Theme 1: Granites in geodynamic sites, planets and time

Annie Bauer Junior Keynote Speaker /University of Madison-Wisconsin

Bernard Bonin Overview Speaker /Université Paris-Sud

Clive Neal Overview speaker /University of Notre Dame

Veronica Oliveros Junior keynote speaker /Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

This theme deals with the Big Picture: where and when do granites and related rocks form? What controls their differences between various sites on our planet, or indeed between planets? How did granite magmatism evolve in time, and how does it impact the nature and evolution of the continental crust?

Chairpersons:

R. Economos (Southern Methodist University)

F. Bitencourt (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)