Programme last annual meeting of PaleoSalt
Angers, June 15-17, 2008

Monday June 16
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Frans Jorissen: welcome and introduction

09:15-09:30   
Jelle Bijma; status of WP1: Salinity effects on proxy incorporation in foraminifera.

09:30-09:45   
Patrick Kathers; WP2: mass spectrometric analysis of the elemental and molecular composition of calcite samples and an alkenone mixture

09:45-10:00   
Adriana Dueñas Bohórquez; WP3: …………………..

10:00-10:15   
Stefan Schouten; WP4: Seasonality and habitat controls on planktonic foraminifera - Compound specific δD analysis of alkenones and particulate organic matter

10:15-10:30   
Rémy Mas: WP5: Salinity effects on proxy incorporation in bivalves

10:30-11:00    Coffee break

11:00-11:15   
Frédéric Planchon; WP6: Temperature-salinity dependent uptake of Mg into biogenic carbonates: constraints from magnesium isotopes

11:15-11:30   
Frans Jorissen: WP7: Ecologic constraints on salinity proxies in benthic foraminifera (WP7 / WP7-2)

11:30-11:45   
Paula Diz Ferreiro: Growth experiment of Ammonia tepida in different salinity conditions

11:45-12:00   
Rainer Zahn; WP9: Recurrent SST (and SALT?) increases in the Agulhas Corridor: Indian-Atlantic water exchanges during the last 350,000 years.

12:00-14:00    Lunch break

14:00-14:15    
Albert Benthien: Growth rate effects on the alkenone salinty proxy “illuminated”.    14:14-14:30   
Marcel Van der Meer: New proxy for paleosalinity based on the stable hydrogen isotopic composition of algal biomarkers.    

14:30-17:30   General discussion

•    Euroclimate activities:
      o    Report culture working group meeting
            (Emmanuelle Geslin: culture experiments / overview culture forams)
      o    “Euroclimate” Documentaryo
      o    Final Euroclimate Conference (Giens, Sept. 29-30)

•    Final report for ESF
•    “EurOpa” etc.
•    …………

15:30-16:00    Coffee break

16:00-16:30    SSC meeting

18:00               Dinner

Tuesday 17 June (individual presentations related to the project)
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09:00-10:20    Poster presentations:

Delphine Dissard et al.;  Development of a mechanistic understanding of Mg and Sr incorporation into biogenic calcite (Benthic foraminifera)
Christine Barras et al.: Calcification of the deep-sea benthic foraminifer Bulimina marginata under different laboratory ecological conditions
Christine Barras et al.: Calibration of δ18O from deep-sea benthic foraminiferal shell as a temperature proxy: laboratory results

10:00-10:20   
Ulrike Fallet: Paired Mg/Ca and d18O measurements in planktonic foraminifera from coretops in the Mozambique Channel

10:20-11:00    coffee break

11:00-11:20   
Celine Poulain: High frequency variability on clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, fluids and shell composition in the Auray River

12:00-13:00    Lunch, End and departure

Action point and important dates:

➢    Shauna to provide “organic lining” of Amphistegina (composed of Bayerite: Al(OH)3) to the partner in Münster both isolated as well as normal (fossil) shells

➢    Inorganic pttn samples of Gernot (different states of transformation of vaterite to calcite) should be analysed by Frédéric for Mg isotopes

➢    Final EuroCLIMATE in Giens, Sept 29/30 2008

➢    Final report deadline is September 19: delivery of WP reports before Friday Sept. 5!!
       (EUROCORES Final report format / Final CRP report Form Part 2)