[Aqualist] IGCP 490 The role of Holocene environmental catastrophes in human history

[Simon Haberle]

Dear All,

Please find below information from Robin Torrence on aIGCP meeting that may 
interest members of AQUA.  Cheers, Simon



IGCP 490 The role of Holocene environmental catastrophes in human history

Meeting for 2006: geological record of hurricanes
Venue: Lafayette, Louisiana

Dates: meeting 25-27 Sept. 2006, field trip: just before and afterwards

Formal meeting
This year the IGCP490 has organized a one day session (oral and poster)
fully integrated into the annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies (GCAGS). The key note speaker is Prof. Kam-Biu Liu
(LSE), a specialist of palaeotempestology.

Webpage: www.gcags2006.com

Fieldtrips for IGCP490
* One one-day fieldtrip has been organized by Prof. H. Roberts (Louisiana
State University). Coring from a boat in the delta and Wax Lake. It will
give us first hand access to sediment laid down by the last hurricanes,
including Katrina in 2005.
* one-day field trip ³Hurricane Katrina - What Happened?², organized by
Prof. S. A. Nelson (Tulane University), in New Orleans City itself.
* Sign up early as numbers are capped for both trips. Watch the website of
GCAGS.

Business meeting: IGCP490 will also organize a formal board meeting during
the GCAGS conference.

Travel grants: a couple of partial travel grants are offered for candidates
who are young scientists working in the field of palaeotempestology.

Deadline: 28 April 06. Please contact S. Leroy.

Registration: through GCAGS

Deadlines:
Abstracts: deadline: 1 May 2006
Registration: On-line, begins July 15, 2006; deadline August 31, 2006:
GCAGS/GCPE Professionals $150
Spouse/guest $ 40
Students $ 20
Seniors (>65 yr) & Academia (full-time) $ 95
Ice-breaker only $ 40

IGCP490: For more information, go to: http://www.mun.ca/canqua/igcp490/

IGCP490 leader: Prof. Suzanne A. G. Leroy
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 3PH, (West London), UK.
suzanne.leroy at brunel.ac.uk,

NEW: direct: +44-1895-266087; fax: +44-1895-269736, secr: +44-1895-266543
homepage: www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/ges/staff/suzanne_leroy/
ICSU Dark Nature: www.mun.ca/canqua/ICSU-DN/
IGCP 490: www.mun.ca/canqua/igcp490/