Award to Yves Quinif, geochemist and karst geologist at the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium)

June 29, 2018 4:00 PM - June 29, 2018 18:00

On Friday, June 29, 2018, Denis Varaschin, President ofUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc, will present a medal to Yves Quinif, geochemist and karst geologist at the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons in Belgium.

The ceremony will take place on the occasion of the 2018 international karstology symposium organized by the Environnements Dynamiques Territoires Montagnes (EDYTEM ) laboratory , at 4pm, in the Decottignies amphitheater, at the USMB presidency, 27 rue Marcoz in Chambéry.

The program

  • 4 to 5 p.m. :
    • Opening speeches
    • Award to Yves Quinif
    • Yves Quinif's career highlighted by :
      • Richard Maire - Cooperation in the 80s in the Saint Martin stone massif
      • Sophie Verheyden - Yves Quinif's work on speleothems
      • Laurent Bruxelles - The theory of ghosting
  • 5pm to 6pm: Lecture by Yves Quinif: "Karst et géologie: Itinéraire d'un baladin du karst" ("Karst and geology: itinerary of a karst stroller")

Registration

Participation by invitation only. Register here: [Register]

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