Re: Permian of Eastern Tethys Conference

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Dear Colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to an International Conference being
planned by us on
PERMIAN OF EASTERN TETHYS: BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, PALAEOGEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES,
to be held 
at Deakin University, Rusden Campus, Melbourne, Australia 30 November - 3
December 1997. The attached is the first circular and call for papers and
expression of interest. If interested, please contact me on:

Dr. Guang R. Shi,
Earth Sciences Section,
School of Aquatic Science and Natural Resources Management,
Deakin University, Rusden Campus,
662 Blackburn Road, Clayton,
Victoria 3168
AUSTRALIA.

Tel 61-3-9244 7276;
Fax: 61-3-9244 7134;
email: grshi@deakin.edu.au

Alternatively, you can contact the Secretariat for the proposed conference
at the address given below.


With kindest regards!





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            International Conference on 
             PERMIAN OF EASTERN TETHYS: 
   BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, PALAEOGEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

to be held at Deakin University, Rusden Campus, Melbourne, Australia
                30 November - 3 December 1997


First Circular and Invitation


INVITATION:
The Organising Committee cordially invites you to join your colleagues at
the first international 
conference on The Permian of Eastern Tethys:  Biostratigraphy,
Palaeogeography and Resources, 
to be held at Deakin University, Melbourne, between 30 November-3 December ‘97.

OBJECTIVES:
In many respects, the Permian Period has been regarded as a critical turning
point in geological history.  Economically, the Permian System is also
extremely important as it contains extensive black coals, metalliferous
deposits and locally significant quantities of oil and gas.  This conference
is designed to improve our current understanding of the System, with
particular emphasis on the Eastern Tethys region.

THEMES:
The conference will be structured into seven main themes:
· Permian stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeontology of peri-Gondwanan
and eastern Asian terranes;
· Antitropical (bipolar) distribution of Permian biota and
biostratigraphical/palaeoclimatic implications;
· Permian palaeogeography and climate of Eastern Tethys;
· Permian migration pathways of biotas in Eastern Tethys;
· Correlation of Permian sequences between Gondwanan, Tethyan and Boreal Realms;
· Distribution of Permian coal deposits in relation to climate and
palaeogeography;
· Geochronology and boundaries of the Permian Period.

PAPERS AND POSTERS:
The Organising Committee now calls for titles, abstracts and papers from
intending participants.  The abstract volume will be published as a special
issue of the Deakin University, School of Aquatic Science and Natural
Resources Management Technical Paper Series (with ISBN number).  Abstracts
to be included in the abstracts volume will be required as photo-ready copy,
disc or email by July 1997.  Abstracts may be up to three A4 pages in length
(both illustrations and references inclusive).  Posters are also welcomed.

PUBLICATIONS:
We anticipate that refereed and accepted papers will be published either as
a book or as a monograph/special issue of an international journal series.
A paper must be presented (either orally or in poster) before being
considered for publication.

FIELD EXCURSIONS:

Two excursions are being planned:
1. During-conference excursion:
A full-day during-conference excursion is planned to examine the classic
Permian Gondwanan glacial sequence in the Bacchus Marsh area, about 60
kilometres from Melbourne (Non-marine Triassic and Tertiary outcrops can
also be examined on the same excursion).

2. Post-Conference excursion:southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales
This post-conference excursion will take place between 4-7 December 1997, to
examine the Permian sedimentary sequences (both marine and non-marine) of
the southern Sydney Basin along the southeastern coast of New South Wales.
Participants will have the opportunity to collect abundant Permian,
brachiopod bivalve, gastropod, bryozoan, trace and plant fossils.  The
excursion will end in Sydney on 7 December 1997.  Participants who are to
attend the PAFF conference will be dropped off at Wollongong.  For more
details of PAFF conference, see the “Special Note for Participants” below.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Co-organisers:
Dr Guang R. Shi, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Neil W. Archbold, Deakin University, Rusden Campus, Melbourne,
Australia.
Professor Clinton B. Foster, Australian Geological Survey Organisation,
Canberra, Australia.
Dr Ian Metcalfe, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Dr Stephen McLoughlin, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Advisers:
Professor Yin Hong-fu, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Dr J.M. Dickins, Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra, Australia.

REGISTRATION, EXCURSION AND ACCOMMODATION:
Registration fee for the Conference (including abstracts volume, proceedings
and morning and afternoon teas) will be $150 Australia dollars ($75 for
student participants).Details of fees for field excursions and accommodation
will be distributed in the second circular.

DATES TO REMEMBER:
July 1996:		Release of First Circular
1 February 1997:	Deadline for submission of response to first circular
15 April 1997:		Release of second circular and registration form
1 July 1997:		Deadline for submission of abstracts
1 August 1997:	        Deadline for submission of pre-registration.

SPECIAL NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS:
The Permian of Eastern Tethys conference is closely linked in time to
another international conference on “Palaeobiogeography of Australasian
Faunas and Floras” (PAFF) to be held at the University of Wollongong from
8-11 December 1997 with a session on Permian palaeobiogeography and a
five-day post-conference excursion planned in New South Wales on
biostratigraphy and contemporary floral associations of the Snowy Mountains.
For further details, please contact Associate Professor Tony Wright on Tel:
61 42 213 329; Fax:  61 42 214 250; Email:  t.wright@uow.edu.au


Please send your pre-registration (expression of interest and titles of papers) 
and all correspondence to:
	The Secretariat
	PERMIAN OF EASTERN TETHYS CONFERENCE
	School of Aquatic Science and Natural Resources Management
	Deakin University, Rusden Campus
	662 Blackburn Road
	CLAYTON   VIC   AUSTRALIA   3168
	Tel:  61 3 9244 7429
	Fax:  61 3 9244 7480
	Email:  asnrm@deakin.edu.au