Special Session Announcement and Call for Papers
Quaternary Beringia and Adjacent Oceans: The Key to Recent Change
Arctic Division of the AAAS
15-17 September 2008
Fairbanks, Alaska
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 August 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://arcticaaas.org/meetings/2008
Or contact:
Nancy Bigelow
Email: ffnhb [at] uaf.edu
Abstracts for paper and poster presentations are now being accepted for
the "Quaternary Beringia and Adjacent Oceans: The Key to Recent Change"
session, to be held at the Arctic Division of the AAAS meeting, in
Fairbanks, Alaska, on 16 September 2008. The AAAS meeting, "Growing
Sustainability Science in the North: The Resilience of the People in the
Arctic" will be held at the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks, 15-17 September
2008. For further information about the meeting, please go to:
http://arcticaaas.org/meetings/2008.
To celebrate the Alaska Quaternary Center's 25th anniversary, this
session will focus on Quaternary research in Beringia and adjacent
oceans. The Quaternary, currently the past 2.6 million years, provides a
natural laboratory for understanding and predicting recent and future
change. Because the procession of change or the resiliency of cultural
and natural systems is unknown, data from previous warm and cold
episodes as well as transition periods are extremely important. The
purpose of this session is to highlight the broad spectrum of current
Quaternary research in the region, especially as it relates to past
climates and environments. Submissions in paleoecology, archaeology,
paleoceanography, Quaternary geology, and related fields are welcome.
Abstracts for this session are due Friday, 1 August 2008, and should be
emailed directly to:
Nancy Bigelow
Email: ffnhb [at] uaf.edu
For further information, please contact:
Nancy Bigelow
Email: ffnhb [at] uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-5433