- Stavanger and Ritland, September 2007
The Stavanger meeting program
Monday September 17. :
Meeting starts at 1300 hours;
Richard Donofrio; Historical and current exploration for oil and gas reservoirs in basement rock impact craters.
Christian Koeberl; Impact craters and economic interests.
Fridtjof Riis; The Ritland structure.
Tuesday September 18.:
A full days excursion to Ritland structure.
Wednesday September 19.:
Student presentations
Sten Suuroja: NEUGRUND METEORITE CRATER AS A POSSIBLE WIND FARM AREA
Svein Olav Krøgli, H. Dypvik and B. Etzelmüller: AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF CIRCULAR STRUCTURES IN THE SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL IMPACT STRUCTURES USING SPATIAL DATA
Teemu Öhman, M. Aittola, V.-P. Kostama, M. Kallo and J. Raitala: TARGET STRUCTURES AND CRATERING MECHANICS: MODELS FOR POLYGONAL IMPACT CRATER FORMATION
Tiiu Elbra: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF DEEP DRILL CORES OF LARGE IMPACT STRUCTURES
Tomas Kohout: STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS AND METEORITES USING MOBILE LABORATORY FACILITY
Discussion
Elin Kalleson, F. Corfu and H. Dypvik: AGE DATING OF ZIRCONS AND TITANITES FROM THE GARDNOS IMPACT CRATER, NORWAY
Teemu Öhman: THE COMPLEXITY OF A SIMPLE CRATER: THE EVOLUTION OF SAARIJÄRVI IMPACT STRUCTURE
Nele Muttik and K. Kirsimäe: Post-impact alteration of surficial suevites in Ries crater: hydrothermal processes or weathering
Discussion
Wednesday evening, at 1930 hours, an open meeting in cooperation with Norwegian Geological
Society/Norwegian Petroleum Geological society (See
http://www.npf.no/aktivitet.php?id=248&time=282&w_lang=en&page_a=2 for
more information) :
Richard Donofrio; The prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs of elusive meteorite-
impact structures. 50 participants.
Thursday September 20. :
Gisela Pösges: Organization of the Ries Crater tourist attraction. 45 minutes.
Tom Ø. Jahren: Organization of the Gardnos Crater tourist attraction. 45 minutes.
Richard Donofrio: The Ames Astrobleme Museum. 15 minutes.
Meeting ends at 1300 hours.
Participants:
Tiiu Elbra (Helsinki)
Elin Kalleson (Oslo)
Tomas Kuohot (Helsinki)
Svein Olav Krøgli (Oslo)
Nele Muttik (Tartu)
Sten Suuroja (Tallin)
Teemu Öhman (Oulu)
Lecturers:
Richard Donofrio (Oklahoma City)
Henning Dypvik (Oslo)
Tom Jahren (Oslo)
Christian Koeberl (Vienna)
Gisela Pösges (Nörtlingen)
Fridtjof Riis (Stavanger)