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2005 AUM Program

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CLSI 8th Annual Users' Meeting and Workshops
November 18th - 20th, 2005
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Organized by the Users' Advisory Committee

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Synchrotron Applications in Palaeontology and Archaeology
Friday, November 18, 2005 (Afternoon, 1/2 Day Workshop)

The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for current and potential users to discuss the application of synchrotron techniques to questions in palaeontology and archaeology. Speakers from the disciplines of materials science, earth science, archaeometry, archaeology and palaeontology will present papers on current synchrotron-based research, as well as investigations utilizing conventional methodologies that may benefit from synchrotron use. An opportunity to discuss feasibility questions will also be available.

Workshop Organizer: Matthew Dalzell, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Location: Commerce 18
                   College of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan (25 Campus Drive)

Time Speaker/Affiliation Title
07:30–14:00 Registration
13:20 Welcome (Matthew Dalzell, CLS)
13:25 Professor Christopher Hall, University of Edinburgh Synchrotron Energy Dispersive Diffraction and Imaging Methods for Rock, Stone and Ceramics
14:00 Dr. Gelsomina “Pupa” De Stasio, University of Wisconsin – Madison and the Synchrotron Radiation Center What Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy can do for Palaeontology and Archaeology
14:25 Dr. Paul Tafforeau, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble France 3D Investigations of Fossils by Synchrotron X-ray Microtomography
15:00 Coffee
15:15 Dr. Ingrid Pickering, University of Saskatchewan
 Synchrotron Imaging of Fossils from the Burgess Shale
15:40 Dr. Ron Martin, University of Western Ontario
 Taking a Bite Out of the Diagenesis Problem: Clues in the Trace Metal Distribution in Teeth
16:05 Dr. Farideh Jalilehvand, University of Calgary Sulphur in Marine Archaeological Wood: A Conservation Concern for the Mary Rose
16:30 Ivan Kempson Investigating the habits and lifestyles of Peruvian mummies
17:00 Adjournment


**Sunday, November 20 from 12:30 to 15:00 you are welcome to join a feasibility discussion “Using the CLS for Archaeometric and Palaeontological Research” in the Commerce Building, Room 46.

Direct Program Related Inquiries to: Matthew Dalzell mailto:matthew.dalzell@lightsource.ca

 

 

 

 

 

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