Special Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
"Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Environments: Proxies for Understanding
Climate Change and Global Warming"
2008 Geological Society of America
Houston, Texas
5-9 October 2008
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 3 June 2008
For further information, please contact:
Anthony Fiorillo
Email: tfiorillo [at] natureandscience.org
Or:
Paul McCarthy
Email: mccarthy [at] gi.alaska.edu
The Paleontological Society and Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies announce a special session, "Ancient Polar Ecosystems and
Environments: Proxies for Understanding Climate Change and Global
Warming," to be held at the 2008 Geological Society of America meeting,
in Houston, Texas, 5-9 October 2008. Abstracts are now being accepted
for this session.
The session will focus on multidisciplinary studies that encompass
multiple proxy indicators of ancient high latitude ecosystems,
particularly in the northern hemisphere. Papers focusing on
reconstructing both local and regional ecosystems are particularly
encouraged.
Abstracts and queries should be directed to:
Anthony Fiorillo
Museum of Nature and Science
PO Box 151469
Dallas, TX 75315
Email: tfiorillo [at] natureandscience.org
Or:
Paul McCarthy
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Email: mccarthy [at] gi.alaska.edu
The deadline for submission of abstracts is: Tuesday, 3 June 2008.