Workshop Programme

Schedule

Presentations are scheduled for the afternoon European time to allow potential participation from both the East-coast USA and parts of Asia (all times in Eastern European Summer Time-EEST; CET+1, GMT+3, EST+7, PST+10).

Day 1 (27th March 2023)

14:00-14:15 Welcome

14:15-15:00 Background, strengths, and limitations of EPMA - EPMA methods with some application (AH)

15:00-15:15 Break

15:15-16:15 Sample preparation (flat surfaces, mounting media, carbon coating etc.) (AH)

16:15-16:30 Break

16:30-17:15 Use of standards – quantitative analysis – Statistics (AH)

17:15-17:30 Break

17:30-18:15 The Holy Trinity of Microanalysis: standards, k-ratios and physics (JD)

18:15-18:30 Time for Discussion

Day 2 (28th March 2023)

14:00-14:45 Usage of EPMA-Live demo from CAMECA Instrument (CH)

14:45-15:00 Break

15:00-15:45 XMapTools in metamorphic petrology-Live demo (PL)

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-16:45 How to evaluate/treat random/systematic errors in EPMA-Live demo (JD)

16:45-17:00 Break

17:00-17:45 Halogen analyses using EPMA: Pros, cons and caveats (SF)

17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion

Day 3 (29th March 2023)

14:00-14:45 Glass Analysis by EPMA (CH)

14:45-15:00 Break

15:00-15:45 Modelling EPMA (CASINO, CalcZAF/Standard)(EH)

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-16:45 Microanalytical methods to understand mantle processes (YB)

16:45-17:00 Break

17:00-17:45 Best practices for EPMA on magmatic sulfides (AG)

17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion

Day 4 (30th March 2023)

14:00-14:45 EPMA in diffusion studies of volcanic rocks (LS)

14:45-15:00 Break

15:00-15:45 Usage of EPMA–Live demo from JEOL Instrument (SM)

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-16:45 The power of EPMA in the study of meteorites and their classification (IB)

16:45-17:00 Time for Discussion

17:00-17:45 WDS analysis on the SEM (RJ)

17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion

18:00-18:15 Closing remarks

Instructors (in alphabetical order of the last name)

Ioannis Baziotis (IB) Agricultural University of Athens

Yannick Bussweiler (JB) University of Cologne

John Donovan (JD) University of Oregon

Stamatios Flemetakis (SF) University of Muenster

Ariadni Georgatou-AG GNS Science

Anette Von der Handt (AH) University of British Columbia

Chris Hayward (CH) University of Edinburgh

Ery Hughes (EH) Te Pū Ao | GNS Science

Rosie Jones (RJ) WDS Product Manager at Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis

Pierre Lanari (PL) University of Bern

Serguei Matveev (SM) JEOL Germany

Lee Saper (LS) University of Edinburgh

Coordinator-Organizer

Ioannis Baziotis (IB) Agricultural University of Athens