North Atlantic and Labrador Sea Margin Architecture and Sedimentary Processes: International Conference and Thirteen Post-Cruise Meeting of the Training-Through-Research Programme

‘North Atlantic and Labrador Sea Margin Architecture and Sedimentary Processes’ was the title of an international conference and Post-cruise meeting of the Training-through-Research (TTR) programme of the IOC. It was organized and hosted by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in Copenhagen (29-31 January 2004) following the decision of the November 2003 meeting of the TTR Executive Committee. The Conference was focussed on the aspects of marine geosciences that were addressed during the 13th TTR marine expedition (TTR-13) and some previous TTR cruises.

The meeting brought together participants from eleven countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Attending were researchers and students with different specialities (geology, sedimentology, geophysics, geochemistry, microbiology, biology, palaeontology) and research interests falling in the area of the conference themes.

In total 26 oral and three poster presentations were made that reflect the main research directions of the TTR programme, such as mud volcanism, fluid venting and related processes, geosphere-biosphere interactions, tectonics and sedimentation on continental margins and in deep-sea basins. (SC-2004/WS/16)