Topics

The workshop will cover all aspects of modeling turbidity currents and related gravity currents. It will consist of a mixture of oral and poster presentations, as well as informal panel discussions. The workshop aims to bring together participants from academia and industry, with interests in laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and field work.

Venue

The workshop will be held on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. The meeting room is the ‘Santa Barbara Harbor Room’ within the University Center (UCEN). A campus map can be downloaded here.

Dates

Abstract Format

Abstracts should be no more than 200 words (excluding references) with text in single-spaced 12 point type, plus one figure if required, to fit on one letter-size page. Please send as pdf files.

Registration

The cost of registration will be US$100, payable on the first day of the workshop. The workshop registration form can be downloaded here. Please return the completed form via email to meiburg@engineering.ucsb.edu.

Workshop Program

A schedule of the workshop's events can be downloaded here.

Social Program

The social program will involve a two-hour catamaran tour along the Santa
Barbara coastline late Tuesday afternoon (www.channelcatcharters.com), as well as a conference dinner.

Travel Information

The UCSB campus is located in close proximity to the Santa Barbara airport, which is served by flights from Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle. For those arriving by car, a map of the local area can be downloaded here.

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western South Coast Inn, located at 5620 Calle Real in Goleta (Phone: 805 967 3200, Fax: 805 683 4466, hotel website: www.santa-barbara-hotel.com). The nightly rate is $120, and the hotel provides complimentary shuttle service to and from the UCSB campus. Participants should make their own hotel reservations (make sure you mention ‘Turbidity Current Workshop). The hotel will hold the rooms until April 30.

As a second option, an additional block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Santa Barbara / Goleta which is located next door to the Best Western South Coast Inn at 5650 Calle Real in Goleta (Phone: 805-964-6241  Fax: 805-964-8467, hotel website: www.hisantabarbarahotel.com). The nightly rate is $119. When reserving a room, please mention the code ‘TCC.’

Contact

For further information, please contact Eckart Meiburg (meiburg@engineering.ucsb.edu or +1 805 893 5278), or Ben Kneller (b.kneller@abdn.ac.uk or +44 792 122 0443).