International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy

Meeting 2002 in Carcassonne, France

SECOND CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Dates of the meeting:

Pre-meeting excursion (2 days) to the southern Montagne Noire: September, 12-13th, 2002

Conference and workshop (1 day): September, 14th, 2002

Venue:

Caunes-Minervois, at 18 km to the northeast of Carcassonne

Access to Carcassonne:

By plane: there are direct flights from Charleroi, Frankfurt, London and Paris.

By train: the city is located at 90 km from Toulouse and 130 km from Montpellier (southern France).

Organizers:

José Javier ALVARO, Villeneuve d’Ascq

Sebastien CLAUSEN, Villeneuve d’Ascq

Françoise DEBRENNE, Paris

John H. SHERGOLD, Masseret

Daniel VIZCAINO, Carcassonne

Organizing institutions:

International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy (ISCS), Association Paléontologique Française (APF), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): UPRESA 8014, Comité Français de Stratigraphie (CFS), Geobios, Société Géologique de France (SGF)

Meeting language:

Abstracts, posters and oral communications must be presented in English.

Abstracts:

Talks and posters on geological and paleontological topics related to the Cambrian and its boundaries are invited. Text of abstracts, not exceeding 300 words, should be sent to J. Javier Álvaro at the address below before 1st May, 2002. State whether the abstract is for an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts should preferably be submitted as an e-mail message or attachment.

Conference proceedings :

Scientific contributions (talks and posters) can be submitted as manuscripts to Geobios. They must be written in English and correspond to the ‘Guidelines for Authors’ of this journal (available in http://geobios.univ-lyon1.fr/). Each participant will be able to submit one contribution as first author. Papers must be presented in their final version at the registration desk of the conference. Deadline: September, 14th, 2002. Accepted papers will be published together as a thematic volume of Geobios.

Provisional programme of the conference:

Wednesday, September 11: Arrival of participants of the pre-meeting excursion in Carcassonne, and reception in Caunes-Minervois. Participants will be met in Carcassonne airport and train station, or directly in Caunes-Minervois.

Thursday, September 12: Excursion to the Cambrian outcrops of the Minervois nappe.

Friday, September 13: Excursion to the Cambrian outcrops of the Pardailhan nappe.

Saturday, September 14: Oral communications (one overhead projector and two slide projectors will be available), poster presentations and ISCS workshop.

Sunday, September 15: Participants will be led to Carcassonne airport and train station.

Registration form and costs:

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Excursion and meeting fee: (before May 1st) 425 euros (after May 1^st) 475 euros.

Payments must arrive before May 1st by bank transfer on the following bank account. Cheques (excepting from French banks) are not accepted. Credit card payment is not possible.

Bank: La Poste (France)

Bank account holder: ALVARO JOSE JAVIER

Account number: FR 96 20041 01005 1377986F026 94

We will confirm the arrival of your payment by e-mail, as soon as it arrived.

Important dates:

1st May 2002: Deadline for Abstracts and registration

1st July 2002: Third circular – Programme and final arrangements

Please, send all the correspondence (preferably via e-mail) to:

José Javier ALVARO

USTL-Sciences de la Terre

UPRESA 8014 CNRS

Cité Scientifique SN5

F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex

FRANCE

Tel : (+33) 03 20336392

Fax : (+33) 03 20436900

E-mail: Jose-Javier.Alvaro@univ-lille1.fr