SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2000 17:00-20:00 20:00 Arrival and Registration Informal ‘Get-Together’ Reception MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2000 07:30-08:30 08:30-09:10 Registration OPENING CEREMONY Zvi Ben-Avraham, Head, Dead Sea Research Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Yair Aharonowitz, Vice President, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Sierd Cloetingh, Former EGS President, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Karl Fuchs, University of Karlsruhe, Germany 09:10-09:40 INVITED LECTURE: FROM CONTINENTAL BRAEKUP TO COLLISION: MODELS AND CONSTRAINTS FROM MEDITERRANEAN/ALPINE BASINS AND THE NORTHWESTERN EUROPEAN FORELAND S. Cloetingh, The Netherlands 09:40-10:40 SESSION 1: BASIN EVOLUTION Chairperson: A. Ginzburg STRIKE-SLIP VERSUS EXTENSION ALONG CONTINENTAL TRANCURRENT ZONES: THE WESTERN EAST AFRICAN, BAIKAL AND DEAD SEA RIFT ZONES D. Delvaux, U. Zain Eldeen, K. Theunissen, J. Klerkx, P. Jacobs, Belgium JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS CONTRASTING RIFTING PHASES IN THE NORTHERN NORTH VIKING GRABEN S. Kargl, T. Jacquin, France THE STRUCTURE OF THE TJORNES BASIN, NORTH ICELAND B. Richter1, R.H Gabrielsen2 Iceland1, Norway2 ON THE MECHANISM OF METEORIC WATER DEEP CIRCULATION IN BAIKAL RIFT L. Granina1, V. Mats2 Russia1, Israel2 10:40-10:55 COFFEE BREAK 10:55-12:25 SESSION 2: DYNAMICS OF RIFTING Chairperson: Z. Garfunkel CHRONOLOGY AND MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION OF THE CENOZOIC EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM. CONTROL OF RIFTING MECHANISMS BY PRE-EXISTING LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURES J.J. Tiercelin1, K.E. Lezzar2, B. Le Gall1 France1, USA2 GEODYNAMICS OF THE SIBERIAN PLUME; FAILED RIFTING DESPITE MAJOR FLOOD BASALT MAGMATISM S. Inger, UK CONTINENTAL BREAKUP AND THE DISPERSAL OF GONDWANA: EVIDENCE FOR TEMPORAL PLUME MIGRATION A. Segev, Israel LITHOSPHERIC CONTROLS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAPLATE RIFTS AND DEPRESSIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA: EXTRUSION REVISTED D. Cunningham, UK THE RHINE GRABEN RIFT: GEOLOGIC HISTORY, HYDROCARBON HABITAT, STRESS/STRAIN INTERACTIONS - A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS G. Greiner, K. Bonjer, H.J. Brink, B. Mueller, Germany CENOZOIC FAULTING IN THE NASCENT OKAVANGO RIFT, NW BOTSWANA: GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF INCIPOENT CONTINENTAL BREAKUP M.P. Modisi1, E.A. Atekwana2, A.B. Kampunzu1, T.H. Ngwisanyi1 Botswana1, USA2 12:25-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-15:30 SESSION 3: CRUSTAL STRUCTURE Chairperson: M. Weber THE LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE OF THE KENYA RIFT AS REVEALED BY WIDEANGLE SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS A. Khan1, J. Mechie2, B. Jacob3, G.R. Keller4, P.K.H. Maguire1C. Prodehl2, H. Thybo5 UK1, Germany2, Ireland3, USA4, Denmark5 THE MOHO - A SCALE LENGTH BOUNDARY SEPARATING LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES IN REGIMES OF ACTIVE TECTONICS K. Fuchs, F. Wenzel, Germany CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE AFRO-ARABIAN RIFT SYSTEM FROM WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS J. Mechie, Germany CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF SEISMIC CRUSTAL STRUCTURE RIFTING TO COLLISION J. Ansorge, E. Kissling, Switzerland WEDGE TECTONICS IN THE ALPINE COLLISION ZONE E. Kissling, J. Ansorge, S.M. Schmid, Switzerland THE TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF ALBANIA. EXPLANATION AND PREDICTION OF STRUCTURAL STYLES. D. A. Nieuland1, B. C. Oudmayer2, U. Valbona3 The Netherlands1, Peoples Republic of China2, Albania3 15:30-15:45 COFFEE BREAK 15:45-17:15 SESSION 4: TECTONIC MODELING Chairperson: K. Fuchs NUMERICAL CASE STUDY OF TECTONIC LOADING FOLLOWED BY A RUPTURE PROCESS AT A SINGLE SEGMENT OF A TRANSFORM FAULT H. Schelle, G. Grunthal, Germany ANALOGUE MODELING OF CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP T. Tentler, Sweden ANISOTROPY ASSESSMENT BY TOMOGRAPHY OF DEPTH MIGRATED GATHERS S. Kadioglu1, D. Kosloff2 Turkey1, Israel2 TOTAL FINITE STRAIN ACCUMULATED IN THE CENTRAL ANDES OVER THE LAST 25MA D. Hindle, Germany LITHOSPHERIC CONTROL OF RIVER DRAINAGE: NUMERICAL MODELLING OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE EBRO BASIN (NORTHEAST SPAIN) D. Garcia-Castellanos1, J. Verjes2, J. Gaspar2, S. Cloetingh2 Spain1, Netherlands2 THE BRAEK UP OF AFRICA IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND ZAMBIA: GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE M. N. Sebagenzi, Belgium 20:00 MOVIES: RESEARCH AND DIVING IN THE DEAD SEA TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2000 08:30-09:00 INVITED LECTURE: THE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY OF THE DEAD SEA TRANSFORM Z. Garfunkel, Z. Ben Avraham, Israel 09:00-10:30 SESSION 5: DEAD SEA RIFT I Chairperson: Y. Bartov DEVELOPMENT OF RECENT FAULTING IN THE SOUTHERN DEAD SEA RIFT ACCORDING TO GPR IMAGING U. Basson, Z. Ben-Avraham, Z. Garfunkel, Israel DESERT 2000-A MULTINATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE DEAD SEA RIFT M. Weber, Germany A NEW LOOK AT THE DEAD SEA TRANSFORM SHOULDERS M. Rybakov, V. Goldshmidt, Y. Rotstein, Israel SEA OF GALILEE (ISRAEL): COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF MAGNETIC ANOMALIES L. Eppelbaum, Z. Ben-Avraham, Israel STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN DEAD SEA TRANSFORM A. Heimann, Israel NEW DATA ON THE TECTONICS OF THE KINAROT-BET SHEAN BASIN, DEAD SEA TRANSFORM S. Hurwitz, Z. Garfunkel, Y. Ben-Gai, M. Reznikov, Y. Rotstein, H. Gvirtzman, Israel 10:30-10:45 COFFEE BREAK 10:45-12:15 SESSION 6: DEAD SEA RIFT II Chairperson: S. Feinstein FAULT PATTERNS, JOINT SYSTEMS AND SLIP PARTITIONING ALONG THE WESTERN MARGINS OF THE DEAD SEA RIFT A. Sagy, Z. Reches, Israel CRESCENTIC FAULTS , AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRANSFORM THEORY OF DEAD SEA RIFT TECTONICS? A. Horowitz, Israel HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOLOGICAL RECORD OF HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES IN THE DEAD-SEA BASIN R. Ken-Tor1, A. Agnon1, Y. Enzel1, S. Marco1, J.F.W Negendank2, M. Stein1 Israel1, Germany2 GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE DEFORMATIONS IN THE JORDAN GORGE FAULT, DEAD SEA TRANSFORM S. Marco, Israel PATTERNS OF SEISMIC ENERGY DISSIPATION WITHIN AN ACTIVE RIFT SYSTEM: ANALYSIS OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED FAILURE FEATURES IN THE DEAD SEA FAULT AREA G.H. Wust-Bloch, Israel TECTONIC AND PALEOSTRESS EVOLUTION IN THE WADI ARABA SEGMENT OF THE DEAD SEA RIFT, SW JORDAN U. Zain Eldeen1, D. Delvaux2, P. Jacobs2 Palestine1, Belgium2 12:15-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-15:30 SESSION 7: DEAD SEA RIFT III Chairperson: G. H. Wust-Bloch FOCAL DEPTHS OF EARTHQUAKES AND CRUSTAL RHEOLOGY IN THE DEAD SEA BASIN F. Aldersons1, Z. Ben-Avraham1, A. Hofstetter1, E. Kissling2, T. Al-Yazjeen3 Israel1, Switzerland2, Jordan3 THERMAL ANOMALIES IN THE UPPER MANTLE AND LOWER CRUST UNDER THE DEAD SEA RIFT: SIMULTANEOUS INVERSION OF LOCAL EARTHQUAKES Y. Mart, N. Rabinowitz, Israel RECENT TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN DEAD SEA BASIN M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, D.G. Blumberg, Israel NEOTECTONIC FEATURES DETECTION IN THE DEAD SEA RIFT USING COMBINED OPTICAL AND RADAR REMOTE SENSING DATA M. Shimoni Sirjacob1, F. Van der Meer1, E. Ben-Dor2 Belgium1, Israel2 HIGH ACCURACY GPS GEODETIC NETWORKS IN ISRAEL: GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS E. Ostrovsky, Y. Melzer, Y. Forrai, Israel CURRENT PLATE MOTION AND CRUSTAL DEFORMATION ACROSS THE DEAD SEA FAULT S. Wdowinski1, N. Nechor1, S. Na'aman1, Y. Bock2, Y. Forai1, Y. Melzer1, E. Ostrovsky1, G. Baer1, D. Levitte1 Israel1, USA2 15:30-15:45 COFFEE BREAK 15:45-17:15 SESSION 8: DEAD SEA RIFT IV Chairperson: Y. Mart THE SOUTHERN DEAD-SEA BASIN WITH A PINCH OF SALT H. Shulman, Z. Ben-Avraham, Israel BASIN ANALYSIS IN THE SOUTHERN DEAD SEA BASIN B. Larsen, Z. Ben-Avraham, Israel MORPHOTECTONICS IN THE EASTERN NEGEV - A KEY TO THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN THE ARAVA RIFT AND ITS WESTERN MARGIN, SOUTHERN ISRAEL Y. Avni, Y. Bartov, Z. Garfunkel, Israel HAZEVA FORMATION: THE KEY FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE EVOLUTION OF THE DEAD SEA RIFT VALLEY R. Calvo, Y. Bartov, Israel RECONSTRUCTION OF LAKE LISAN LEVELS BY SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF SHORE AND LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS AT MASSADA Y. Bartov, A. Agnon, Y. Enzel, Z. Reches, M. Stein, Israel EVOLUTION OF THE DEAD SEA BASIN AND LISAN INVASION INTO LOWER NAHAL ZIN V. Sheinkman, Israel 20:00-21:00 PROFESSIONAL FIELD TRIPS PREPARATORY LECTURES THE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY OF THE DEAD SEA BASIN Z. Garfunkel, Israel THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS AND TECTONISM OF THE DEAD SEA BASIN M. Stein, Israel THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE SOUTHERN DEAD SEA RIFT Y. Mart, Y. Avny, Y. Eyal, H. Ginat, Israel WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2000 All Day FIELD TRIPS THE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY OF THE DEAD SEA BASIN Leader: Z. Garfunkel THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS AND TECTONISM OF THE DEAD SEA BASIN Leader: M. Stein 20:00-21:00 POSTER SESSION MORPHOTECTONICS OF A COVER BOTTOM OF THE WEST-SIBERIAN BASIN WITHIN NADYM-TAZOVSK INTERFLUVE E. Deyev, S. Zinoviev, S.N. Novikova, Russia SATELLITE CROSSOVER ALTIMETRY: COORDINATE FRAME OFFSETS J. Klokocnik, J. Kostelecky, Czech Rep GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO NEOTECTONICS IN THE WADI MUJIB CANYON OF JORDAN C. De Jaeger, M. De Dapper, Belgium MYTHOLOGY OF ACTIVE FAULTS: THE DRAGON’S LAIR L. Piccardi, Italy THE SYRIAN SEGMENT OF THE LEVANTINE FAULT ZONE V. Kazmin, Russia LEVANTINE AND SOUTH-CASPIAN BASINS AS PRODUCTS OF SHEARING GEODYNAMICS: SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE IN THEIR STRUCTURAL AND GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS B. Khesin1, C, Metaxas2 Israel1, Greece2 MORPHOTECTONICS OF THE LOWER JORDAN VALLEY S. Belitzky, Israel THE NATURE OF THE VARISCAN DEFORMATION FRONT IN NE GERMANY - EVIDENCE FROM DEEP SEISMIC PROFILING T. Mccann, C.M. Krawczyk, Germany ROTLIEGEND CONGLOMERATES FROM THE NE GERMAN BASIN - PROVENANCE AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE T. Mccann, Germany EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURAL STYLES IN THE NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN CONSTRAINTS FROM CROSS SECTION BALANCING D. Kossow, C.M. Krawczyk, T. Mccann, M. Streck, J.F.W. Negendank, Germany THE DEEP-SEISMIC STRUCTURE OF THE NE GERMAN BASIN: DEKORP-BASIN '96 RESULTS D. Kossow, C.M. Krawczyk, M. Stiller, F. Eilts, Germany DEFORMATION AT A STRIKE-SLIP STEPOVER ZONE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF THE DEAD SEA PULLAPART BASIN, JORDAN* T. Niemi1, M. Atallah2 USA1, Jordan2 THE PERMIAN TO CAINOZOIC INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION IN ARABIA: A RESPONSE TO PLATE BOUNDARY FORCES V. Kazmin, Russia MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC IMAGING OF ACTIVE TECTONICS, NW GULF OF CALIFORNIA M.S. Steckler1, A. Martin-Barajas2, J.M. Stock1, A. Gonzalez-Fernand2, J.B. Diebold1, G.S. Mountain1 USA1, Mexico2 WHITE SEA RIFT SYSTEM: TECTONIC EVOLUTION AND MAGMATIC ACTIVITY V. Moralev, A. Baluev, Russia PALEORIFTS AND SIALIC NUCLEI OF ANCIENT CONTINENTAL CRUST V. Moralev, M. Glukhovskiy, Russia GEODYNAMIC PARAMETERS DISTRIBUTION AS A RECENT MULTISYSTEM MECHANISM FOR FLUID FLUXES, COMPONENT TRANSFORMATIONS AND BEHAVIOR CONTROL* O.A. Votakh, A.D. Duchkov, M.A. Levchuk, S.Y. Belyaev, V.A. Kontorovich, Russia WHERE IS THE MAIN STRAND OF THE DEAD SEA TRANSFORM AT THE NORTHERN DEAD SEA BASIN? G. Shamir, I. Bruner, Y. Eyal, S. Marco, Israel STATE OF STRESS OF DIFFERENT TECTONIC SETTINGS: INFORMATION FROM THE WORLD STRESS MAP J. Reinecker, B. Sperner, S. Hettel, B. Muller, K. Fuchs, Germany FISSION TRACKS THERMO-TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE ARABO- NUBIAN SHIELD ACROSS THE DEAD SEA TRANSFORM S. Feinstein1, M. Eyal1, B.P. Kohn2, M.S. Steckler3, K. Ibrahim4, B. Khalil4 Israel1, Australia2, USA3, Jordan4 OBSERVING NORTH ETHIOPIA AND EAST ERITREA BY HIGH RESOLUTION MULTISPECTICAL REMOTE SENSING MOMS 2P M. Beyth1, H.U. Wetzel2 Israel1, Germany2 NEW SYSTEM FOR HIGH SENSITIVE MAGNETIC AND RADON MONITORING OF THE ACTIVE FAULT IN THE DEAD SEA RIFT REGION B. Ginzburg1, H. Zafrir1, N. Gazit-Yaari1, G. Steinitz1, J. Forrai1, Y. Melzer1, B. Shirman1, I. Hrvoic2 Israel1, Canada2 JOINT DEVELOPMENT DURING FLUCTUATION OF THE REGIONAL STRESS FIELD IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL Y. Eyal1, M.R. Gross2, A. Becker3, T. Engelder2 Israel1, USA2, Canada3 PHANEROZOIC EPEIROGENY OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD: A DEEP APATITE FISSIONTRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY PROFILE, PINAWA, MANITOBA S. Feinstein3, K. G. Osadetz1, B. P. Kohn2, R. A. Everitt1, P. B. O’Sullivan2 1 Canada, 2Australia, 3Israel ASPECTS OF FORELAND BELT THERMAL AND GEOLOGICAL HISTORY IN SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA FROM FISSION-TRACK AND ORGANIC MATURITY DATA S. Feinstein3, K. G. Osadetz1, B. P. Kohn2, R. A. Price1 1 Canada, 2Australia,3Israel LATE QUATERNARY SHORES AT THE GULF OF EILAT (AQABA): THE INTERPLAY OF EUSTASY, EARTHQUAKES, AND SEDIMENTATION Y. Shaked, A. Agnon, S. Marco, B. Lazar, M. Stein, Israel THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2000 08:30-09:00 INVITED LECTURE: THE KINEMATIC AND STRAIN RATE FIELD IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN FROM GPS ABSERVATION H. G. Kahle1, M. Cocard1, A. Geiger1, C. Hollenstein1, Y. Peter1, R. Reilinger2, G. Veis3, A. Barka4 Switzerland1, USA2, Greece3, Turkey4 09:00-10:30 SESSION 9: STRESS AND STRAIN DISTRIBUTION Chairperson: E. Kissling NORMAL FAULT, DISHARMONY AND FOLDING IN THE GULF OF SUEZ I. Moretti, B. Colleta, E. Piron, France LARGE-SCALE STRAIN IN EUROPE DERIVED FROM OBSERVATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN GEODETIC VLBI NETWORK R. Haas1, H. G. Scherneck1, H.G. Gueguen2, E. Nothnagel3, A. Campbell3 Sweden1, Italy2, Germany3 WRENCH TECTONICE IN THE TIERRA DEL FUEGO ISLAND (ARGENTINE) - ANALYSIS FROM FIELD AND REMOTE SENSING DATA M. Menichetti1, F. Coren1, E. Lodolo1, A. Tassone2 Italy1, Argentina2 DECOMPOSITION OF HELIUM AND HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS FUELLING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKE A. Gilat, A. Vol, Israel COLLISION MECHANISMS AND STRESS-STRUCTURING OF THE EARTH CRUST: GENERAL CONCEPTION B. Chikov, Russia LATE PALEOZOIC-CENOZOIC DESTRUCTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE AND RIFTING IN THE BAIKAL REGION S.I. Sherman, I.V. Gordienko, Russia 10:30-10:45 COFFEE BREAK 10:45-12:15 SESSION 10: MEDITERRANEAN REGION Chairperson: S. Stein 3-D MODELLING OF DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WITH FINITE ELEMENTS O. Heidbach, H. Drewes, Germany THE TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE MESOZOIC SOUTHEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN M.A. Gardosh, A. Flexer, I. Bruner, Israel TECTONIC STRUCTURE OF SOUTH-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Y.Y. Livshits, Israel RIDGE-TRANSFORM INTERSECTION FROZEN IN THE TROODOS OPHIOLITE, CYPRUS: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM ROCK MAGNETISM IN THE GABBRO LAYER M. Abelson, G. Baer, A. Agnon, Israel GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, SOME REMARKS G.A. Dehghani, Germany RESIDUAL TOPOGRAPHY, LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE AND SUNKEN SLABS IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN Z. Gvirtzman, A. Nur, Israel 12:15-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-15:30 SESSION 11: OROGENIC PROCESSES I Chairperson: M. Haschke ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE OROGENY: WHAT DOES THE TYPE OF LOCALITY (DABIE SHAN - EASTERN CHINA) TELL US? L. Ratschbacher, B.R. Hacker, L.E. Webb, J.C. Schmid, S. Dong, Germany NEW INSIGHTS INTO ANDEAN MOUNTAIN SUBSUCTION AND MOUNTAIN BUILDING FROM GPS, TOPOGRAPHIC SEISMOLOGICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL DATA S. Stein1, E. Klosko1, L. Leffler-Griffin1, E. Norabuena1, T. Dixon1, M. Liu1, J. Engeln1, Y. Zhu2 USA1, China2 THE ROLE OF TENSIONAL TECTONICS IN THE SICILIAN MAGHREBIDE CHAIN BUILDING, FROM MIOCENE G. Giunta, F. Nigro, P. Renda, Italy COLLISIONAL EXTRUSION OF THE ANATOLIAN MICROPLATE AS A TECTONIC ANALOG FOR THE FORMATION OF THE ALASKAN "OROCLINE" AND THE ARCTRENCH SYSTEMS OF THE OFFSHORE ALEUTIAN-BERING SEA REGION D.W. Scholl, USA TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE UMBRIA-MARCHÉ APENNINES, ITALY: FROM TETHYAN RIFTING TO ALPINE COLLISION E. Tavarnelli, F.A. Decandia, M. Alberti, Italy THE ALTERNATING ROLES OF RIFT (PLUME) TECTONICS AND COLLISION (PLATE) TECTONICS IN EARTH HISTORY B. Windley, UK 15:30-15:45 COFFEE BREAK 15:45-17:15 SESSION 12: OROGENIC PROCESSES II Chairperson: D. W. Scholl GEODYNAMICS OF THE VRANCEA REGION (ROMANIA) - EVIDENCE FOR PLATE BREAK-OFF B. Sperner1, F. Wenzel1, F. Lorenz1, V. Mocanu2 Germany1, Romania2 REPEATED CRUSTAL THICKENING AND IGNEOUS RECYCLING DURING THE ANDEAN OROGENY (200 MA-PRESENT) - IMPLICATIONS ON CRUSTAL GROWTH M. Haschke, Germany EVOLUTION OF WESTERN BALTICA FROM PASSIVE MARGIN AND CALEDONIAN OROGENIC FORELAND LOADING R.O. Greiling1, Z. Garfunkel2 Germany1, Israel2 TWO DIFFERENT MECHANISMS FOR THE LCT AND MIOCENE OROGENS IN THE W MED J. Shahar, Israel TERRESTRIAL HEAT FLOW IN AREAS OF DYNAMIC INFLUENCE OF FAULTS IN THE BAIKAL RIFT ZONE S.V. Lysak, S.I. Sherman, Russia FAULT ZONE PROPERTIES AND EARTHQUAKE FAULTING IN SOUTHERN ITALY G. Cello, E. Tondi, Italy 17:15-18:15 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION Convener: Z. Ben Avraham, S. Cloetingh 20:00 FAREWELL DINNER