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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The 1997 Joint Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada will be held in Ottawa, Ontario from May 19-21, 1997. This years meeting is hosted by the Geological Survey of Canada with contributions from the Canadian Museum of Nature, Carleton University, Ottawa University, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Western Mining Corporation. ______________________________________________________________________ Of interest to the paleontological community is a special technical session entitled: T14 - (Oral) Organism Response to Environmental Change: Documentation from the Recent and Fossil Record Conveners: Tim Patterson and Eduard Reinhardt of Carleton University Increasingly, various fossil groups are recognized as suitable for documenting the impact of anthropogenic agents on the environment. Such understanding requires detailed documentation of other, non-anthropogenically related changes in the older geological record. This session will introduce the utility of fossils in a variety of such applications. It will include research from both marine and nonmarine settings without restriction by taxonomic group or geological age. ______________________________________________________________________ This meeting provides an outstanding opportunity for all persons interested in the earth sciences to learn and dialogue about new discoveries and developments, and to participate in a broad spectrum of technical and social events marking the 50th Anniversary of the Geological Association of Canada. Pre-conference field trips will begin on Thursday, May 15, and post-conference trips on Wednesday, May 21. There will be an extensive technical program, accompanied by poster sessions and exhibits. Social events will celebrate the GAC Anniversary. Accompanying persons will have an opportunity to visit the historical and cultural sites of the city. Canada's Capital is noted for its federal science organizations and research institutes, located in the home of Canada's federal government. Ottawa is a city of historic sites and national symbols surrounded by beautiful parks, waterways and green spaces. The meeting site is the Ottawa Congress Centre, located on the Rideau Canal in the heart of the city, within walking distance of hotels, restaurants, shopping centres and numerous cultural attractions. ______________________________________________________________________ Detailed information concerning the meeting can be found at the Ottawa '97 website: http://www.emr.ca/~ottawa97/ ______________________________________________________________________ How to submit an abstract: Abstracts are welcomed from 1 November, 1996 to 15 January, 1997 for oral or poster presentations. Anyone can submit an abstract and attend the meeting regardless of association membership or nationality. Abstracts may be submitted in either English or French, and will be accepted or rejected as submitted. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstracts volume. Instructions for the preparation and submission of abstracts are given at the end of this document. Guidelines for Abstract Preparation and Submission Abstracts should summarize results and conclusions, and contain no criticism, names of new rock, time-stratigraphic or time units, or the names of new fossils. New mineral names will be introduced only with prior approval by the International Mineralogical Association. There are no abstract forms for Ottawa '97: submission must be by one of the following means: 1.Ottawa '97 web form (coming Nov/Dec 1996) 2.Ottawa '97 e-mail address (ottawa97@NRCan.gc.ca) 3.Regular mail diskette and hard copy 4.regular mail hard copy only. The order of preference is from 1 to 4. Faxed abstracts will not be accepted. A receipt with an abstract number will be issued for each abstract shortly after it is received at the Ottawa '97 Secretariat. Abstracts must not exceed 400 words, including title, authors/affiliations and the body of the abstract. The title must be in upper case letters. Name(s) should be presented in the following order: last name, first name or initial, affiliation, address. Although there is no specific limitation on the number of abstracts that an author may submit, normally only one sole author abstract will be accepted per person. The abstract must be accompanied by information as follows, listed by number: 1.Name of presenting author 2.Number/name of symposium, special session, or general session (e.g., T14); authors volunteering abstracts may want to include a 'second choice' 3.Invited paper (Yes/No) 4.Preferred mode of presentation (oral, poster, either). Special needs for posters (e.g., table, electrical outlet) should be noted here; 5.GAC and/or MAC membership 6.Student (Yes/No) 7.Contact address, phone, fax and e-mail address for corresponding author Review of abstracts will be based on scientific merit, informative nature, originality, amount of new information, broad interest and compliance with format. Presenting authors will be notified of the status of their abstract by no later than 28 February 1997. Electronic submission Watch for an on-line Electronic Abstract Submission form (approx. Nov/Dec 1996) If your browser cannot handle "forms" use the Ottawa '97 e-mail address (ottawa97@NRCan.gc.ca). Abstracts and answers to the above 7 questions should be sent in the main body of the message and as an attached file. While plain text (ASCII) attachments are preferred, Uuencode, Mime or Binhex are acceptable (indicate which used). If you include your e-mail address with the abstract (see #7 above), you will receive an electronic receipt for your abstract with an abstract number within 72 hours. If the abstract cannot be read for any reason, you will be contacted. Regular mail submission Prepare abstract as described above. Below the body of the abstract, respond to the above questions, clearly numbering your responses (#1-7). Save abstract on a diskette in text (ASCII) format. Clearly label the diskette with the name of the corresponding author. DOS-formatted diskettes are preferred, but Macintosh diskettes will be accepted. Mail the diskette and/or one clear hard-copy print to: Ottawa '97 Geological Survey of Canada Room 757, 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0E8. For those submitting hard copy only, please include a cheque or money order (made out to Ottawa '97) for $5.00 with each abstract. Watch for Updates on the Website. The Second Circular is due early March 1997. __________________________________________________________________________ Dr. R. Timothy Patterson Telephone: 613-520-2600 ex 4425 Associate Professor FAX: 613-520-4490 Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center e-mail: tpatters@ccs.carleton.ca and Department of Earth Sciences WWW: http://superior. Carleton University carleton.ca/~tpatters Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6 CANADA __________________________________________________________________________ On your next trip through cyberspace be sure and stop by the Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum: http://superior.carleton.ca/~tpatters/Museum/hvpmdoor.html
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