IAS Bureau and Council President: Poppe de Boer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands: [email protected]
Past-President: Finn Surlyk, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: [email protected]
Vice-Presidents: Daniel Ariztegui, University of Geneva, Switzerland: [email protected] Hiroki Matsuda, Kumamoto University, Japan: [email protected] Dilce Rossetti, INPE, Sao Paulo, Brazil: [email protected]
General Secretary: Vincenzo Pascucci, University of Sassari, Italy: [email protected]
Treasurer: Marc De Batist, Ghent University, Belgium: [email protected]
Deputy Treasurer: Patric Jacobs, Ghent University, Belgium: [email protected]
Editors: Peter Swart, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, USA: [email protected] Stephen Rice, University of Loughborough, UK: [email protected]
Special Publications Thomas Stevens, Royal Holloway, University of Secretary: London, UK: [email protected] Paul Carling, University of Southampton, UK: [email protected]
Council Members: Ana María Alonso-Zarza, University Complutense Madrid, Spain: [email protected] Sergio Matheos, University de La Plata, Argentina: [email protected] Isabel Montañez, University of California Davis, USA: [email protected] Igor Vlahovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia: [email protected] Seung Soon Chun, Chonnam National University, South Korea: [email protected] Hildegard Westphal, MARUM, University Bremen, Germany: [email protected] Jiaxin Yan, China University of Geosciences, China: [email protected]
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CONTENTS
5 Annual Report of the IAS 8 IAS Financial Report 9 Report of the ISC PHD-Student Field Course (Argentina 2010) 13 14th International Meeting of Carbonate Sedimentologists: The Bathurst Meeting 2011 14 ISTT – International School on Travertine and Tufa 18 4th IAS Summer School Announcement 20 Announcements 25 IAS Postgraduate Scheme 26 Allocated Grant 27 Calendar
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REPORT
Annual Report of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
The International Association of almost all over the world (Asia, America, Sedimentologists was founded in 1952. Europe). Its objectives are the promotion of the The IAS published 7 issues of its study of Sedimentology by publications, journal Sedimentology comprising discussion, and comparison of research about 1800 pages in total, IF 2.114 and results, by encouraging the interchange ISI Journal of Citation Report for 2009 of research through international of 5:50 (Geology). The electronic paper collaboration, and by favouring handling of the journal is working integration with other disciplines. smoothly. Sedimentology is accompanied by a Newsletter, and a Accomplishments in 2010 new IAS homepage The IAS held the 18th IAS (www.sedimentologists.org) has been International Sedimentological Congress realized and regularly updated with the in Mendoza, Argentina, from September last news and event occurring into the 26th to October 1st. More than 800 Association. Trough the web page all participants represented 51 countries. IAS members have free access to all The Conference offered The congress Sedimentology issues and to the offered oral and poster presentations Special Publication edited until 2005. along 11 Technical Sessions, 10 Special The IAS friendship scheme for Session, 5 short courses and 8 field- scientists and libraries in developing trips (including the one for IAS Student) countries continues was for 2010. Forty- were run trough the all Argentina and seven individuals and 36 libraries benefit part of the Brazil Furthermore, the IAS from it. The IAS Postgraduate Grant co-sponsored conferences and Scheme offered 21 grants, ranging from workshops in Spain (Deep Water 750 to 1000 Euros, to young researchers Circulation: Processes & Products) and from 10 different countries. UK (Landscape into Rock). Membership reaches up 1.488 A lecture tour developed by Prof. subscribers from 68 countries in the Judith A. McKenzie, has been running year 2010.
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IAS Website: www.sedimentologists.org
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John Bridge is receiving the Sorby Medals from the IAS President Finn Surlyk.
Prof. John Bridge, Binghamton published and five Special Publications University, USA, received the Sorby and two Field Guides are in preparation. Medeal during the 18th ISC in Mendoza We will continue to publish high- and M.E. Tucker and J. Hudson become quality science, and to organize and honorary members. sponsor top-level research conferences and meetings. However, we also want Goals for 2011 to encourage young sedimentologists th The 28 IAS Meeting of from countries where research Sedimentology will be held in Zaragoza possibilities are less well established, th th (Spain), from 5 to 8 July, 2011. The and where funding is lacking. We do Association will also co-sponsor this through our friendship and grant meetings and workshops in United schemes, and by paying travel expenses Kingdom, Netherland and Italy. to international congresses and field On 2011 the 4th IAS International workshops. Summer School will be organized in Albania from 8 to 25 September. Thirty Funding postgraduate students and six senior IAS is funded by membership fees. All sedimentologists will participate at this officers work for free, and there are no school. permanent staff or formal headquarters. The journal Sedimentology will again appear with 7 issues. Special Vincenzo Pascucci Pubblication N. 42 is just been General Secretary
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IAS Financial Report
Balance sheet and income statement for the year ended June 30, 2009
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18th International Sedimentological Congress IAS Ph.D. Students Field Course: Sedimentation and Controls in a Retroarc Foreland Basin - An example at the Foot of The Andes
During the 18th International student members was offered. The idea Sedimentological Congress in the city of for this activity originated during the last Mendoza in Argentina, the first Pre- IAS Summer School in 2009, at Congress Course exclusively for IAS Carboneras in Spain. In a meeting
Group photograph of IAS Phd student field course at the foot of the Andes.
9 IAS NwLtr 232 February 2011 towards the end of the Summer School, researchers, Prof David McDonald students and lecturers concluded it would (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) and Dr be interesting to foster further interaction Martín Muravchik (University of between IAS student members from all Manchester). over the world. As a result, Judith Aim of the Pre-Congress Course was McKenzie generously offered to help with to study part of the sedimentary record the organization of a field trip before the of the Andean Foreland Basin at IAS International Congress in Mendoza. Potrerillos, a small town located 40 km Professors, researchers and PhD students to the west of the city of Mendoza. of the Centro de Investigaciones This location was chosen due the Geológicas at La Plata, Argentina - a excellent quality of the outcrops in the centre supported jointly by the area, which were ideal to learn about Universidad Nacional de La Plata, and the sedimentation and controls in a CONICET (National Council of retroarc foreland basin, in this case at Scientificand Technological Research) - the foot of the Andes. As the main organized a field trip to Potrerillos, near pedagogical objective was to stimulate the venue of the Congress. Twenty-eight the interactivities among students, the IAS student members from thirteen activities were conducted in three different countries - Argentina, Brazil, stops, which covered from the Colombia, Spain, France, Germany, the observation of the framework of the Netherlands, India, Italy, New Zealand, basin in the context of the Andes to Switzerland, Turkey and Venezuela - the detailed logging of the outcrops attended the course, as well as two guest chosen. The main facies and facies
Students drawing a sketch of the outrcops while they discuss with the instructor Gonzalo Veiga.
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Martin Muravchik, one of the researchers invited, discuss with Nina Joseph and Ulrike van Raden. In the back Diego Froes e Souza and Roej Henniger compares theirs sketch.
One of the Stops of the field course. General view of the Neogene Basin near the town of Potrerillos.
Students walking down from the Cerro Cocodrilo.
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activity across the Andean fold and thrust belt and climate. The activities were accompanied by wonderful weather, together with a friendly atmosphere among the participants. At the end of the journey, to encourage the bonding among the group, a warm closing dinner was organized in a typical Argentine winery, where everyone enjoyed regional foods and wine in a warm, cheerful environment. Thanks to the support of the IAS, which made the activity affordable to students, this first Pre- Congress Course for IAS student members was possible. All in all, the interaction between IAS student members from all around the world in this type of events is an invaluable Lunch time in the shadow of experience in any student’s personal and the Alamo’s trees. scientific development. The Organizing associations and the geometry of the Team would like to thank Judith sedimentary bodies were specially McKenzie for her commitment and analyzed by means of detailed passion, and the Bureau of the IAS for sedimentological logging and the their constant support. observation of architectural elements The Field Trip Team: Luis A. Spalletti, to define the main processes of Daniel G. Poiré, Gonzalo D. Veiga, Juan deposition and the sedimentary R. Franzese, Leandro D´Elia, Augusto N. environments of accumulation. Varela, Sebastian M. Richiano, Leandro Based on collected data and Perez & Andrés Bilmes. sedimentological interpretations, the Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas participants were able to establish (UNLP-CONICET). relationships between sedimentation and allocyclic controls, such as tectonic [email protected]
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14th International Meeting of Carbonate Sedimentologists: The Bathurst Meeting 2011
The 14th Bathurst Meeting is being new perspectives on Chalk Group held in Bristol, England, from 12th-14th sedimentology, and karst + palaeokarst July 2011, with both pre- and post- in the Carboniferous limestones of the meeting field excursions. As with Mendip Hills. Accommodation and previous Bathurst meetings the social events will be held in the emphasis will be on presentation and University of Bristol and in the discussion of new results at the historical city. We would like to leading edge of carbonate research. welcome anyone working on any The meeting will retain its traditionally aspect of carbonates: including friendly and informal style, with a sedimentology, diagenesis, single session of talks, extended time geochemistry, palaeoenvironments, and for lively discussions, and dedicated more. For more information please see poster sessions. Field trips include the the website: Jurassic Coast World Heritage sites, www.bristol.ac.uk/bathurst2011 diagenesis and mineralisation in the Please note that the deadline for Carboniferous limestones of North abstract submission will be 11th March Wales and the Isle of Man, Triassic 2011. Registration and abstract lacustrine carbonates of South Wales, submission will open in early January.
Dr Jim Hendry Principal Lecturer School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth Burnaby Building Burnaby Road Portsmouth PO1 3QL T: +0/44 2392 842272 F: +0/44 2392 842244 [email protected] www.port.ac.uk/sees
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ISTT – International School on Travertine and Tufa
Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena-Italy) 5th-9th September 2011
R ecent studies have demonstrated that and the environmental conditions extended and detailed paleoclimatic prevailing at the time of their records can be obtained from the deposition. sedimentological, stratigraphic and Our intention is that the school will geochemical analysis of freshwater afford a hand both for young carbonates. Extracting researchers and for those wishing to paleoenvironmental information from expand their knowledge of terrestrial these sequences is now an important carbonate process and product. Our application within Quaternary school will encourage the informal geoscience. Described in many works cross-disciplinary interchange of under the general term «travertine», information which at present is freshwater carbonate are today increasingly polarizing into a number of separated into travertines and topical research areas. calcareous tufa on the basis of their Venue constructional, petrological, geochemical and isotopic characteristics The 2011 ISTT will take place in all of which reflect the physico- Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena Italy), at chemical conditions of the parent the Monte Amiata Mines National Park waters and depositing environments. (www.parcoamiata.it/index.php). Travertines, in terms of thermal Abbadia San Salvatore is located in continental carbonates, also consist of Southern Tuscany about 110 km helpful tools to investigate on the deep southeast of Florence and about 60 km hydrothermal circulation in geothermal southeast of Siena, on the hillside of areas, and play a fundamental role for the Pleistocene Monte Amiata Volcano, tectonic reconstructions. where one of the most important This proposed school will stimulate geothermal area of Italy is centered. and act as a focal point for the Abbadia San Salvatore was also the interchange of new potential mining capital for the Hg exploitation information on terrestrial carbonates during the last century, up to thirty
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years ago. The Monte Amiata area is Quaternary Science) located in a fantastic naturalistic Earth Science Department, University scenery at the boundary with many of Siena (Italy) famous areas (Val d’Orcia) and historical Earth Science Department, University towns (Siena, Pienza etc.). The town is of Florence (Italy) named after the Abbey of the same Scientific program name. The area was once important for the extraction of cinnabar in the world. The School is planned around five Attractions in the town include the days. First three days will dedicated to medieval borough, the Palazzo della specific lectures presented by Potestà (15th century) and the church internationally respected terrestrial of Santa Croce. carbonate specialists or experts of The summer warm climate is geological disciplines essential to generally sunny, and in September, the improve the approach to the study of average temperature is about 25°C. freshwater carbonates. Invited keynote Abbadia San Salvatore can be speakers who have already accepted to reached by car and coach. Closest give presentations are: international airports are Pisa, Florence M. Pedley University of Hull, and Rome. More detailed information U.K. will be provided in the second circular. A. Minissale IGG-CNR - Flo Language rence English will be the official language A. Bertini, University of of the school. M. Ricci Florence, Italy The school has been supported by the following organizations that are C. Arenas-Abad University of greatly acknowledged: Zaragoza, Spain IAS (International Association of N. Horvatincic Rudjer Boskovic Sedimentologists) Institute, Zagreb, AIQUA (Italian Association of Croatia
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A. Brogi, lectures. After the meeting we will E. Capezzuoli, University of explore the possibility to realize a A. Gandin Siena, Italy thematic special issue in an international journal, where all S. Kele University of Buda presentations will be potentially pest, Hungary inserted. More details will be available D. Liotta University of Bari, in the next circular. Italy Field trips Problems addressed by the experts in The last two days of the ISTT will be their keynote lectures will regard litho- devoted to a field excursion to the and biofacies associations; petrology; travertines and tufas of Tuscany paleoenvironmental reconstruction; the (including Rapolano Terme, Valdelsa role of microbial biofilms in tufa/ and Bagni San Filippo). Southern travertine precipitation; tufa/travertine Tuscany was chosen to provide the field and tectonics interrelationships; the use venue on account of its abundant and of isotope geochemical and palynology well preserved Pleistocene to Recent in paleoclimatic reconstructions; the role hot-water and ambient-temperature of travertine to locate active faults; the carbonate deposits. These excursions role of the travertine systems to will focus on the major controls on investigate the low and high freshwater carbonate development. temperature geothermal reservoirs. Participants to the ISTT are warmly Accomodation invited to present their work for Accommodation can be arranged in discussion as oral or poster Abbadia San Salvatore. Details for presentation during the three-days of convenient hotels and B&B in various
16 IAS NwLtr 232 February 2011 price range will be posted in the school July 2011 - Confirmation to website and indicated in the second participants of registration and circular. accommodation. Final program sent out to participants, containing all the Travel support information about ISTT. Information will be posted soon regarding IAS financial support for Further information participation (travel grants for See www.dst.unisi.it/ISTT.htm students). For specific information about the school, please contact the Organizers: School Calendar January 2011 - Distribution of the First Enrico Capezzuoli Circular and Preliminary Registration ([email protected]) Form. Andrea Brogi March 2011 - Deadline for returning ([email protected]) preliminary registration form. Adele Bertini April 2011 - Distribution of the Second Circular with details of field trips. ([email protected]) June 2011 - Deadline for payment of Marianna Ricci registration fees. ([email protected])
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ANNOUNCEMENT
4th IAS International Summer School Announcement
Attention IAS Student Members
Preparations for the 4th IAS next Summer School will cover the International Summer School are general topics of «Carbonate currently underway. The theme of the Reservoirs, Sedimentology, Diagenesis
View to Miocene Lithothamnium reefs near the village of Kremenara (Central Albania).
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Oil covered platform limestones (fracture controlled) near the city of Kruja (Central Albania). and Fracturing». It will be held in forthcoming in the April 2011 issue Central and Southern Albania from 18 of the IAS Newsletter and thereafter – 25 September 2011 under the on the new IAS website leadership of Rudy Swennen (K.U. (www.sedimentologists.org/), where Leuven, Belgium). This field course applications to attend will be aims to give a comprehensive training accepted. in carbonate sedimentology (shallow platform and deep marine limestones and dolomite) and diagenesis, Judith A. McKenzie addressing the major early to late Helmut Weissert diagenetic processes controlling ETH-Zurich reservoir properties. Details will be Switzerland
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Here in the following the calendar of program (3rd Circular) and the 28th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, abstracts available in the web 5th-8th July 2011 page July 3/4th-5th, 2011 - Pre- February 2011 - on-line congress field trips A1-A7 payment of registration open July 5th, 2011 - Registration and February 15th, 2011 - Deadline icebreak party at the Boston for submission of abstracts Hotel (evening) March 15th, 2011 - Evaluation July 6th-8th, 2011 - Scientific of abstracts and e-mail of sessions- 28th IAS Meeting acceptance sent to authors. July 9th-10/11th, 2011 - Post- March 15th, 2011 - Deadline for congress field trips B1-B7 payment of registration (conference, field trips) For more info, please visit: June 20th, 2011 - Final www.sedimentologists.org/meetings/ims
Zaragoza, Spain
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Coastal Environments @ Zaragoza
In the next 28th IAS Regional Meeting in topics dealt with by many studies on Zaragoza (5-8 July 2011) a session on coastal evolution. The climate warming Coastal environments will be proposed. trend and the associated ever increasing Here the main targets it will be addressed. melting of glaciers suggest future sea- Climate change and sea level level rise. However the duration and fluctuations are nowadays one of the extent of these events is not known. crucial. These processes and events have
Coastal environments in Patagonia (Lago Argentino).
21 IAS NwLtr 232 February 2011 occurred in the past during glacial and coastal areas, including construction of interglacial times and have left clear defensive structures, utilization of evidence that could be utilized to coastal areas for tourism or other understand and surmise what could activities, and inland management of happen in the future. water courses and extraction of fluvial The principal objectives of the deposits. session are: (1) to focus analysis on the Suitable contributions to this session morphology, dynamics and sediments will be published in a Special of selected past and present pristine Publication of major international coastal environments from the Arctic agency. to subtropical tectonically stable For further information contact: regions; (3) to compare and contrast changes in costal environments Vincenzo Pascucci associated with eustatic and isostatic ([email protected]) movements; (3) to examine the impact I. Peter Martini of human activities on the evolution of ([email protected])
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Carbonate Platforms @ Zaragoza
We would like to invite you to submit Regional Meeting in Zaragoza, 5-8 July an abstract for the Session T2b: 2011). Carbonate Platforms (Theme 2: Marine This technical session (T2b) will focus Depositional Environments, 28th IAS on the broad spectrum of marine
(T2b-1) - Sierra del Cuera Carboniferous carbonate platform (Asturias, N-Spain).
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(T2b-2) - the Jebel Bou Dahar carbonate platform margin and slope (Lower Juras- sic, High Altas, Morocco). carbonate depositional systems from through time and space; c) the intrinsic modern settings and the geological and extrinsic controlling factors on record. It aims to provide a forum for carbonate platform growth and the presentation of research outcomes geometry evolution. and innovative ideas regarding The deadline for abstract processes and products of carbonate submission is due on the 15th of sediment accumulation. We welcome February 2011. abstracts for talks and posters contributing to the following themes a) Conveners: the facies character, architecture and Juan R. Bahamonde depositional models of carbonate ([email protected]) systems, b) the different types of Giovanna Della Porta carbonate factories and their variability ([email protected]).
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IAS Postgraduate Grant Scheme www.sedimentologists.org/members/pgs
IAS has established a grant scheme Research proposal - 2 pages (500 designed to help PhD students with their words) studies. We are offering to support Bibliography - ½ page (125 words) postgraduates in their fieldwork, data Budget - ½ page (125 words) acquisition and analysis, visits to other Curriculum Vitae – 1 page (250 institutes to use specialised facilities, or words) participation in field excursions directly Recommendation letter (or e-mail) related to the PhD research subject. from the supervisor supporting the Up to 10 grants, each of about applicant is mandatory and the research 1000 are awarded twice a year. These proposal must be sent directly to the grants are available for IAS members Treasurer of IAS by the application only, and only for PhD students. deadline. Students enrolled in MSc programs are All requests must be done via the NOT eligible for grants. Research grants Postgraduate Grant Scheme are NOT given for travel to attend a application form on the IAS website scientific conference, NOR for (www.sedimentologists.org/members/ acquisition of equipment. Student pgs-guidelines). The form contains travel grants for conferences can be additional assistance details for usually obtained directly from completing the request organizers of the meeting.The Grant Guidelines for letter from supervisor Scheme Guidelines provide a summary of required information needed for The letter from the supervisor should successful a Grant Application. provide an evaluation of the capability Applications are evaluated on the basis of the student to carry out the of the scientific merits of the problems, proposed research, the significance and the capability of the researcher, and necessity of the research, and reasonableness of the budget. reasonableness of the budget request. Supervisor’s Letter Guidelines list the The letter must be sent directly to the information needed. Treasurer of IAS by post or e-mail by the application deadline (Marc De IAS Grant Scheme Guidelines Batist, The application should be concise Department of Geology and Soil and informative and contains the Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan following information (limit your 281/S8, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM. E- application to 4 pages): mail: [email protected]). An
25 IAS NwLtr 232 February 2011 application form is available on Facilities: Briefly list research (www.sedimentologists.org/members/ and study facilities available to pgs-guidelines) you, such as field and laboratory equipment, Grant application computers, library. Research Proposal – Bibliography – provide a list of Title key (5-10) publications that are Introduction: Introduce the relevant to your proposed topic and provide relevant research. The list should show background information; that you have done adequate summarise previous work by background research on your you or others. Provide the project and are assured that context for your proposed study your methodology is solid and in terms of geography, geology, that the project has not been and /or scientific discipline. done already. Motivation: It should have a Budget – Provide a brief clearly written hypothesis or a summary of the total cost of well-explained research problem the research. Clearly indicate of geologic significance. It the amount (in euros) being should explain why it is requested. State specifically important. Simply collecting what the IAS grant funds will data without an objective is not be used for. considered wise use of resources. Curriculum Vitae - Name, Methods: Outline the research postal address, e-mail address, strategy (methods) that you plan university education (degrees to use to solve the problem in & dates), work experience, the field and/or in the laboratory. awards and scholarships, Please include information on independent research projects, data collection, data analyses, your abstracts and and data interpretation. publications.
Application deadlines: 1st session: March 31 2nd session: September 30
Recipient notification: 1st session: before June 30 2nd session: before December 31
Postgraduate Grant Scheme 2010, 2nd sesión Allocated (10)
Application deadline: 30 September 2010
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Calendar
19th Meeting of Swiss Sedimentologists 26th February, André Strasser 2011 Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland Switzerland [email protected] www.swisssed.ch
AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATES, PAST LANDSCAPES AND CIVILIZATIONS * 21sr-25th March, Peter Clift 2011 University of Aberdeen, UK Santa Fe, New Mexico [email protected] USA www.agu.org/meetings/chapman/2010/ecall/
EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION (EGU)* 3rd-8th April, http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011 2011 Vienna Austria
Ottawa 2011: GAC - MAC - SEG - SGA annual meeting
25th–27th May, Simon Hanmer 2011 Geological Survey of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, [email protected] Canada www.gacmacottawa2011.ca
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11th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes and the 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides 2nd-8th June, Corey Froese 2011 [email protected] Banff, Alberta, [email protected] Canada www.isl-nasl2012.ca
Central European Meeting of Sedimentology - Sediment 2011
23rd-26th June, [email protected] 2011 Leipzig Germany
28th IAS MEETING OF SEDIMENTOLOGY *
5th-8th July, Marc Aurell 2011 University of Zaragoza Zaragoza, [email protected] Spain
14th INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGISTS: THE BATHURST MEETING 2011* 12th-14th July, Jim Hendry 2011 University of Portsmouth Bristol [email protected] England www.bristol.ac.uk/bathurst2011/
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON TRAVERTINES AND TUFASS (ISTT)* 5th–11th September, Enrico Capezzuoli 2011 University of Siena Abbadia San Salvatore, Siena [email protected] Italy
Annual Meeting of the Italian Association of Sedimentary Geology (GeoSed) 27th–28th September Daniela Ruberti 2011 Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli Caserta [email protected] Italy www.geosed.it
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7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology (ICAMG-7)
11 th-14th October, 2011 V. Ramaswamy National Institute of [email protected] Oceanography (CSIR), Goa, http://icamg7.nio.org India
Iavcei - IAS 4th International Maar Conference: A Multidisciplinary Congress on Monogenetic Volcanism 2012 20th–24th February Karoly Nemeth 2012 Volcanic Risk Solutions, Auckland, CS-INR, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand New Zealand [email protected]
29th IAS MEETING OF SEDIMENTOLOGY *
10th-13th September, Hans-Jürgen Gawlick 2012 University of Leoben Leoben, [email protected] Austria
* THESE EVENTS HAVE FULL OR PARTIAL IAS SPONSORSHIP
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