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MEETINGS
BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6th - 14th August 2008 : At the 33rd IGC in Oslo there will be a session on 'Arctic and Antarctic records of deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum: processes, timing and casues' (session AAB-01) 1st - 3rd September 2008 : Joint 26th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology and 2008 meeting of SEPM-CES, Bochum , Germany 2nd - 6th September 2008 : 5th Congress of the European Malacological Societies (CEMS), S. Miguel, Azores 3rd - 7th September 2008 : FLAG Biennial Meeting, Budapest, Hungary 22nd - 26th September 2008 : INQUA - Subcommission on European Quaternary Stratigraphy conference - The Quaternary of Europe from Atlantic seaboard to continental Interior, Rennes, France. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the 33rd IGC in Oslo there will be a session on 'Arctic and Antarctic records of deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum: processes, timing and casues' (session AAB-01) Summary of session: In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the quantity of age data from both polar regions constraining changes during the last deglaciation. The aim of this session is to bring together marine and terrestrial scientists who are working on deglaciation records from opposite ends of the Earth. Records of interest have been obtained from marine and lake sediment cores, ice cores, surface exposure age dating, studies of relative sea level changes, and geodetic GPS data. Insights regarding the dynamics of, and basal processes beneath, the ice sheets immediately prior to deglaciation have been obtained through analysis of former basal surfaces revealed by ice retreat, using swath bathymetry and remote sensing data. Filling some of the large gaps in the geographic distribution of records involves fieldwork in remote and hostile environments. Through comparing the latest records, and considering outputs from ice sheet models designed to assimilate new age data, it is hoped new insights will emerge regarding issues such as leads and lags between different ice sheets, the importance of sea level changes in interlocking changes in the ice sheets, rates of change in ice volume, and the feedbacks responsible for rapid changes after the Last Glacial Maximum. Conveners: Information about the IGC: The abstract deadline is 29 February 2008 (500 words maximum). The registration fees are 560 euros for the full conference or 410 euros for one week (until 15 April 2008), and there is an abstract submission fee of 40 euros. Futher information is available from the conference web site: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint 26th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology and 2008 meeting of SEPM-CES Contributions on all sedimentological and related themes are welcome but QRA members may be particularly interested in certain sessions: T1a - Lacustrine Sedimentary archives (convener: F. Anselmetti & A. Gilli) T1c - Cave archives (conveners: D. Fleitmann & A. Mangini) T1d - The glacial sedimentary record (conveners: T. Stevens & C. Rose) T1e - Anthropogenic Materials in Soils: Modern Archives of Environmental History (conveners: B. Marschner & H. Zepp) T2d - Modern depositional environments (marine) (conveners: E. Gischler & P. Swart) Please see the website (http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ias2008/) for full details on sessions, abstract submission, contact details and associated fieldtrips. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd AINIC - Atlantic Islands Neogene, International Congress Azores The Marine PalaeoBiogeography Working Group (MPB)is happy to announce the organization of the 2nd Atlantic Islands Neogene, International Congress (AINIC), to be held at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal) on 2-6 September 2008. Further informations are available at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLAG Biennial Meeting, Budapest, Hungary Recent advances in fluvial geology and geomorphology: at the crossroad of Western and Eastern Europe First Announcement A two day conference on tectonic, climatic and environmental impacts on alluvial rivers, encompassing geology, geomorphology and environmental geology, followed by a three days field trip in Hungary visiting the Danube terraces and selected sections of the Tisza and Körös rivers. Organized by the Geological Institute of Hungary and Department of Physical Geography, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Anticipated total number of participants: 40 to 50 Organisational contacts: Preliminary programme: Wednesday, September 3 Thursady, September 4 Proposed thematic sessions:
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INQUA - Subcommission on European Quaternary Stratigraphy conference The Quaternary of Europe from Atlantic seaboard to continental Interior Rennes, France.
All are welcome. Full details are available at the INQUA-SEQS website: www.inqua-seqs.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send details of any meetings you wish advertised to Jason Jordan
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