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GeoMinBochum 2026
The GeoMinBochum 2026 Conference „Celebrating Planet Earth“ will be held from
September 20 to 25 2026
by the Faculty of Geography and Geosciences Ruhr-Universität Bochum in collaboration with DVGeo, the German Mining Museum Bochum (DBM), the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructure and Geochemical Technologies (IEG), the Geological Survey of NRW and the Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola.
Further information can be found here.
Announcement of a Diffusion Shortcourse/Workshop 2026
We are pleased to announce an upcoming shortcourse / workshop on the
Application of diffusion studies to the determination of timescales in geochemistry and petrology (diffusion chronometry / geospeedometry)
The shortcourse will be held at
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
September 28 to October 02 2026
This course is jointly offered by staff from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Leibniz Universität Hannover as part of the joint Research Unit FOR 2881.
To maintain the hands-on nature of the course, we expect to restrict the number of participants to around 30, to be given out on a first come first serve basis. Interested participants can express intention to register by sending an email containing a brief paragraph describing their background / reasons for wanting to participate to: maren.kahl@rub.de
Further information can be found on the flyer and here.
Announcement of a Workshop
We would like to draw your attention to a short course on the
Application of diffusion studies to the determination of timescales in geochemistry and petrology (diffusion chronometry / geospeedometry)
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
October 06-10, 2025
The number of participants is limited to 30 persons on a first come first serve basis. Interested participants can express intention to register by sending an email containing a brief paragraph describing their background / reasons for wanting to participate to: maren.kahl@rub.de
Further information can be found here:
Season Greetings
Phase Field Modelling Workshop – February 2 – 7, 2025
We would like to draw your attention to a workshop on Phase Field Modelling and Applications in the Earth Sciences.
More Information here
Diffusion Workshop – 21-25 October 2024
We would like to draw your attention to a short course on the
Application of diffusion studies to the determination of timescales in geochemistry and petrology (diffusion chronometry / geospeedometry)
More Information here
Successful Ph.D. Defence!
Extension of the Research Unit for three more years
We are excited to announce that the German Science Foundation (DFG) is funding the second round of the Research Unit “Diffusion Chronometry of Magmatic Systems” (FOR 2881) for three more years. Watch out for new projects and job opportunities. More details coming soon …
Announcement of a Workshop
We would like to draw your attention to a short course on the
Application of diffusion studies to the determination of timescales in geochemistry and petrology (diffusion chronometry / geospeedometry)
Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
27-31 March 2023
The number of participants is limited to ca. 40 persons on a first come first serve basis. Interested participants can express intention to register by sending an email containing a brief paragraph describing their background / reasons for wanting to participate to: ralf.dohmen@rub.de
Further information can be found in the pdf file:
Best Student Talk Award
DMG Petrology, Geochemistry & Petrophysics Section Meeting in Mainz!
Diffusion at Goldschmidt 2022
Dear diffusion enthusiasts,
Please consider joining our pre-conference diffusion modeling workshop and/or sending an abstract to one of the following sessions:
Pre-Conference Diffusion Modeling Workshop
Title: Learning Time: Diffusion chronometry applied to high temperature systems
Date: July 9-10, 8:30-17:00 HST
Format: on-site
Cost: $190/participant
Organizers: T. Shea, R. deGraffenried, K. J. Lynn, S. Chakraborty, R. Dohmen, J. Hammer
further information
Scientific Sessions
Theme 4: Crust: Magmatism, Recycling, and Metamorphism
4f – Mineral reaction rates and phase equilibria in magmatic and metamorphic processes: Implications for thermobarometry and time scales of high temperature processes
Conveners: F. Holtz, M. Oeser, E. Bloch, D. Neave
further information
Theme 7: Mineral, Melt, and Fluid Chemistry
7e – The time is ripe: using element diffusion to characterize the nature and timescales of igneous processes from source to surface
Conveners: T. Shea, K. J. Lynn, R. deGraffenried
further information