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INTERNATIONAL SUBCOMMISSION ON SILURIAN STRATIGRAPHY
SW IBERIA FIELD MEETING 1998
Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal and Spain
June 15-18th, 1998
FIRST CIRCULAR
As was advanced through Silurian Times No. 5 (January 1997), the
Iberian Peninsula was elected as the site for the Silurian 1998 Field
Meeting (the biennial field conference of the ISSS). It will highlight
important Silurian sections (very complete and continuous, and in
Mediterranean facies) of the Ossa Morena Zone in SW Spain and Portugal.
Its schedule between the 15th and 18th of June has been coordinated with
two other international meetings on fossil groups very important for
Silurian correlation: the 6th International Graptolite Conference
(GWG-IPA: June 19th-22nd) and the 7th Conodont Symposium held in Europe
(ECOS VII: June 24-26th). We will try to coordinate schedules so that
members of the Silurian Subcommission and other working groups will be
able to attend most other meetings.
Due to limited space (maximum of 60 places), first priority of
registration to the Silurian Meeting goes to Titular Members of the
Silurian Subcommission (IUGS), next Corresponding Members of same and
graptolite workers (GWG-IPA), and finally interested nonmembers.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Jose Manuel PIC,ARRA (Beja, Portugal), Co-chair and corresponding
member of the Silurian Subcommission.
- Juan Carlos GUTIERREZ-MARCO (Madrid, Spain), Co-chair and corresponding
member of the SSS.
- Isabel RABANO (Madrid, Spain), Treasury/Secretary
- Alfred LENZ (London, Canada), Technical Programme Coordinator
- Tomas OLIVEIRA (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Michel ROBARDET (Rennes, France), Field Programme Coordinator
- Graciela SARMIENTO (Madrid, Spain)
- Petr STORCH (Prague, Czech Republic)
REGISTRATION AND COSTS
The registration fee for those attending exclusively the Field Meeting
of the ISSS will be 6.000 Spanish pesetas (over 40 US$), and includes
the receipt of a special volume, which will be produced jointly with the
Graptolite Conference, and will combine the extended abstracts and the
field trip guides presented at both meetings.
A provisional estimation of the full cost for the Silurian
Field Meeting (including the above mentioned registration fee, transports
-high speed train ticket, coach travel-, lodging -also in Madrid for the
night before-, meals and festivities) is in the range of 45.000-50.000
pesetas (approximately equivalent to 300-350 US$, based on the official
exchange rate at the end of July, 1997: 35-50 US$ less for those
registered also in the Graptolite Conference). The booking form with
final prices will be included in the next circular. Once we known the
provisional number of participants, we will try to get lower prices by
means of group discounts, as well as official subsidies.
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
- Monday, June 15th, 1998: Technical sessions of the Silurian
Subcommission, including oral and poster presentations, to be held in
the historical head office of the Athenaeum of Madrid in the city
centre. In the evening, participants will take the high speed train
(AVE) to Seville in Andalousia (538 km, 3 hours travel). From there,
a bus will transport the group to a refurbished monastery in the
mountains near the town of Cazalla de la Sierra, in the heart of the
Sierra Norte Natural Park (within Sierra Morena).
- Tuesday, June 16th: Beginning of the joint field trip of the
Silurian Subcommission and Graptolite Working Group. Spectacular Lower
Silurian to Lower Devonian sections north of El Pintado reservoir (west
of Cazalla de la Sierra) with continuous exposure of black, graptolitic
shales. Sections include two calcareous intervals with Ludlow and
Pridoli conodonts and shelly faunas (bivalves, cephalopods, echinoderms,
trilobites, ostracodes, brachiopods). More than 18 graptolite zones can
be examined, including those around major biotic and environmental
crises, as well as the O/S and S/D boundaries. Workers with interest in
Upper Ordovician conodonts and micro-brachiopods will also have a special
stop.
In our second night at the monastery, we will enjoy a genuine
flamenco spectacle, generously provided by the kind people of Cazalla
de la Sierra.
- Wednesday, June 17th: Study of similar Silurian sections in
the nearby Cerron del Hornillo syncline (same facies along roadside
exposures), as well as Ashgill limestones (conodonts) overlain by
Hirnantian shales, and Lochkovian graptolitic black shales south of El
Pintado reservoir. After lunch, travel by bus to the early Ordovician
Barriga shales near Aracena (province of Huelva) with Hunnebergian
graptolites. In late evening we will reach Moura (Alentejo region,
Portugal), where we will spend the night, and enjoy traditional
Portuguese sights.
- Thursday, June 18th: In the morning, we will study the best
Silurian sections in the Barrancos region (Llandovery to Pridoli along
roadcuts). After lunching in the picturesque town of Barrancos, we will
spend the afternoon travelling a short distance (139 km) to the 2.000
year old city of Merida (Spain), followed by a 340 km journey to Madrid
(entirely by superhighway). End of Silurian Field Trip, returning to
Madrid the night prior to the opening of the Graptolite Conference
(Friday, June 19th).
ABSTRACTS
A limited number of contributions will be accepted for oral or poster
presentation in the indoor meeting programmed for Monday, 15th June
in Madrid. Abstracts can deal with any ttopic related with Silurian
research: the contribution should not exceed four A4 pages, including
references and line drawings, and should be sent both in diskette and
hard copy form, according to the instructions to be comunicated in the
next Circular. If neccessary, a maximum of one photographic plate
accompanying each short article can be published at the special volume
of the meeting. However, the total number of plates needs to be known
to work out the total costs. We, therefore, strongly encourage you to
indicate your requirement on the enclosed questionnaire. No publication
other than the special volume distributed at the time of the meeting
will be further produced.
Due to imperatives imposed to the organization, participants
intending to present an abstract are *encouraged to submit the
provisional title(s) and author(s) before November 15th, 1997*. These
are needed before asking the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture
for funds. A provisional programme must be submitted to the Ministry
before November 30th!.
OTHER INFORMATION
For a more precise account regarding the publication of the
special volume of abstracts and the field trip guide, travel grants,
daily budget needed for accommodation and food, Iberian weather and
the coordination with both the graptolite and conodont international
meetings in Spain and Italy, respectively, see in the attached first
circular of the Graptolite Conference.
To take advantage of your attendance to the Iberian meeting
of the Subcommission, the organizing committee strongly recommends
you to try to arrange a one or two days visit to the EXPO'98 of Lisbon
(Portugal), the last World Exposition of the 20th century, dedicated
to the theme "The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future". Information can
be obtained directly from your travel agencies and in the home page
<http://www.expo98.pt> (Ask info@expo98.pt or fax +351 +1 -837 00 22
for printed information).
CORRESPONDENCE
Please send all correspondence to: Silurian Field Meeting 1998, UEI
Paleontologia, Instituto de Geologia Economica, Facultad de Ciencias
Geologicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Tel: 34(1) 3495819 (Isabel);
Fax: 34(1) 3944849; E-mail: jcgrapto@eucmax.sim.ucm.es
IMPORTANT DATES
- Deadline for return of the attached questionnaire (Circular No. 1)
with suggested title(s) of your contribution(s): November 15th, 1997.
- Production and distribution of Circular No. 2, with definitive
prices and lodgings, registration statement and detailed instructions
for abstract presentation: January 15th, 1998.
- Deadline for abstracts, formal registration and payment:
April 15th, 1998.
- Production and distribution of Circular No. 3 with programme and
final arrangements: May 15th, 1998.
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SIXTH INTERNATIONAL GRAPTOLITE CONFERENCE
ISSS - SW IBERIA FIELD MEETING 1998
*****QUESTIONNAIRE AND PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION FORM*****
(To be returned before November 15th, 1997. Please retain one copy)
QUESTIONNAIRE: please, indicate to the questions no. 1-4 "A"=
most probably, "B"= probably or "C"= surely not.
* 1. I will attend the indoor sessions of the Silurian
Subcommission Field Meeting (Monday morning, June 15th in Madrid) __ __
* 2. I will take part in the SW Iberia Field Trip (June 15-
18th) __ __
* 3. I will attend the Technical Sessions of the Graptolite
Conference and the mid-Conference field trip (June 19th-22nd) __ __
* 4. I will take part in the post-Conference field trip
(June 23rd-24th) __ __
* 5. I plan to submit an abstract to the Graptolite
Conference and/or the Silurian Meeting (please indicate: a. author/s, b.
provisional title/s, c. appropiate meeting -GC or SM-, and d. preferred
delivery -ORAL or POSTER-):
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-
-
* 6. I intend to publish a photographic plate of fossils or
microfabrics (A4 format) together with the extended abstract (up to 4
A4 pages): write YES or NO __ __
* 7. I am a member of the ISSS ....., GWG ..... (please, indicate
YES or NOT).
PERSONAL DATA: please complete in Block Letters or Type
Surname, title and initial(s):
Address:
Fax and e-mail address:
Place and date:
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Your response to the following questionnaire must be sent by
post (see address in the Circular), faxback (+34 +1-394 48 49) or as
an e-mail message (either in this electronic form or as a personal
message addressed to <jcgrapto@eucmax.sim.ucm.es>, using in the last
alternative a system of coordinates for reply the questions
(e.g. 1B, 2A, 6 YES, etc.).
This mailing has gone out to all members of the Graptolite
Working Group (IPA), the Silurian Subcommission (ICS-IUGS) and people
subscribing Silurian Times. Also is being distributed through the
electronic lists PALEONET and IBERPAL. A second circular will be mailed
only to those returning the present questionnaire.
Information regarding the Graptolite Conference will be
periodically produced in the Web home page of the Graptolite Working
Group: <http:/wings.buffalo.edu/geology/gwg/>
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Juan Carlos GUTIERREZ-MARCO
Instituto de Geologia Economica (CSIC-UCM)
Facultad de Ciencias Geologicas
28040 Madrid (Spain)
Phone: 34-1-5445459
Fax: 34-1-3944849
e-mail: jcgrapto@eucmax.sim.ucm.es
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