Publication O8
How will LITHOPROBE's final chapter be written?
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Abstract
Fifteen years after pioneering a program of integrated research in the earth sciences,
LITHOPROBE faces the challenge of assembling and integrating results acquired in ten
transects across the Canadian landmass that have sampled four billion years of Earth
history. Beyond the data legacy that LITHOPROBE will leave, a global synthesis is
planned that will serve as a comprehensive conceptual framework for the structure and
evolution of the continental crust. A Pan-LITHOPROBE subcommittee, formed to
provide guidance through the synthesis process, is proposing that LITHOPROBE insights be
used to address current thematic issues of global relevance and interest. To obtain
broad input to the synthesis, LITHOPROBE will sponsor a series of thematic workshops on
topics including: Variations and Styles of Tectonic Processes through Space and
Time; Crustal Growth, Preservation and Recycling; Magmatic, Metamorphic and Tectonic P
rocesses; and Lower Crust, Moho and Mantle Lithosphere. Each workshop will
yield a LITHOPROBE report and initiate work on formal publication volumes. We solicit
suggestions for additional unifying themes.
Source
Geoscience Canada, 26, 27-31, 1999. [PDF]
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