[Aqualist] Workshop announcement: Terrestrial Archives of Past Climate and Biodiversity Change

[Simon Haberle]

Workshop announcement

Terrestrial Archives of Past Climate and Biodiversity Change:
Defining the environmental backdrop to human colonization of Australasia
2nd-6th February, 2010
The Australian National University, Canberra

Opening Symposium with talks by invited speakers:
Prof. John Dodson (Palaeoecology, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, Australia)
Assoc. Prof. Julian Sachs (Palaeoclimatology, University of Washington, 
Seattle)

Workshops: Wednesday 3rd-Friday 5th February,
Molecular biomarkers overview: Dr Jochen Brocks (ANU)
Lipid biomarkers and hydrogen isotopes: A. Prof. Julian Sachs 
(University of Washington)
Charcoal and stable isotopes: Dr Evelyn Krull (CSIRO),
Soil and stable isotopes: Prof Michael Bird (JCU)
Linking sedimentology and stable isotopes A. Prof, Henk Heijnis (ANSTO)
Speleothems and stable isotopes: Dr Tezer Esat (ANSTO)
Phytoliths and stable isotopes: Dr John Carter (Victoria Univ. NZ)
Palynology: Dr Simon Haberle, Dr Mike MacPhail, Dr Janelle Stevenson 
(ANU), Dr Janet Wilmshurst (Landcare NZ)
Plant Macrofossils: Tara Lewis (Monash), Dr Mat Prebble, Dr Nick Porch 
(ANU)
Phytoliths: Dr John Carter (Victoria Univ. NZ), Dr Doreen Bowdery (ANU)
Diatoms: Kathryn Taffs (SCU), Jan Finn (ANU)
Quaternary Entomology: Dr Nick Porch (ANU)
Fungal Spores and NPPs (non-pollen palynomorphs): Sue Rule (ANU/JCU), Dr 
Jamie Wood (Landcare NZ), Dr Janet Wilmshurst (Landcare NZ)
Other areas to be covered: ancient DNA from sediment profiles, tooth 
enamel profiling

Closing Symposium: Modelling and integrating multiple proxies for past 
climate and biodiversity change – led by Prof. James Shulmeister 
(University of Queensland)

Field trip: Coring in the alpine lake district, Kosciusko National Park, 
NSW. Led by Prof. Geoff Hope (ANU), Dr Simon Haberle (ANU)

Travel and Accommodation Grants
A number of grants, funded by AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear 
Science and Engineering), are available for Australian or NZ 
post-graduate students from AINSIE linked institutions to attend the 
Workshop.
Please contact Rhiannon Still (rps at ansto.gov.au)
For more information about the workshop please contact Mat Prebble 
(matthew.prebble at anu.edu.au)