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14. Internationale Jahrestagung der Fachsektion GeoTop in der DGG and 6th International Symposium on Conservation of Geological Heritage Second Circular GeoTop 2010 Geosites: Resources for the Public Palaeontology and Conservation of Geosites May 29th 2010 – June 2nd 2010 in Hagen (Westf.), Germany Organisation: GeoPark Ruhrgebiet e.V. with support of The City of Hagen, Dept. of Environment, and HAGEN Touristik The Conference A conference volume of “Schriftenreihe You are invited to the 14 th Annual der DGG – SDGG” will be prepared Meeting of the Geoheritage section of containing the abstracts submitted in the German Society for Geosciences time and the descriptions of the field and to ProGEO’s 6 th International trips. One page (A4) per abstract. Symposium on Conservation of Geo- Please comply with the guidelines for logical Heritage held simultaneously in authors of the SDGG, which may be the town of Hagen, Germany, in the downloaded from www.rvr- period between May 29 th and June 2 nd online.de/geopark/GeoTop_2010.php . 2010. Here you can find an example, which can be directly overwritten and Under the theme “ Geosites: Re- emailed. sources for the Public” aspects such as e.g., the interaction of mining and The publication of a proceedings vol- the protection of geosites, conservation ume is planned after the conference in of industrial and mining heritage and GeoHeritage. their geological background, and the impact of georesources on regional economic and cultural development will be discussed. “ Palaeontology and Ruhr Area National GeoPark Conservation of Geosites ” is the The venue of the conference, the city second theme for the conference, fo- of Hagen, is situated in the southern cussing both on the protection of fossil part of the Ruhr Area National sites and the presentation of palaeon- Geopark, and home of the “Vorhalle tological heritage to the public. Clay Pit”, well known as the location However, besides these two main where the earliest winged insects themes, contributions to the confer- worldwide were found. This outcrop of ence should reflect the whole range of Namurian claystones is only one of Geohertitage topics both from a re- three listed “German National Geo- gional point of view as well as in an sites” located in the GeoPark. Likewise international context. the auxiliary stratotype for the Devo- nian/Carboniferous boundary “Hassel- General information on the conference: bachtal” is found within the city boundaries. www.dgg.de The identity of the “Ruhrgebiet” (“Ruhr www.rvr- Area”) metropolitan region was formed online.de/geopark/GeoTop_2010.php by the economic development of re- cent centuries, which was based mainly on the use of the natural re- sources of the area. Geology and natu- Lectures and Posters ral resources are therefore critical fac- Length of oral presentations is 15 min tors for the identity of the Ruhr area. + 5 min discussion. Few landscapes in Europe demon- Please submit the abstract of your lec- strate the connection between their ture or poster by the 28 th February natural resources and the economic 2010 to and cultural development as clearly as Dipl.-Ing. Vera Mügge-Bartolovi ć the Ruhrgebiet in Germany. A geologi- [email protected] cal sequence of Devonian, Carbonifer- ous, and Permian age, partly covered by younger strata from the Cretaceous to the Holocene, contains numerous Departure/arrival: Parking area raw materials of economic value: Hard at “Stadthalle” Conference Cen- coal was the most important, but by far ter not the only valuable natural resource which gave rise to the economic de- Sunday, May 30 th (Field trips) velopment. Rich reserves of iron and 09.00am–06:00pm other ores also played a significant Field trips E1–E9, Depar- role. There are also highly valuable ture/arrival: Parking area at reserves of limestone and dolomite, “Stadthalle” Confer-ence Center even today of great importance for the supply of the steel mills and iron works 08.00pm of the area. One of the biggest salt Get-together-Party, “Stadthalle” mines in Germany is located in the Conference Center Ruhrgebiet. Sandstones quarried along the Ruhr Valley, sand and gravel found Monday, May 31 st (Conference, in the Rhine Lowlands and other raw Meetings) materials, e.g. clay used for the pro- 09.00am–05.00pm duction of bricks, played an important lectures role in the development of housing ar- 05.00pm–07.00pm eas and infrastructure. General assemblies of Fachsek- tion Geotop and ProGEO re- The Ruhr Area National Geopark acts spectively as a forum for all earth-science and geoheritage activities in the area. Its Tuesday. June 1 st (Conference, aim is to protect and develop the ob- Meetings) jects of geoheritage and to encourage 08.30am–10.30am activities of geotourism. Meeting of the Association of The Ruhr Area National Geopark pre- German GeoParks sents a mixture of natural and man- 10.45am–06.00pm made scenery, providing the opportu- lectures nity to visit hundreds of geosites and museums, walk along geotrails, and to Wednesday, June 2 nd (Conference) learn about scientific research insti- 08.30am–04.00pm tutes or the mining industry. lectures End of conference General information on the Ruhr Area National GeoPark: www.geopark- ruhrgebiet.de Within the scope of the Symposium more events are planned, which will be announced in the web under www.geopark-ruhrgebiet.de > GeoTop Programme 2010 Friday, May 28 th 2010 (Arrival, Regis- tration) 08.00pm informal meeting in Hotel Mer- Venue cure, Hagen Conference Center Stadthalle Hagen Saturday, May 29 th (Field trips) Wasserloses Tal 2 09.00am–06.00pm D-58093 Hagen Field trips E1–E9 Information: www.stadthalle-hagen.de Field trips E5 (Siegwarth): Hagen: “Kaisberg” E1 (Brix): Mississippian and Penn- Geotrail and “Werdringen Castle” sylvanian in the southern Ruhr Ba- Museum sin (1) “Kaisberg” Geotrail: 5,5 km walk, 10 (1) Wuppertal-Riescheid: Railway-cut interpretative panels on regional geol- (2) Neviges: Kopfstation, Wallmichrath, ogy, nature and cultural history Zippenhaus (3) Deilbachtal: former (2) Werdingen Castle: Museum of “Klotz” brickworks, Deilbachtal-quarry Earth- and Early History (Regional Ge- (4) Essen-Kupferdreh: Kammann- ology) brücke (5) Essen-Heisingen: former Carl Funke Mine (6) Essen-Werden: E6 (Mutterlose, Hiss): Geosites in Löwental, Pastoratsberg the Cretaceous of the south-western Münster Basin E2 (Gielisch): Geology and Mining (1) Fröndenberg-Wilhelmshöhe: Bis- Heritage in Dortmund and Witten marck´s Tower (2) Fröndenberg- (Carboniferous, Cretaceous, Pleis- Frömern: Variscan Unconformity tocene) (3) Unna-Mülhausen: Bimbgertal Quar- (1) Witten: “Düren Switzerland” ries (4) Unna-Mülhausen: Karst springs (2) Dortmund-Löttringhausen: Finefrau- (5) Unna-Königsborn: former salt Conglomerate (3) Dortmund-Hohen- works (6) Soest: Sandstone Quarry, syburg: “Graf Wittekind” historic mine Museum of Sandstone Use (underground visit) (4) Herdecke: (7) Beckum: Quarry of Cement-Plant Schiffswinkel (5) Witten-Muttental: Nightingale Mine (6) Witten-Stockum: E7 (Piecha, Ribbert): Selected Geo- pleistocene valley (7) Dortmund-Bö- sites in the northern Rhenish Moun- vinghausen: former Zollern 2/4 Mine tains (1) Hagen-Ambrock: Lower Devonian E3 (Schollmeyer, Gawlik, Skupin): (2) Hagen-Hohenlimburg: Middle De- Pleistocene landscape of the Lower vonian Limestons (3) Iserlohn: clastic Rhine Valley Middle Devonian (4) Hemer Becke- (1) Sonsbeck: Terminal moraine, Oese: Lower Carboniferous (5) Men- Sander, Geotrail and lookout-tower (2) den: Lower Permian Kempen-Tönisberg: Terminal moraine (3) Mettmann: Neandertal, location of E8 (Marx, Keil, Buch, Scheer): “Mül- the first finding of Neanderthal man, heimer Bodenschätze“ interpretati- museum ve trail and „Rauen“ Quarry (1) Mülheim: Two sections (2 km each) E4 (Wohnlich, Wisotzky, Schiffer, of the „Mülheimer Bodenschätze“ in- Lenk): Hydrogeology of the Ruhr terpreative trail (presentation of soils Area sciences, geology and natural history (1) Essen-Burgaltendorf: Water recov- by hands-on-installations) (2) “Rauen” ery in the Ruhr Valley (2) Bochum- Quarry: Variscan Unconformity (Car- Linden: Mine water management boniferous, Cretaceous) (3) Herne, Gut Steinhausen: Water management in mining-subsidence E9 (Regionalverband Ruhr): From areas (4) Gelsenkirchen-Resse: Mining the “Coal Pot” to the European subsidence areas (5) Bochum-Gerte: Capital of Culture (Eastern part) Natural spring horizons (6) Unna- (1) Dortmund-Huckarde: former “Han- Mülhausen: Karst springs sa” coking-plant (2) Castrop-Rauxel: Erin Mine (3) Herne: „Teutoburgia“ mi- ners quarter (4) Herne-Sodingen: Mont Cenis Mine (5) Herne/ Reckling- E14 (Stottrop, Scheer): Ruhr Muse- hausen: „Hoheward“ mine dump, Em- um/ Zeche Zollverein / Industrial na- scher landscape park (6) Dortmund: ture former steel mill „Phoenix“ Essen-Katernberg: (1) Ruhr-Museum (Geological collections and exhibits) E10 (Regionalverband Ruhr): From (2) Zeche Zollverein (UNESCO World the “Coal Pot” to the European Heritage Site) (3) Development of plant Capital of Culture (Western part) assemblages on former industrial sites (1) Duisburg-Meiderich: North-Duis- burg landscape park (former steel mill) The number of participants on the field (2) Oberhausen-Osterfeld: “Eisenheim” trips is limited to 30 persons per trip. workers quarter (3) Essen-Katernberg: Early application and payment guaran- Zeche Zollverein (UNESCO World He- tees your seat. ritage Site) (4) Herne/Recklinghausen: „Hoheward“ mine dump, Emscher landscape park Touristic programme E11 (Schmidt-Rutsch): Geology and