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6 Marine Micropaleontology Research Group MEETING ACTIVITIES & REQUESTS FOR ABSTRACTS (cont.) 8th International Symposium on the Cretaceous International Symposium on the Cretaceous University of Plymouth, UK, September 6 - 12, 2009 We are working on the various circulars that will inform you about the conference, its scientific programme, the social events and the field excursions. Suggestions for session themes are welcome at this time, as are names and contact details for those wishing to be kept in touch with publication of circulars, etc. There will be an opportunity for the publication of the proceedings and all potential authors are reminded that papers must be submitted at the meeting in September 2009. The Second Circular will be available October 2008. Contact information: Malcolm Hart, Secretariat - mhart@plymouth.ac.uk MEETING NEWS REPORTS ON PAST MEETINGS Marine Micropaleontology/Quantitative Stratigraphy Research Group Meeting AAPG Annual Meeting, San Antonio, April 21, 2008 The theme of this year’s meeting was “Discipline Health of Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Industry, Academia, and Government”, which served as a follow-up to an earlier meeting convened by Jim Bergen (BP), Dave Watkins (U. Nebraska, Lincoln), and Tim Bralower (PSU) October, 2007. Invited presentations by Martin Farley (UNC- Pembroke), Rich Lane (NSF), and Bergen and Watkins were followed by discussion of ~40 attendees. The main points made are: • Industry must be pro-active in supporting student research and recruiting in micropaleontology and biostratigraphy because of age demographics. There are very few young biostratigraphers now being trained as replacements or (less likely) as new staff. Turnover in industry, especially among super-majors, will be high during the next 5-10 years. The same is true among academics: Meso- NAMS NEWS Fall 2008 Cenozoic micropaleontology and biostratigraphy expertise has greatly declined and Paleozoic expertise has nearly disappeared while turnover in academics will increase during the next 10-15 years. • The Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology section of NSF is highly unlikely to support geologic problem solving using microfossils and biostratigraphy. Several new NSF initiatives have been proposed which, if funded, will be devoted to high profile “deep time” studies. Of these initiatives, only the Deep Time Life Observatories might be suitable for industrial collaboration because geochronologists will be involved. • Immediate long-term forward planning is therefore critical to the health of micropaleontology and biostratigraphy. Industrial support of students must increase and be consistent (possibly via consortia and internships; see action item below) in order to demonstrate long-term commitment by industry see MM Research Group (cont.) on page 10 InterRad XII International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists Nanjing, China, September 2009 The 12th meeting of the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists will be held in the newly built “Nanjing Museum of Palaeontology” at Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontoogy, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A series of scientific sessions including plenary and special sessions, and mid-conference field excursions will be organized. Social events and programs will also be arranged. Abstracts are due March 31, 2009. A request for abstracts will be announced in the Second Circular, which will have instructions for electronic submission of abstracts. Proceedings of both oral and poster presentations may be eligible for peer-reviewed publication in the journal Palaeoworld, an Elsevier quarterly journal. Contact information: Hui Luo, huiluo@nigpas.ac.cn.
AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting Palynological & Paleobotany Congresses 12th International Palynological Congress and 8th International Organization of Paleobotany Congress Bonn, Germany, August 30th to September 5th, 2008 The joint Congress of the 12th IPC and 8th IOPC was held on the campus of the University of Bonn in early September. This historic campus within the modern city of Bonn (the birthplace of Beethoven) provided excellent meeting and social facilities for the joint Congress. Over 700 participants gathered through the 5 days of joint sessions to discuss 21st century research into palynology and paleobotany. At any one time, ten joint sessions covered wide-ranging topics from modern pollen structure to early Paleozoic cryptospore chronostratigraphy. The interaction between palynologists and paleobotanists facilitated significant discussion linking the two disciplines, and in-depth discussions as to how the two disciplines can work together in solving complex paleontological questions. The meeting began with opening ceremonies in the main auditorium of the University on the Sunday afternoon. Introductions were made and pleasantries exchanged with the background of classical music. Participants then made a short walk to the nearby Botanical Gardens, where dinner and drinks were served among the numerous rows and beds of gorgeous flowering plants, shrubs and trees. The party lasted until late in the evening with good German beer flowing, and participants having opportunity to catch up with long forgotten friendships. Over the next four days of the meeting, joint sessions were the norm with decisions difficult as to which session to attend. With the number of participants and wide range of paleontological topics, it was sometimes difficult to choose which talk to go to. All the meeting rooms were in close proximity so traffic between talks was chaotic. Coffee breaks in the auditorium allowed for a brief respite, and viewing of the poster sessions which changed every two days. The Tuesday of the Congress was a day-off with the exception of those who chose to participate in the one- MEETING NEWS REPORTS ON PAST (cont.) AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting NAMS Poster Sessions AAPG Annual Convention San Antonio, Texas, USA, April 20-23, 2008 NAMS organized two concurrent poster sessions at the 2008 AAPG Annual Convention in San Antonio; “Advances in Chronostratigraphic and Paleoecologic Analysis: Case Studies I & II”. The sessions, co-chaired by Nancy Engelhardt-Moore and Ron Waszczak, attracted high quality presentations that illustrated the contribution of micropaleontology to solving geological problems related to age, depositional environment, and paleooceanography. Special mention must go to Martin Crundwell and Malcolm Arnot, who were awarded the SEPM poster presentation prize, and to Jamie Shamrock and David Watkins, who received an SEPM honorable mention. The poster presentations included (in alphabetic order): AlShuaibi, A. A.: Coniacian to Lowermost Campanian Stratigraphy of the Austin Chalk, Northeast Texas. Aubry M. J., Bonnemaison M., VanCouvering J. A.: Typhoon: A Web Integrated Micropaleontological Database System. Browning E., Leckie R., McClain P., Nathan S., John C.: Testing the Possible Linkages between the Miocene Reticulofenestra Event, the Biogenic Bloom, Tropical Gateways and Sea Level Changes. Cheng J., Laurel C.: Using Benthic Foraminifera to Understand Seagrass Abundance, Salinity and Sea Level Variation in Florida Bay. Crundwell M. P., Arnot M. J.: Sub-Millennial Anatomy of Late Miocene Deep-Water Mass-Transport Deposits: Case Studies of the Use of Foraminifera to Decipher the Stratigraphic Architecture of the Mount Messenger Depositional System, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Gary A., Johnson G., Yu E.: Reducing Uncertainty in Paleoecological Models Using Fuzzy Logic. Huber B. T., Cervato C., Fils D.: Chronos Online Taxonomic Databases for Planktonic Foraminifera. Jaramillo C., Rueda M., Torres V.: A Quantitative Palynological Zonation for Eastern Colombia. see 12th IPC & 8th IOPC Congresses (cont.) on page 12 see NAMS Poster Sessions (cont.) on page 12 NAMS NEWS Fall 2008 7
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