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10th CAVEPS and Quaternary Extinction Symposium
March 29 - April 2, 2005
Naracoorte, SA, Australia

CANQUA June 5-8, 2005
NOTICE: The server to the Winnipeg CANQUA abstract submission site has been periodically down for the past day or so. Please try again if you've been rebuffed; the format and address can be found on the meeting web site <http:www.umanitoba.ca/canqua>. We are extending the deadline until next week.

2^nd International Congress
“The World of Elephants”
Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA September 22-25,  2005

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31st International Geological Congress
August 6-17, 2000
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Theme: "Geology and Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Third Millennium". The Congress will include a special symposium on Global Changes and Future Environments. Within this, there will be two sessions entitled "Quaternary Climates" and "Past Climatic Changes and the Geological Record."
Contact: Secretariat Bureau, Av. Pasteur, 404, Casa Brazil 2000, Urca, Rio di Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, CEP 22.290 240; 55-21-295-5847; Fax: -8094; 3ligc@3ligc.org; http://www.3ligc.org

The INQUA Carbon Commission and last IGCP-404 meeting (Terrestrial Carbon in the past 125 ka) will be held during the International Geological Congress in Rio. The General Symposium: "Quaternary Geology - Carbon Cycle Changes" is for contributions related to environmental modifications that result (or not) in carbon cycle changes at all time scales. and for associated processes (CO2 or CH4 fluxes, sedimentary sinks, terrestrial ecosystems, fires, soil, rock weathering, fluvial fluxes, etc). The Scientific Program, including colloquia, special and general symposia, workshops and short courses, field trips and call for abstracts at: http://www.31igc.org

IUFRO World Congress
August 7-12, 2000
Sumava Mountains, Czech Republic
The IUFRO Tree Ring Analysis 5.09 group is planning sessions for this meeting covering all areas of tree ring analysis. Information at: http://www.iufro.org/notfound/?from=/iufro/congress/cip-98.pdf

Global Continental Palaeohydrology
August 20-28, 2000
Moscow and Central Russian Plain
The 4th international meeting is entitled "Hydrological Consequences of Global Climate Changes: Geologic and Historic Analogs of Future Conditions" and is sponsored by the Commission on Global Continental Palaeohydrology (GLOCOPH), the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Fund on Basic Research, and the Institute of Geography RAS. The general themes are: main features of global climate changes and environmental changes during last 20,000 years; global, continental and regional hydrological response to global climate changes; palaeohydrological changes in temperate zones; palaeohydrological changes in glacial and periglacial regions; palaeohydrology of the late Pleistocene drainage system of northern Asia; palaeohydrological changes in arid and semi-arid regions; flood reconstruction based on natural proxy and historic data; hydrogeomorphological response to climate change in relation to human activity. Contact: Alexander Georgiadi and Andrey Chepalyga, Laboratory of Hydrology, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, GLOCOPH 2000, Staromonetny per., 29, 109017 Moscow, Russia; fax: 095-959-00-33; geography@ glasnet.ru, georg@ipcom.ru

8th International Paleolimnology Symposium
Week of August 20, 2000
Kingston, Ontario
All paleolimnologists are invited to come to Queen's University to participate in the next international symposium. The symposium will be open to presentations on any aspect of paleolimnology, using poster sessions, as well as contributed lectures. There will also be workshop and meeting opportunities during the symposium. Details at: http://biology.queensu.ca/~pearl/ Contact: John Smol and Brian Cumming (Co-Chairs), Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada; Fax: 613-533-6617; SmolJ@Biology.QueensU.Ca; CummingB@Biology.QueensU.Ca

A special session on "Paleolimnology of Polar and High Latitude Regions" will include papers and presentations on the paleolimnology at treeline and other high latitude ecotonal boundaries, and the paleolimnology of high arctic and antarctic regions. Contact: Reinhard Pienitz; reinhard.pienitz@cen.ulaval.ca; www.ulaval.ca/cen/RPienitz.html

A special session on "Long Term Environmental Change in Mountain Lakes" will also take place at the conference. Contact: Michael Pisaric; 6mfjp@qlink.queensu.ca

AQQUA - CCRG 2000
August 22-27, 2000
Montréal, Québec
Annual meeting of the Association québecoise pour l'étude du Quaternaire and the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group. This joint meeting will take a critical look at the Québec and Canadian contribution to the knowledge of the Quaternary, as well as evaluate the impact of new technologies on solving the problems we face today. A special session on the Holocene and general presentations will complete the program. Contact: Michel Lamothe, Départment des sciences de la Terre, UQAM; lamothe.mechel@uqam.ca

Monsoon climate, geomorphologic processes and human activities
August 25-29, 2000
Nanjing, China
The main theme of the conference is monsoon climate, geomorphologic processes and human activities in Asia and Pacific regions. Information: www.pages.unibe.ch/calendar/calextras/IAG.html

International Diatom Symposium
August 25-September 1, 2000
Hellas, Greece
Contact: Richard Crawford, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, AM Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany; 49-471-4831 530; Fax: -425; rcrawfod@awibremerhaven.de

Microorganism Conference
August 27-31, 2000
Winnipeg, Manitoba
This 2nd International Conference on the Application of Microorganisms to Environmental Problems aims to present results of innovative multidisciplinary research in microorganisms, and to show their significance in solving environmental/paleoenvironmental problems. Contact: Irena Motnenko, Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Box 60013, Tuxedo Park, 110-2025 Corydon, Winnipeg, MB, R3P 2G9; 204-489 4569; Fax: -5782; valyan@ilos.net

Denmark Quaternary Geology August 29 - September 3, 2000
University of Aarhus, Denmark
The Peribaltic Group (INQUA Commission on Glaciation) announces this field symposium to summarize the current knowledge of the Quaternary Geology in Denmark and to introduce the participants to key field localities in Jutland and on the Islands of Fyn, Langeland and Møn. The meeting will focus on glacial geology and sedimentology, depositional environments during the Weichselian Glaciation, and the stratigraphic framework of glacial/ interglacial events during the Quaternary. Sections showing glaciotectonic deformations, various till facies and glaciofluvial deposits will be presented. Furthermore, interglacial and interstadial sites essential for palaeo-ecological reconstructions will be shown and discussed. The excursion will include both the classical localities and new, recently investigated areas. There will be 4 days in the field and one day with paper and poster presentations. Contact: Jan Piotrowski, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, D.F. Møllers Alle 120, DK-8000, Denmark; 45-89-42-2555; Fax: -86-13-9248; jan.piotrowski@geo.aau.dk

International Symposium on Mountain Lakes and Streams
September 4-8, 2000
Innsbruck, Austria
Theme: Indicators of a Changing World
Contact: hmls2000@uibk.ac.at; http://zoology.uibk.ac.at/congress

International Symposium on Placer and Weathered Rock
September 25-29, 2000
Moscow, Russia
Themes for this conference on "Natural and Technogenic Placer and Weathered Rock Deposits at the Turn of the Millennium" are: (1) Mineralogy and geochemistry of PWR - use of high resolution methods. (2) RWR deposits of fine gold - mechanisms of formation, technologies for prospecting, estimation and enrichment. (3) New technologies for forecasting, prospecting, exploration and development of PWR deposits. (4) Economical estimation of PWR mineral deposits; licensing. (5) Information technologies for studies, prospecting and exploration of PWR deposits; GIS. (6) Recent ore formation in technogenic deposits. (7) PWR deposits - economic outlooks into XXI century. (8) Development of scientific ideas, outstanding persons in PWR geology. Scientific schools and educational programmes. Information at: http://www.igem.ru/symp/rkv2000/

GAGE Conference
September, 2000
Slovakia
The work group on Geospatial Analysis of Glaciated Environments (GAGE) of the INQUA Commission on Glaciation will hold a field conference. The conference webpage has been updated with final registration and cost information: http://www.emporia.edu/ earthsci/gage/ The main theme is glaciation of the Tatra Mountains, part of the Carpathian Mountain system. Other topics include remote sensing and GIS applied to glaciology and glacial geomorphology. Paper and poster presentations are invited, and papers will be published in the Slovak Geologic Magazine after the meeting. Contact: Juraj Janocko; janocko@dodo.sk

Aeolian, Fluvial, and Lacustrine Geomorphic and Sedimentary Systems
October 23-29, 2000
Zzyzx, California
The IGCP 413 Meeting: Relations amongst Aeolian, Fluvial, and Lacustrine Geomorphic and Sedimentary Systems, will take place at the Desert Studies Center. The primary theme of the meeting will be the linkages between fluvial, lacustrine, and aeolian systems. We will examine (1) the ways in which climate change has impacted sediment supply, availability and mobility i aeolian systems; and (2) the effects of changes in climate on desert soils and ecosystems. The meeting will be conducted in an informal atmosphere in a remote desert setting, with two full-day field trips to local sites that illustrate the above themes. Contact: Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV; Nick@dri.edu

W.A. Watts Symposium
October 25-26, 2000
Dublin, Ireland
An international symposium to celebrate the 70th Birthday of W.A. Watts entitled "From Palaeoecology to Conservation: an Interdisciplinary Vision" will be held in Dublin. Details, including invited speakers and registration information can be found on http://www.tcd.ie/Botany/

Geological Society of America
November 13-16, 2000
Reno, Nevada
Contact: GSA HQ, Box 9140, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO, 80301; 303 447-2020, x133; meetings@geosociety.org

Topical Sessions Related to Quaternary Science:

• Geoarchaeology of Colluvial Landscapes
• Archaeological Mineralogy and Petrology
• The Employment of Geological Techniques for Archaeological Provenance Studies
• Advances in Quaternary Geochronometry
• Interaction between Soil and Biologic Processes in Landscape and Ecosystem Dynamics
• Causes and Consequences of Floods: Geologic, Climatologic, Ecologic, and Human Dimensions
• Ice-Dammed Lake Floods and Subglacial Lake Outbursts-Mechanisms, Causes, and Consequences
• Glacial Erosion at the Scales of Individual Alpine Glaciers, Mountain Ranges, and Continental Ice Sheets: Current Understanding and Future Directions
• Reshaping Glacial Geomorphology: New Age Controls on Late Pleistocene Alpine Glaciation
• Alpine and Subalpine Glacial and Fluvial Events Following the Last Glacial Maximum in the Mid-Latitude Mountains of the Western United States
• Physical Geology and Geomorphology of Large Lakes: Relationships to Climate and Paleoclimate
• Big Storms of the Past: Evidence and Importance of Paleostorms in the Geologic Record
• Geomorphic and Geologic Controls on Surficial and Groundwater Hydrology in Deep Alluvial Basins
• Ancient Dust: Documentation and Significance of Eolian Silt in the Pre Cenozoic Record
• Advances in Determining Desert Piedmont Processes and Histories
• Colluvium: Recent Advances in Applying Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, and Sedimentology to Interpret Late Cenozoic Slope Processes
• Vegetation Response to Late Quaternary Climate Variability and Disturbance Regimes in the Pacific Western United States
• Stochastic and Deterministic Origins of Surface Processes and Landforms
• Legacy of G.M. Richmond: 50+ years of Quaternary Geology in the Western United States
• Paleoclimatology and Climatology of South America
  Field Trips include:
• Neogene and Quaternary Hillslope Records, Basin Sedimentation, and Landscape Evolution of SE Nevada
• Geoarchaeology and Holocene Landscape History of the Carson Desert, Western Nevada
• Lake Tecopa: 2.4 Million Years of Exposed History and Its Relevance to Tectonic, Climatic, Erosion, and Groundwater Issues at the Proposed Nuclear-Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

American Anthropological Association
November 15-19, 2000
San Francisco, California
This annual meeting is entitled "The Public Face of Anthropology." Details: http://www.aaanet.org/

RGS/IBG Conference
January 2-5, 2001
University of Plymouth, UK
This meeting on the "Numerical Analysis of Past and Present Biogeographical Data" is sponsored by the Biogeography Study Group Session. The aim is to examine methods and applications of numerical analysis to palaeoenvironmental and contemporary ecological/biogeographical problems. Contact: Dan Charman, Quaternary Environments Research Group, Dept. of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, UK, PL4 8AA; 01-752-233-058; Fax: -054; dcharman@Plymouth.ac.uk; http://www.geog.plym.ac.uk/

Quaternary Research Association
January 3-5, 2001
National Museum, Wales
This annual discussion meeting, "The use of modern analogues for reconstructing past environments," is organized by the National Museum & Galleries of Wales. Modern analogue studies and data from modern environments are frequently used to reconstruct events and environments through the Quaternary. The meeting will focus on current work on modern analogues, methodologies, assumptions made and the implications for data interpretation. Contact: Mary Seddon, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff; 44-2920-573-343; Fax: 239-009; Mary.Seddon@nmgw.ac.uk

Society for Historical Archaeology
January 10-13, 2001
Long Beach, CA
"Scientific Tools and Techniques in Historical Archaeology" is the theme of the Annual Meeting of the SHA. Topics include the use (and abuse) of science in historical archaeology, as well as geoarchaeology, bioarchaeology, DNA, chemistry, GIS, remote sensing, and materials analysis. Contact: Timothy Scarlett, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Anthropology / 096, Reno, NV 89557-0096; scarlett@unr.edu

Australasian Archaeometry
February 4-9, 2001
Auckland, New Zealand
Issues and Developments in Australasian Chronology: New Directions for the New Millennium. Details: http://car.ant.auckland.ac.nz/archconf/arch_feedback.html Contact: PSheppard@auckland.ac.nz

Society of American Archaeologists
April 18-22, 2001
New Orleans, LA
The SAA Student Affairs Committee is accepting abstracts for their 2001 sponsored symposium: Archaeology as Anthropology: Perspectives at the Start of the New Millennium. Students, representing future professionals, are situated to evaluate how archaeology and anthropology interact with each other, and with other disciplines.
    Session Abstract: American Archaeology as a discipline has been traditionally housed in anthropology departments. Many archaeologists have argued that archaeology should be anthropological in its analysis of past societies, and actively contribute to anthropological theory, especially in regards to explanation of culture change. The issue of placing archaeological inquiry firmly within anthropology came to the forefront when "processual" theorists came on the scene. Alternative paradigms have highlighted both archaeology's and anthropology's ever increasing subject and analytic diversity, as well as connections to other disciplines. The papers in this symposium explore archaeology's relationship to anthropology, and discuss interconnections and divergences. Contact: Heather Van Wormer, Anthropology Department, 354 Baker Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1118; vanwor13@pilot.msu.edu

GAC-MAC/CANQUA Symposium
May 27-30, 2001
St. John's, Newfoundland
Quaternarists from around the northern North Atlantic Ocean, working in terrestrial, coastal, or marine environments and successions, are invited to participate in the Quaternary Geology of the Northern North Atlantic Region symposium, organized by CANQUA, to be held as part of the Geological Association of Canada -Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual conference. We hope to bring together Quaternarists from all areas washed by the waters of the northern North Atlantic, to look at common Quaternary issues, to compare and correlate chrono-stratigraphic events throughout the region, and to look at comparative analyses of sedimentary successions, palaeoenvironments, and Quaternary landforms. Details: www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/stjohns2001

Canadian Association of Geographers
May 29 - June 2, 2001
Montréal, Québec
This annual meeting will be a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the CAG. Contact: Tim Moore; Moore@felix.geog.mcgill.ca

Millennial-Scale Events in the North Atlantic Region During Termination I
June 13-18, 2001
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
The conference will focus on evaluating the timing, signatures, and correlation of high-frequency hemispheric-scale climate and environmental changes during Termination 1 (last deglaciation) in the North Atlantic region, as deduced from ice core, marine core, and terrestrial (glacial, peat, lake) records. Contact: Jasper Knight; j.knight@ulst.ac.uk; http://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculty/science/crg/home.htm

5th International Geomorphology Conference
August 23-28, 2001
Tokyo, Japan
For information and registration see: http://wwwsoc.nacsis.ac.jp/jgu/icp_hopa/indexicg.html

North American Diatom Symposium
September, 2001
Minnesota
Contact: John Kingston; 218-365-2246; jkingsto@nrri.umn.edu

PAGES - PEP III Conference
September 18-22, 2001
Aix-en-Provence, France
This conference is concerned with studies of past climate variability in Europe and Africa. Key aims are to assess variability on different time scales, to assess the impacts of past climate change on natural ecosystems and human society and to provide a firm basis for the verification and testing of climate models. Contact: Catherine Stickley, Environmental Change Research Center, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H OAP; C.stickley@ucl.ac.uk; www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/ecrc/pep3/

6th International Paleopedology Workshop
August 23-28, 2001
Moscow State University, Moscow
Themes will include paleosol-sedimentary sequences, magnetic properties of Quaternary and pre-Quaternary paleosols and sediments as paleoclimate indicators, polygenic models of pedogenesis in relation to Quaternary climate changes, biomorphs in paleosols, and paleopedology and archaeology. Contact: Elizabeth Sollerio-Rebolledo; Fax: +52 56-22-43-17; sollerio@geologia.unam.mx

Geological Society of America
November 5-8, 2001
Boston, Massachusetts
Annual Meeting. Contact: GSA HQ, Box 9140, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO, 80301; 303-447-2020, x133; meetings@geosociety.org