic nappe system; the

Valais and Briançonnais paleogeographic domains• Evolène-Arolla: Transition from continent to ocean; the

distribution and significance of breccia deposits and ophiolite material in the ocean derived Tsaté nappe (accretion prism during subduction)

• Touristic stop at the Pyramides d’Euseignes (if time allows)

Logistics

Please visit our website www.unil.ch/hkt2018 for full details. The key points to consider are:

• Visa: please check specifications for your nationality. We will provide an invitation letter to your potential visa application.

• Travel:• fly to Geneva (nearest), or to Zürich, Basel, Bern,• take the train to Lausanne (www.sbb.ch),• cross the lake by ship from France (www.cgn.ch),• we encourage participants not to come by car.

• Accommodation booking is the task of conference participants, and we encourage you to book early. Some advice is summarized on our website, including a few pre-booked rooms at relatively low prices for narrow budgets.

• Venue of the conference will be the University of Lausanne campus, along metro line . Local map: www.map.search.ch. Public transportation: www.t-l.ch.

• Registration, abstract submission and paymentare now open. These three steps can be performed at different times. Abstracts should be 100-500 words long, can include references and one figure.

Scientific Committee

FANG Xiaomin, ITPR, CAS, ChinaKUFNER Sofia, GFZ Potsdam, GermanyLARSON Kyle, U. British Columbia, CanadaMONTOMOLI Chiara, U. Pisa, ItalyDE SIGOYER Julia, U. Grenoble Alpes, FranceSINGH Sandeep, IIT Roorkee, IndiaVILLA Igor, U. Bern, SwitzerlandWARREN Claire, The Open University, United KingdomHETÉNYI György, U. Lausanne, Switzerland

Local Organizing Committee

G Hetényi, J-L Epard, N Buchs, M RobyrZ Guillermin, M Jordan, G Raymond, S Subedi

with further advice and help by

J-P Burg, K Chanard, T Diehl, F Herman, G King, M Lupker, N Stalder, I Villa

We look forward to see you at the HKT2018 !

HostThe HKT2018 conference is hosted by the University of Lausanne, and within that, by:

SponsorsWe are grateful to the following institutions, organizations and companies for supporting HKT2018 financially or by services:

Impressum | Circulars and website: HKT2018 | Cover photo (Gangkhar Puensum from Dochu-La, Bhutan): G Hetényi