March 15, 1999

Program:

9:30 Welcome with coffee and tea
10:00 Welcome by the President of the Geological Student Society Miölnir, Mr. D.J.J. van Hinsbergen
10:05 Introduction by the President of the organization committee, Mr. F.C.M. Smits
10:10 “Shallow Gashydrates at Mudvolcanoes on the Eastern Mediterranean Seafloor: Preliminary Results and Observations using Submersible Nautile” – Dr. G.J. de Lange, Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, department of Geochemistry
11:00 “The Nature of the El Niño Southern Oscillation Phenomenon” – Dr. H. Dijkstra, Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Utrecht University
11:50 “Ocean and Margin Drilling, a Global Challenger” – Dr. F.M. Gradstein, Saga Petroleum ASA, Norway
12:40 Lunch
13:30 “160 Ma of Geomagnetic Field Intensities, Measured on O.D.P. Submarine Basaltic Glass” – Dr. M.T. Juárez, Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Utrecht University
14:20 “Mid-Ocean Ridges” – Prof. R.C. Searle, Interridge Steering Committee, Durham University, United Kingdom
15:10 Break with coffee and tea
15:30 “Disasters in the Deep: Recolonisation of the Sea Floor by Benthic Foraminifera.” – Prof. M. Kaminsky, University College London, United Kingdom
16:20 “The Ins and Outs of Subduction Volcanism” – Dr. M.J. van Bergen, Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, department of Structural Geology and Petrology
17:10 End of the scientific part of the symposium
17:30 Social at Unitas S.R., Lucas Bolwerk 8, Utrecht

De symposiumcommissie voor het jaar 1999 is als volgt geconstitueerd:
F.C.M. Smits Praeses
Jeanine A. Helmink Ab Actis
Judith Beks Fiscus
M. de Rooij VIP
Miriam Albers Assessor