On 7 March, for the Geological Society, Paul Wignall and David Bond will convey in London the 2018 edition of the Lyell Meeting, dedicated to “Mass extinctions – understanding the world’s worst crises“. The study of mass extinctions is one of the most interdisciplinary research areas within Earth and environmental sciences, and one that matters […]
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The session “Interrogating the sedimentary record of hyperthermals” invites geoscientists to present and discuss their recent advances in hyperthermal research, and welcomes contributions, particularly if multi-disciplinary, using sedimentological, palaeontological, sediment geochemical or isotopic archives. Abstracts may be submitted for poster, oral or PICO presentations. We encourage early career researchers (ECR) to consider submitting an abstract. […]
The journal Lethaia has published in July, 2017, a thematic issue entitled “The contribution of fossils to chronostratigraphy, 150 years after Albert Oppel” and dedicated to the importance of fossils for dating and correlating of sedimentary rocks. In this issue, as explained in the forewords by Marco Balini, Annalisa Ferretti, Stan Finney and Simonetta Monechi, Oppel’s […]
Focus on the Paleogene with the third issue of the year of Newsletter in Stratigraphy, published on May 1st. The host editors Simonetta Monechi, Noël Vanderberghe and Laia Alegret introduce the volume with an editorial on “Advances in Paleogene research”, followed by six original papers on several topics of interest for the stratigraphy of this […]
The Paleogene Period was a time of extremes and transitions. Bounded by the catastrophic extinction of the dinosaurs and the rise of modern grasslands, the world of the Paleogene was characterized by climatic conditions largely unfamiliar to us today but saw the rise of essentially modern continental configurations, biotic communities, and biogeochemical regimes. Understanding the […]
Following a highly-successful 1st meeting held in Lisbon (Portugal) in 2013 and a 2nd held in Graz (Austria) in 2015, the 3rd International Congress on Stratigraphy will be held in Italy, from 2 to 5 July 2019. The congress venue is Milano, in the historical building of the Università degli Studi di Milano, but the […]
The IPC is organised every four years under the auspices of the International Palaeontological Association (www.ipa-assoc.org). After Sydney (Australia) in 2002, Beijing (China) in 2006, London (United Kingdom) in 2010, and Mendoza (Argentina) in 2014, it will convene in Paris (France) on 9th – 13th July, 2018. ORGANIZATION The organizing structure is the CR2P (Centre […]
In the presence of Stan Finney, Secretary General of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), institutional and academic authorities, among which Rodolfo Coccioni coordinator of the Chattian working group, together with students and local people, have attended the Official launch of the GSSP of the Chattian Stage (Oligocene Series), hosted by local, regional and […]
Ceremony for Golden Spike of the Global Stratotype Section and Point of the base of the Chattian Stage May 13, 2017 After years of work, it is with great pleasure that we finally announce that the International Commission of Stratigraphy (ICS) approved, ratified in September 2016 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) at […]
Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene 2017 (CBEP 2017), the next installment of the CBEP series, following on the very successful Ferrara conference of 2014, will be held from September 4-7 at Snowbird Resort, Utah. Researchers worldwide are invited to present papers on the Paleogene and the immediately adjacent Late Cretaceous and Miocene in […]