Subduction Zone Processes (Short Course and Excursion)

2-4nd September 2025

Pre Daniela Rubatto, UNIBE

Pr Jörg Hermann, UNIBE Pre Daniela Rubatto, UNIBE Pr Pierre Lanari, UNIL Pr Stefan Schmolholz, UNIL Dre Francesca Piccoli, UNIBE Pre Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland

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Preliminary program: Subduction zone processes (short course and excursion)

Day 1:        Tuesday 2. September

9:45            Penniston Dorland: Overview over subduction metamorphism and outstanding questions

10:45          Coffee break

11:15          Hermann: Water and element recycling in subduction zones

12:15          Lunch

13:30          Rubatto: Isotopic tracing of fluid flow

14:30          Piccoli: Dating fluid flow in Zermatt and the fate of CO₂

15:30          Coffee break

16:00          Penniston Dorland: Practical

17:30          Networking event

Day 2:        Wednesday 3. September

8:30            Penniston Dorland: Thermobarometry and/or Isotopes

9:30            Schmalholz: Modeling subduction zones

10:30          Coffee break

11:00          Lanari: Modelling fluid and melts

12:00          Lunch

13:15          Chakraborty: Role of kinetics in thermobarometry

14:15          Penniston Dorland: Final Discussion

16:07          Transfer to Zermatt (arrival at 18.14)

Dinner and overnight stay in Zermatt

Day 3:        Wednesday 3. September

8:30            Excursion Trockener Steg, Zermatt

16:37          Train back to Visp and onwards

Bern, Zermatt

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