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12^th IRM Conference on Rock Magnetism

Virtual Meeting, June 1 - 4, 2021

Tate Hall in the Spring — John T. Tate Hall of Physics, home to the IRM

General Information

Iron minerals in the rocks of Earth's crust, its sedimentary cover and within speleothems contain fossilized records of ancient geomagnetic field activity, and in their physical and chemical characteristics they hold evidence of geological and environmental processes and events that have affected them. This conference will explore the state of the art in magnetic studies of natural materials, examine methods for extracting paleomagnetic and paleoenvironmental information through magnetic analysis, and assess what such studies are telling us about the history and workings of our planet and the solar system. The IRM

Dates and Session Format

The 12th IRM Conference on Rock Magnetism will be held virtually from June 1st-4th 2021. The meeting will be hosted over zoom with four three-hour oral sessions, two keynote speakers and a poster session. The oral sessions are by invitation only, but we welcome poster presentations on any topics in rock and paleomagnetism. The conference format is designed to be interactive and in-depth, allowing extended periods of open discussion following invited lead talks on selected topics.

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New Directions in Rock Magnetism

The Institute for Rock Magnetism (IRM) was established in the fall of 1990 as a National Multi-User Facility whose core mission is to serve the greater geomagnetic community by providing free-of-charge access to state-of-the-art facilities and technical expertise, and by encouraging visiting researchers in their studies of important new topics in rock magnetism and related interdisciplinary fields. In addition, the IRM is committed to:

Improving the quality of education and enriching the intellectual environment of the University and the State of Minnesota
Providing an international meeting place for researchers of magnetism to exchange and develop ideas
Exploring fundamental questions at the frontiers of modern mineral magnetism
Developing links to other science and engineering research disciplines, to the industrial research sector, and to other academic fields

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