Welcome to the 25th annual Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop home page.
For a quarter-century the Himalayan-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop has provided students of the India-Asia collision system a wonderful opportunity for workshop-style discussion with other colleagues working in this region. In 2010, HKT returns to North America for the first time since 1996. The 25th International Workshop will be held from 7-10th June at San Francisco State University, California - please mark your calendar and plan to attend! Following the format of previous workshops, thematic oral and poster sessions will occur within a single venue to avoid the distraction of parallel sessions.
All workshop updates will appear on this web site as soon as they are available. Please e-mail hkt25sf@gmail.com to communicate with the workshop organizers.
** Download the final registration form ** - Must be returned along with payment by March 1st
** Go to the HKT-25 payment methods page ** - Payments must be made by March 1st (costs and housing are not guaranteed after this date, late fees will apply) NOTE - THE ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR BANK TRANSFERS HAS CHANGED DUE TO A FRAUD ATTEMPT - Please e-mail hkt25sf@gmail.com for the new account number
** Download the abstract template ** - Must be returned by April 1st
Venue
The main HKT-25 workshop will be held at the Seven Hills Conference Center at San Francisco State University, in the city of San Francisco. The venue is in view of the Pacific Ocean, and within easy reach, via public transport, of both the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and many local tourist attractions.
Important dates and Deadlines
Important dates:*
Ice breaker: Evening of Monday, June 7th, 2010, from 6:30pm
Main workshop: Tuesday through Thursday, June 8-10th, 2010 (ending 5pm June 10th)
Pre-conference field trip "The Mesozoic-Cenozoic Convergent Margin of Northern California": Saturday-Monday, June 5-7th, 2010
Evening reception at the California Academy of Sciences: The California Academy of Sciences is co-hosting a cocktail reception for HKT-25 during the evening of Tuesday, June 9th. Participants will tour through a 4-story living rainforest and explore the Steinhart Aquarium over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Post-conference NSF workshop "Future directions for NSF-sponsored geoscience research in the Himalaya/Tibet": Friday-Saturday, June 11-12th, 2010 (Application deadline: January 15)
Abstracts are invited for both oral and poster presentations. Abstracts will only be accepted from those who have registered to attend the HKT workshop. Attendees may request but are not guaranteed an oral presentation. Both oral and poster presentations must be in English. Abstracts will be published online as an Open-File Report of the US. Geological Survey, and must precisely follow their guidelines:
Please download the 2-page template for your extended abstract and e-mail your extended abstract to hkt25sf@gmail.com by the abstract submission deadline: April 1st, 2010.
Pre-conference field trip - Saturday-Monday, June 5-7
A three-day field trip to see the geology of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic convergent margin of northern California prior to the main HKT-25 workshop will depart at 8am on Saturday, June 5, from the lobby of the Travelodge San Francisco Airport South. Participants who wish to stay at the Travelodge the night of Friday, June 4, should make reservations directly with the hotel. This hotel offers free transport from San Francisco International Airport and a complimentary continental breakfast.
The field trip will examine the Mesozoic-Cenozoic convergent margin of California, a well-studied example of such systems preserved and exposed by the transition to transform tectonics in the mid-Cenozoic. The field trip will visit world-class exposures of the main components of a convergent margin: accretionary complex, fore-arc basin and magmatic arc and will be lead by local experts over the short distance between the California coast and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Day 1 will focus on the Franciscan accretionary complex in the San Francisco Bay area. It will consist of stops to view classic blueschist melange, pillow basalts and other features, and will also provide ample opportunity for discussion of the younger geology associated with the San Andreas fault. Day 2 will focus on the forearc basin assemblage and will visit well-known outcrops of deepwater deposits of the Great Valley Group along the western margin of California's central valley. Outcrops will include sandstone, mudstone, and conglomeratic facies and will allow examination of a range of deepwater depositional features, such as turbidites, injectites, debris flows, and submarine fan architecture. The final day of the field trip will focus on the Sierra Nevada, where rocks of the Sierra Nevada batholiths and associated metamorphic country rock will be examined. Stops in the Sierra Nevada foothills will provide added opportunities to discuss the long-term evolution of the California convergent margin and the history of various terranes that comprise the region. Following the final geological stop of the third day, participants will return to SF State in time to check-in to on-campus housing and for the icebreaker Monday evening June 7th.
Advance registration and payment are required by the March 1st deadline. Field trip registration includes a field guide, transportation, accommodation, and breakfasts (Sun./Mon.) and lunches (Sat./Sun./Mon.); dinners are separate and to be arranged individually by field trip participants. A minimum of 20 participants is required to run the field trip and refunds will be given during the workshop if the field trip is cancelled because of a lack of interest.
Post-conference NSF-sponsored Workshop - Friday-Saturday, June 11-12
Location, Transportation, Maps, Weather, and Tourist Information
Maps of the conference location and information for local transportation to the conference site available here including a link to Mapquest map and directions to campus
Those choosing to drive a personal car to the workshop venue should be aware that street parking is limited, and on-campus parking in Lot 20 adjacent to the conference venue is available for $5 per day payable at pay stations within the parking structure.
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