WOGOGOB '97 circular 2

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>>WOGOGOB '97      CIRCULAR 2
>
>Time: August 10.-16.
>Venue: All Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), Sredni prospect 
74,        199026 St. Petersburg, Russia.
>
>All correspondence to Tania Koren at above address or tel: (812) 213 95 37;
>fax: (812) 213 57 38; e-mail tkoren@dronov.usr.pu.ru
>
>Registration: USD150 (Students USD100) to be paid  by cash on arrival.
>Fee covers: programme, abstracts, field transport and packed lunch on 
excursions, welcoming reception, coffee/tea breaks.
>
>Accommodation: Rooms will be reserved at Hotel Rus' for those returning 
registration form by APRIL 10. Hotel is near city centre within easy walking 
distance to underground station and connections to meeting venue.
>Single room USD 30, 50, 60; Double room USD 40,45; shared apartment 1+2,
USD 45. Prices as of time of writing.
>Breakfast USD 4-5; Lunch (near institute) USD 5, dinner, USD10.  For those
wishing to save money, remember to bring tea bags or instant coffee and
make your own breakfast in room.
>Those needing alcohol should bring their own duty free drink.
>
>Schedule: August 10.      Arrival and registration, welcoming party
>          August 11.-12.  Meeting sessions
>          August 13.-15   Field trips; Banquet in evening of 15.
>          August 16.      Departure
>
>Meeting programme: Lecture topics to include recent research in Ordovician 
palaeontology, biostratigraphy, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and 
palaeogeography of Baltic  and adjacent areas.  A business meeting of the 
Ordovician Subcommission will be held together with an introduction to the 
new IGCP project on Ordovician biodiversity.
>
>Excursions: Day 1. Cambrian and Ordovician outcrops along the Volkhov River
>            Day 2. Visit to the Putilovo Quarry
>            Day 3. Visit to the Tosno River Valley.
>A special visit to the oil shales (kukersites) can be arranged on August 
16. for a limited number and extra cost of USD 10.
>All localities are within 30-120 kms of St. Petersburg.
>
>General information: 
>Standard slide projectors and overheads will be available.
>All lectures limited to 20 minutes (including discussion).
>Posters are welcome.
>Abtracts by e-mail, fax or diskette (ASCII), not to exceed 1 A4 page, 
single spaced. Submitted by JUNE 1.
>There will be no time to see architectural sites of St. Petersburg, 
although some points of interest will be included at the end of excursion 
day 2.  Those wishing to stay on in St.Petersburg should allow at least two 
days.  Please indicate this in reply letter.
>
>CONFIRMATION OF HOTEL BOOKING WILL BE INCLUDED IN FINAL CIRCULAR  TO BE 
SENT JUNE 30.
>
>Please return following information by APRIL 10:-
>
>1) Confirmation of participation
>2) Title of lecture (if any) and appropriate topic
>3) Poster: Yes/No
>3) Required booking in Rus' Hotel, number of nights, price class.
>4) Extra excursion to kukersite on August 16: Yes/No
>5) Request for letter of invitation to help with grants, travel funding:
Yes/No
>
>Remember: Reply to above by APRIL 10
>          Abstracts by JUNE 1.
>
>Welcome to St. Petersburg from Tania Koren
Ole A. Hoel
Paleontologisk Museum
Sars Gate 1
N-0562 OSLO
NORWAY

E-mail: o.a.hoel@toyen.uio.no