FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENT
NORTH AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGY CONFERENCE--2005
JUNE
19-26TH
DALHOUSIE
UNIVERSITY
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA CANADA
THE CONFERENCE WILL CONSIST OF 5 DAYS OF
TALKS AND POSTERS WITH ONE DAY FIELD TRIPS IN THE MIDDLE. PRE- AND
POST-CONVENTION TRIPS MAY BE CONSIDERED.
The day trips will be to some
really excellent and famous sites within a 2 hr drive of Halifax.
These will include:
Horton Bluff (Dev/Carb boundary-early tetrapod
trackways)
Wassen's Bluff (Tria/Jur-link fossil between dinosaurs and
mammals)
Joggins (Carboniferous-world heritage site)
Arisaig (a world
class Silurian invertebrate site).
\MAJOR FIELD TRIPS WILL INCLUDE THE GASPÉ PENINSULA (QUEBEC)
LED BY PIERRE BOURQUE AND PATRICIA GENSEL
Roughly a 6-8 day field
trip would be comprised of stops in New Brunswick around Atholville
(plants, etc.), Miguasha (fishes, plants), Port-Daniel area (reef and
reef dwelling organisms), travel to Gaspé for stops at Forillon Park and
Cap-aux-Os (plants, invertebrate macrofauna), Percé (brachiopods,
trilobites) and New Richmond (stromatolites). While travelling back
from northern New Brunswick to Halifax, there will be a stop in the
Bathurst area (Carboniferous outcrop)
THESE ARE JUST PRELIMINARY TRIPS-MORE MAY BE ADDED BY REQUEST
TO THE ORGANIZERS
PLEASE SUGGEST POSSIBLE SYMPOSIUM TOPICS, FIELDTRIPS AND
WORKSHOPS WITH SUGGESTED LEADERS TO DBSCOTT@DAL.CA
HOUSING WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCES (59$CAN/NIGHT) PLUS MANY
LOCAL HOTELS (WEBSITE FOR DALHOUSIE HOUSING:
http://conference.housing.dal.ca/index.cfm)
FOR INFORAMATION ABOUT DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY GO TO
http://www.dal.ca
Dr. David B. Scott, local organizer
Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H3J5 CANADA
More information will soon be appearing on the webpage below:
http://www.dal.ca/~es/staff/dbscott/scott.htm