Field Workshops/Excursions and Symposia

The scheduled field workshops/excursions and symposia see Timetable.

The coming events are:

7. IGCP 572: Permo-Triassic ecosystems session and workshop; 3rd International Palaeontological Congress (IPC 3), London; June 28 to July 3, 2010 IGCP 572 is organizing a thematic session addressing the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and subsequent recovery and a half-day workshop on the microbial ecosystem following the end-Permian mass extinction. More information can be found at the following link: http://www.ipc3.org>, <http://www.igcp572.org>.

6. IGCP 572: 2010 Meeting and Field Workshop in South China, International Conference of Geobiology (ICG2010), China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China; 3-6 June, 2010

IGCP 572 is one of major sponsors of the ICG2010 and will organize three sessions: Permian/Triassic (P/Tr) mass extinction, Triassic restoration of marine ecosystems and Global distribution of Early Triassic microbialites at the IGC, Wuhan in the summer of 2010. The symposium aims to update the studies on the P/Tr mass extinction and possible causes, investigate the restoration mechanisms and processes of marine ecosystems following the P/Tr mass extinction through studies of biostratigraphy, palaeontology, palaeoecology, sedimentology, geochemistry and biogeochemistry, and elucidate the growing mechanisms and environmental significance of the Early Triassic microbialites. Three potential field excursions are also organized before and after the symposium: 1) Meishan-Chaohu excursion route: examining the P/Tr mass extinction and its aftermath from platform ramp to basin setting; 2) Guizhou excursion route: assessing recovery pattern and processes of palaeo-communities in various facies settings; 3) Southern Tibet excursion route: collapse and re-building of marine ecosystems in Gondwana margins. Funds are available to help students and presenters to participate in the meeting and field excursions. Abstract submission deadline is 10 December, 2009.

More information can be found at the following link: http://www.geobiology.net.cn/2010meeting>, <http://www.igcp572.org>. Any questions, please contact organizers Jinnan Tong <jntong@cug.edu.cn> or Zhong Qiang Chen <zqchen@cyllene.uwa.edu.au>.

5. IGCP 572: Recovery of ecosystems after the P-Tr mass extinction: Field workshop in Oman, Gutech of Muscat, Oman, 20-26 February, 2010 (Oman 2010) The field workshop aims to investigate the recovery of ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction through analyses of the rock and fossil records via studies of biostratigraphy, paleontology, paleoecology, sedimentology, geochemistry and biogeochemistry in Oman, which was situated at the northern margins of the Gondwana during the P/Tr transition.Scientific Committe for the Fieldworkshop: Michaela Bernecker (GUtech, Muscat), Sylvie Crasquin (Paris), Alda Nicora (Milano), Aymon Baud (Lausanne), Charles Henderson (Calgary), Leopold Krystyn (Vienna) and Oliver Weidlich (Kassel). Tentative Costs of the 6 days field workshop; total 750.- €: Conference fee at GUtech: 150.-€; Fieldtrip: 600.-€ (4 1/2 days);Registration opens in mid-August, 2009 and Abstract submission deadline: October 15, 2009

For further info contact Michaela Bernecker: michaela.bernecker@gutech.edu.om or Aymon Baud aymon.baud@unil.ch; Small grants are available project member to apply and assist people from developing countries to participate in this event.

4. IGCP 572: Ecosystem evolution over the Permian-Triassic transition, 10th Paleontological Society of China Congress & 25th CPC, Nanjing, China, 14-17 October, 2009

This symposium aims to update the studies on ecosystem collapse and re-building over the Permian-Triassic transition based on sedimentary and fossil records from South China. There is a growing number of new P/Tr boundary and Lower-Middle Triassic sections studied in South China in recent years. The IGCP 572 symposium hopes to offer opportunities for various Chinese working groups to communicate their new discoveries obtained from the newly found P/Tr boundary and Triassic sections. The IGCP 572 session also provides unique opportunity for non-Chinese working groups to communicate directly with various Chinese researchers, and thus bridge their collaborations in short future. Small funds are available to help students and presenters from countries outside China. More information can be found at the following link: <http://www.china-psc.org.cn>, <http://www.igcp572.org>.Any questions, please contact organizers Jinnan Tong <jntong@cug.edu.cn> or Zhong Qiang Chen <zqchen@cyllene.uwa.edu.au>.

3. IGCP 572 is also sponsoring a session at the “International Conference for Evolution of Tethys from Palaeozoic to Mesozoic” at Angara, Turkey and organizing an annual field excursion in southern Turkey in August 31 to September, 6, 2009.

Conveners: Sylvie Crasquin, Steve Kershaw, Aymon Baud.

A small grant is available from IGCP 572 (Permian-Triassic Ecosystems) to help defray meeting costs for project members. If you are interested in applying for funds from the IGCP, please contact either Sylvie Crasquin (sylvie.crasquin@upmc.fr) or Steve Kershaw (stephen.kershaw@brunel.ac.uk) or Aymon Baud (aymon.baud@unil.ch) as soon as possible.

2. IGCP 572 Session at the 2009 North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC 2009), June 21-26, 2009, the University of Cincinnati, USA. Please see IGCP 572 Session announcement.

Small fund is available to aid your attendence of the session. If you are intereted in applying the small grant, please fill out the application form and return it to Dr. Margaret Fraiser as soon as possible. The application deadline is February 12, 2009.

We just have had a highly successful IGCP572 business meeting and a great P-Tr thematic session at NAPC, Cincinnati, 21-25 June, 2009.

Past meetings:

1. IGCP 572 session joint with Session HPF-13 (8th of August) at the 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, August 4-16, 2008;