1st TANDEM Symposium
November 23-25, 2008
The symposium was held on November 23-25, 2008 in Geodynamics Research Center (Ehime University) for a mutual understanding on the current stage of the deep earth studies conducted in the Asian region. About 100 people (35 from China, Korea, Taiwan, Australia and USA, 60 from Japan) participated in the symposium. In the oral sessions (titles are listed in the next page), representatives of TANDEM member laboratories introduced their laboratories, facilities and new researches. Young scientists showed their own researches in the poster session and made active discussions among the participants. This symposium has been held as the first step to form a new network of deep earth mineralogy in Asian region.