The first InterMARGINS Workshop took place from 10-16 July 2004 in Pontresina in the Swiss Alps. It was convened by Garry Karner, Gianreto Manatschal and Luis Pinheiro and was attended by 46 invited scientists from 13 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, UK and USA).

     The aim of the workshop was to bring together, and improve interactions between, observationalists and numerical modellers working on rifted continental margins. In addition two field trips during the workshop to view the exposed rifted margins of the Tethyan ocean in the Alps were led by Gianreto Manatschal.

     The Workshop was an enormous success and was greatly enjoyed by the participants for its open and positive discussions and for the dramatic outcrops viewed in the field.

     Some images of the participants, the Alps and the fieldtrips can be viewed in the gallery - below.

     Eventually the following outputs from the Workshop will become publicly available :

• Copies of all the presentations - available from this web site.
• Copies of at least some of the posters presented at the meeting are available - here
• A book, to be published by Columbia University Press, containing formal treatments by many of the Workshop participants of the subject of Modelling Extensional Deformation of the Lithosphere.