PS Short Course for Nov. GSA Meeting

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The following announcement was passed to me by Woody Henry
(twhenry@gdsvr1.cr.usgs.gov).  A copy of this announcement will also be
placed in the 'Announcements Folder' within the PaleoNet ftp site.

Norm MacLeod


                   THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Short Course: Siliceous Microfossils
Time:  Sunday, November 5, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Place: Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sponsored by: The Paleontological Society.

Contents and Focus: This short course will highlight recent advances in
studies of siliceous microfossils and their role in biostratigraphy,
sequence stratigraphy, and paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental
reconstructions.  Contributions of many of these fossil groups in
developing current climate models will also be discussed.  The course will
cover chrysophytes, ebridians and endoskeletal dinoflagellates,
silicoflagellates, freshwater diatoms, Cretaceous and Cenozoic marine
diatoms, and Paleozoic through Cenozoic radiolarians and sponge spicules.

Course content is of interest to biologists, geologists, paleontologists,
or anyone who needs to be better informed about current concepts in
siliceous microfossil paleontology.  Like other Paleontological Society
short courses, this session is especially appropriate for those who teach
general courses in paleontology, historical geology, and history of life.
The speakers are prominent experts in their respective fields, and their
presentations will include recent discoveries, controversies, and ideas
about the origin, evolution, and utility of these siliceous microfossils.

Contributors and Organizers: Jonathan Aitchison (Univ. of Hong Kong), Jack
Baldauf (Ocean Drilling Program), John Barron, Charles Blome, Platt
Bradbury, and Benita Murchey (U.S. Geological Survey), Kate Duff (Univ. of
New Brunswick), John Ernissee (Clarion College), David Harwood (Univ. of
Nebraska), Donna Hull and Emile Pessagno (Univ. of Texas at Dallas),
William Krebs (Amoco Production Co.), Kevin McCartney (Univ. of Maine at
Presque Isle), Paula Noble (Sacramento State Univ.), Katherine Reed
(Washington State DNR/DGER), J. Keith Rigby (Brigham Young Univ.), Annika
Sanfilippo (Scripps Inst. of Oceanography), Patricia Whalen (Southern
Methodist Univ.), and Barbara Zeeb (Queen's Univ.).

Registration and Fees:  None.  Short Course notes will be available on site
for $15.

Additional Information:  Contact Charles Blome, U.S. Geological Survey, MS
919, P.O. Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046; Office Phone:
(303) 236-5682, Fax: (303) 236-5690, E-mail:
<cblome@greenwood.cr.usgs.gov>.



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Norman MacLeod
Senior Scientific Officer
N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk (Internet)
N.MacLeod@uk.ac.nhm (Janet)

Address: Dept. of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum,
         Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

Office Phone: 071-938-9006
Dept. FAX:  071-938-9277
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