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Since 1989 the CBEP conference series has been a venue for a self-organized community of researchers to share and discuss the latest and most innovative ideas about Paleogene Earth systems. Following on the very successful Snowbird, Utah conference of 2017, CBEP 12 will be the next installment of this series, hosted at MARUM – Center […]
As of November 17th 2021, Hans Peter (Hamper) Luterbacher passed away. He was born in 1938 in Basel, Switzerland, and had graduated in 1960 at the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the Basel University, under the tutoring of Prof. Manfred Reichel. In the early sixties, at Bottaccione (Gubbio), he established with Isabella Premoli Silva the first biostratigraphic […]
The GSSP for the base of the Thanetian in the Zumaia section was stolen last spring. A new one was put in place during the meeting on the International Commission on Geoheritage, in November 2021.
Soon out, a unique, global compilation of deep-sea benthic foraminifera as tracers of Paleogene global change: Alegret, L., Arreguín-Rodríguez, G. J., Trasviña-Moreno, C.A., Thomas, E. (in press). Turnover and stability in the deep sea: benthic foraminifera as tracers of Paleogene global change. Global and Planetary Change, in press.
GSSP for Priabonian Stage (Eocene) Definition: The GSSP for the Base of the Priabonian Stage (Paleogene System, Eocene Series) is defined at meter level 63.57 in the Alano section (Alano di Piave, NE Italy: 45°54’51.10″N – 11°55’4.87″E). This level coincides with the base of a prominent crystal tuff layer, the Tiziano bed for which absolute […]
We regret to inform that Mikhail Akhmetiev, chairman of the Russian Paleocene Working Group of ISPS, passed away on 17 October 2020, at the age of 85. This is a very sad loss for our community, and we will always be grateful for his contributions in the field of paleobotany and biostratigraphy of the Paleogene, […]
Deadlines for participating to Strati 2019, the third International Congress on Stratigraphy which will be held in Milano (Italy), 2-5 July 2019, are approaching: Abstract submission: Deadline 29 March 2019 Conference payment: Submitting Author registration: deadline 29 March 2019 Early registration: deadline 15 May 2019 Standard registration: from 16 May 2019 Field trip registration: Deadline 29 […]
The upcoming 3rd International Congress on Stratigraphy STRATI 2019, which will be held in Milano 2-5 July, 2019, proposes a session on the Paleogene in Scientific Theme T3, “Erathemes, Systems, Series and Stages”. From the STRATI 2019 webpage: ST3.9 Paleogene stratigraphy, timescales and global change Convener: Simonetta Monechi simonetta.monechi@unifi.it Co-Conveners: Laia Alegret, Aitor Payros The […]
With great sadness, we regret to inform that Eustoquio Molina tragically passed away on September 30th. Eustoquio was a Professor in Micropaleontology at the University of Zaragoza, member of the Real Academia de Ciencias of Zaragoza and previous Chair of ISPS. He worked very actively for the subcommission and he had a very prolific career. […]