Title: Shark Bay Excursion: Forams 2002
URGENT: Registration deadline for FORAMS 2002 post-conference field excursion to SHARK BAY is 31 July 2001. Register as soon as possible so that accommodation bookings can be made at the remote localities to be visited. Late registration after 31 July cannot be guaranteed. The excursion is for 8 days (10-17 February 2002) and costs Australian$1690 (= about US$862 today) with travel, accommodation and meals included. As well as visiting the classic metahaline to hypersaline Shark Bay, the excursion with view Ordovician, and foraminiferal-rich Permian, Jurassic and Cretaceous sites, and an endless coastline of magnificant beaches. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED PLEASE IGNORE THIS MESSAGE.
ABSTRACTS for the FORAMS 2002 conference theme sessions (Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 February 2002) are required by 31 OCTOBER 2001. Abstracts on all aspects of foraminiferal studies are invited. Broad themes are: Systematics; Biology-Phylogeny-Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Ecology-Palaeoecology; Record through Critical Intervals of Earth History; Oceanography-Palaeoceanography; Climatology-Palaeoclimatology. Abstracts will be accepted only when Conference Registration has been completed. The registration costs Australian$495 before 31 October 2001 (= about US$252 today) and includes lunches and morning/afternoon teas on the 4 symposium days as well as a reception dinner (Monday), gala conference dinner (Thursday), and a final sundowner (Friday).
Separate registration is required by 31 October 2001 for the FORAMS 2002 mid-conference field day (Wednesday) excursions: Rottnest Island (Australian$145 = about US$74 today) or Penguin Island-Lake Clifton (Australian$80 = about US$41 today).
THE d'ORBIGNY COMMENORATIVE LECTURE - Beyond frontiers and time: The scientific and cultural heritage of Alcide d'Orbigny (1802 -1857) - will be presented by Marie-Thérèse Vénec-Peyré, Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris on Monday evening (4 February 2002).
FORAMS 2002 CONFERENCE PLENARY SESSIONS INCLUDE: (1) A Sense of Place [Perth - A Sense of Place - George Seddon, The University of Western Australia; Geologic and oceanographic events in Western Australia - 500-0Ma - David Haig, The University of Western Australia; Australian foraminiferal studies in a global context: Patrick Quilty, The University of Tasmania]; (2) Phylogeny and Evolution
[Molecular revolution in evolution of foraminifera - Jan Pawlowski. Université de Genève; Environment, evolution and diversity in the fossil record - Gerta Keller. Princeton University; Grades in benthic foraminifera and their role in the cycles of evolutionary adaptation - Lukas Hottinger, Universität Basel];
(3) Foraminiferal Distribution patterns [Foraminiferal ecology - where now? - John Murray, Southampton Oceanography Centre; Foraminiferal contributions to palaeoceanography, geochemistry and ocean history - Norman Macleod, The Natural History Museum, London; Foraminifera, chronofaunas, and evolutionary palaeoecology: connections between the neritic, pelagic and terrestrial realms - Brian McGowran, Adelaide University] (4) Applied Foraminiferal Investigations
[Foraminifera in sequence stratigraphy - Mike Simmons, University of Aberdeen;
Foraminifera as environmental tracers - Valentina Yanko-Hombach, Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Winnipeg; Diagenetic regimes, basin processes, and the foraminiferal record - David McNeil, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary]
FORAMS 2002 WORKSHOP SESSIONS are designed to promote vigorous round-table discussions on the following topics: (1) Advances in analysing distribution data (facilitators: Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo; Bruce Hayward, University of Auckland)
(2) Advances in recovering and interpreting chemical signatures from foraminifera (facilitators: Ahuva Almogi-Labin, Geological Survey of Israel and others); (3) Recognizing global events in the foraminiferal record (facilitators: Marcos Lamolda, Facultad de Ciencias-UPV; Isabella Premoli Silva, Universita di Milano; Charles Ross, USA); (4) Standardisation of methods in foraminiferal studies (facilitators: Jean-Pierre Debenay Universite d'Angers; Susan Goldstein, University of Georgia; Paul Sikoro, University of Utah); (5) Experimental approaches to foraminiferal biology (facilitators: Joan Bernhard, University of South Carolina; Jonathan Erez, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Petra Heinz, University of Tubingen); (6) Reconciling evolutionary biology and foraminiferal taxonomy (facilitators: Michal Kucera, University of London; Jere Lipps, University of California; (7) Cyclic changes and local, regional, and global chronologies (facilitators: Malcolm Hart, University of Plymouth; Karen Knudsen, University of Aarhus).
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FORAMS 2002 SYMPOSIUM IS AVAILABLE AT: www.geol.uwa.edu.au/forams
Register and submit abstracts online at this site.
David Haig & Stefan Revets, Symposium Co-ordinators