Jackson School to Host North American Laser Ablation Workshop

NALAW graphic
The top panel shows laser ablation spots and line traverses on garnet (photos on end) and, growth-banded speleothem calcite. The lower panel is an example of a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry time series for two isotopes.

The University of Texas and Texas Tech. University are pleased to announce the inaugural North American Laser Ablation Workshop, to be held at The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences on May 27-28, 2015. The workshop is vendor-neutral, and will consist of poster presentations, short talks with moderated discussion, and selected invited presentations. Vendors may submit posters, but not talks.

 

 

 

 

Poster or oral contributions from any of the following (but not limited to) topics are welcomed:

FUNDAMENTALS APPLICATIONS INSTRUMENTATION
•Laser-matter interaction •Earth Sciences •New developments
•Standardization •Biological/bio-imaging •Data reduction/manipulation
•Isotope ratio analysis •Imaging
•Particle fm & transport •Material sciences

 

Deadlines:

Early registration ends April 1, 2015.

Late registration ends May, 27, 2015.

Abstracts are due by March 31, 2015.

More details.

For questions, contact:

Nathan Miller
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX 78712-0254
nrmiller@jsg.utexas.edu
Paul Sylvester
Department of Geosciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock TX 79409-1053
paul.sylvester@ttu.edu