INQUA Finnish National Commission
Arctic 3th PALAEOARC CONFERENCE ROVANIEMI, FINLAND 2022 Rovaniemi
Pertti Sarala
Oulu Mining School/Geological Survey of Finland E-mail: pertti.sarala@oulu.fi, [email protected] LOCATION 2
M. Mäkikyrö
LGM
14.6.2021 Svendsen et al. 3 ROVANIEMI
• “8000 years’ international history” • Confluence of the Kemijoki and Ounasjoki rivers • The Capital of Finnish Lapland Arctic Circle • The educational centre of Lapland • The population over 62 000 • Frequent flights from Helsinki to Rovaniemi • Direct railway connections from Helsinki • Numerous hotels in the centre of city close to conference place • Short distance to all excursion locations
14.6.2021 4 TIME AND VENUE • Conference will be organized in 23-26 August 2022 • Venue (Technical sessions and workshops):
Arktikum (Science Centre and Museum)
readymap. peda.net arktikum.fi
14.6.2021 August 2022 Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 5 PROGRAMME 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
• Proposed programme: • 21.-22.8. (Sun-Mon) Pre- Field course and excursion for students in the south- western Finnish Lapland (Rovaniemi-Tervola-Tornio region) • Ice breaker party in the Mon evening • 23.8. (Tue) Conference opening and the first technical sessions • 24.8. (Wed) Excursion in the Rovaniemi and its surrounding areas, e.g. Ounasvaara Hill and the highest shore lines, some glacial morphologies, glaciofluvial formations and pot holes in Hirvas Village, and visit in the Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle • Conference dinner in the Wed evening • 25.-26.8. (Thu-Fri) Technical sessions continue, poster session on Thu afternoon. End of the conference in the Friday afternoon • Option: Possibility to organize Workshops on Monday 14.6.2021 6 FIELD COURSE AND EXCURSION R. Aario
• Pre-conference field R. Aario excursion for students Sun-Mon 21.-22. Aug 2022 P. Sarala Kuusamo Ice lobe • Topics: Quaternary Ribbed stratigraphy in the centre moraines Tervola Younger of continental drumlins Fennoscandian ice sheet, Older drumlins Ranua Interlobate glacial processes, ice lobes area Glacial flow and morphologies of direction different ages, last younger deglaciation, and Oulu Ice lobe development of Baltic Sea
14.6.2021 P. Sarala MIDDLE EXCURSION 7 Kolpene Esker in the Rovaniemi Centre Ribbed moraine - drumlin fields Ice flow marks in Ounasvaara
P. Sarala R. Aario P. Sarala Potholes in Hirvas Arctic Circle and Santa Claus Village
P. Sarala 14.6.2021 Wikipedia 8 ATTRACTIONS Ounasvaara Hill Rovaniemi Church
Alvar Aalto Centre of Rovaniemi
Korundi Museum Jätkänkynttilä Lappia House and Concert Hall Rovaniemi Bridge
14.6.2021 9 ORGANIZERS INQUA Finnish National Commission
• Oulu Mining School, University of Oulu • Arktikum Science Centre, University of Lapland • Geological Survey of Finland • Geological Society of Finland • INQUA Finnish National Commission
14.6.2021 10 SPECIAL VOLUME
• There have been discussions with the Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland to publish a Special volume for the full articles based on the presentations in the PalaeoArc 2022 • Bulletin is an open access, free of charge, peer reviewed articles cover all fields of geology and one volume with two parts per year
https://www.geologinenseura.fi/fi/bulletin
14.6.2021 INQUA Finnish National Commission
SEE YOU ALL IN FINLAND 2022! Responsible persons: Pertti Sarala, Juha Pekka Lunkka and Kari Strand Contact: [email protected], [email protected] Oulu Mining School/Geological Survey of Finland