August 15 - 18, 2008
Rock Springs, Wyoming

Convenors:
R. Steel
C. Nittrouer

Scientific Committee :
R. Dalrymple
G. Hampson
S. Kuehl
D. Mohrig
J. Swenson
C. Carvajal (field leader: Fox Hills-Lewis clinoforms)
C. Olariu (Field Coordinator)
P. Plink-Bjorklund (field leader: Chimney Rock clinoforms)

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We aim to bring together the 'modern, ancient and modeling' communities who have an interest in clinoform deposits, specifically in their formation, character and significance. The focus will be on clinoforms found on continental shelves, in association with fluvial-deltaic systems, including the deeper water shelf margin itself. Whereas the modern community focuses on formative processes and spatial variability of clinoforms, the ancient community has data and insight on sedimentary facies and development over longer time scales. The modelers (numerical and physical) are critical to both groups for providing links between time scales. In turn, the modelers seek validation for the results of their models. All three groups are interested in the source-to-sink aspects of shelf-scale clinoforms. A field conference will allow prolonged dialog and discussion, while examining some classic field examples of river-, tide-, and wave-dominated deltas on shelf and shelf-margin settings.

Keynote Speakers:

Amazon Clinoforms
Alberto Figueiredo - Univ Fed Fluminense, Brazil

Numerical Models
Carl Friedrichs - College of William and Mary, USA

Ganges-Brahmaputra Clinoform
Steve Goodbred - Vanderbilt University, USA

Delta-Scale Clinoforms
Wojtek Nemec - University of Bergen, Norway

Laboratory Simulations
Ben Sheets - ExxonMobil Production Co, USA

Margin-Scale Clinoforms
Ron Steel - University of Texas, USA

Apennine Clinoforms
Fabio Trincardi - ISMAR-CNR, Italy

Conference Themes:

• Scale independence of clinoform morphology
• Linkages between deltaic and subaqueous shelf deposits?
• Margin morphology and shelf-edge deltas
• Tide-, wave-, and river-dominated deltas and relationships to clinoform structure
• Subaerial and subaqueous portions of deltas -- their formative relationships
• Sandy and muddy gravity flows distributing sediment on clinoforms
• Along-clinoform heterogeneity of structure and the processes responsible
• Cross-shelf clinoform migration with changing sea level and supply

Conference Base:

Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, Wyoming

Conference format:

Two days of keynote lectures and participant posters, Rock Springs, Wyoming, plus two days of field seminar around Flaming Gorge (wave-dominated clinoform sets) and Rawlins areas (Haystack Mountains tide-influenced clinoforms; Fox Hills-Lewis river-dominated, shelf-edge clinoforms)

Conference dates and numbers:

August 15 - 18, 2008; maximum of about 80 participants because of limitations on field portion. Arrival into Rock Springs should be evening of August 14th.

Conference fees:

Registration fee for 4-day conference will be announced shortly. This will include field transport, abstract book, field-guide books, lunches during two field days, drinks during two field days and meals during lecture days at WWCC.

CALL FOR POSTER ABSTRACTS:

Please submit 250-word abstracts to (SEPM format) on above or related themes by March 31st, 2008 to SEPM (online submission form).