paleonet Snowball to bioradiation - Invitation

[Stefan Bengtson <stefan.bengtson@xxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

We hereby invite you to participate in session BG4.02 "From Snowball 
Earth to the Cambrian bioradiation: basins, ecosystems and 
geochemistry" at the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly in Nice, France, 
06-11 April, 2003.

The terminal Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian represent a time 
interval in Earth history that is characterized by profound changes 
in geology and tectonics, climate, geochemistry of the 
ocean-atmosphere system, and in the evolution of life. Diverse proxy 
records allow a qualitative and quantitative assessment of these 
changes. It is our aim to bring together scientists from across all 
earth science disciplines who are able to provide quality data and 
provocative ideas for an inspiring discussion of this subject.

There will be comprehensive keynote lectures by Paul F. Hoffman, 
Graham A. Shields, and Graham E. Budd, and we hope you will be 
willing to contribute a talk or a poster adding further to the value 
and attraction of the session.

Deadline for abstracts (talks as well as posters) is January 15, 
2003. See http://www.copernicus.org/egsagueug for forms and 
instructions, as well as meeting programme (click on "Programme & 
Call-for-Papers" and then "Biogeosciences Programme" to find our 
session).

The final deadline for pre-registration is March 7, 2003, but note 
that registration before December 31, 2002, entails a lower 
registration fee. (On-site registration at a higher fee will also be 
possible.)

Welcome to spring-time Provence!

Harald Strauss (Convener; hstrauss@uni-muenster.de)
Heinrich Bahlburg, Stefan Bengtson and Samuel A. Bowring (Co-Conveners)