For more details on this Geology and Tectonics International Conference,
please contact any of the following at the Secretariat:
Mikhail Torokhov, torokhov [at] spb.cityline.ru
Elena Miloradovskaya, miloradovskaya [at] mail.ru
Garrik Grikurov, grikurov [at] mail.lanck.net
First Circular
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"POLAR REGIONS OF THE EARTH: GEOLOGY, TECTONICS, RESOURCE VALUE,
ENVIRONMENT"
EUROPROBE SYMPOSIUM
"ARCHEAN AND PROTEROZOIC PLATE TECTONICS: GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL
EVIDENCE"
POST-CRUISE WORKSHOP
"KNIPOVICH-2000"
St. Petersburg, 1-3 November 2001
Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation
Russian Academy of Sciences
All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the
World Ocean "VNIIOkeangeologia"
All-Russia Geological Institute VSEGEI
Institute of Lithosphere of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ILRAS)
Tectonic Society of Russia
EUROPROBE - European Science Foundation
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairman - Igor S. Gramberg (VNIIOkeangeologia)
Co-chairmen - Viktor E. Khain (ILRAS)
- Rinat R. Murzin (Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Andrei F. Morozov (Ministry of Natural Resources)
Deputy chairmen - Oleg V. Petrov (VSEGEI)
- Nikita A. Bogdanov (ILRAS)
Members - Georgy A. Cherkashev (VNIIOkeangeologia)
- Garrik E. Grikurov (VNIIOkeangeologia)
- Evgeni A. Kiselev (VSEGEI)
- Alexander P. Lisitsyn (Shirshov Institute)
- Gleb B. Udintsev (Vernadsky Institute)
- Evgeny E. Musatov (ILRAS - St. Petersburg)
- Vladimir M. Kotlyakov (RAS Scientific Council for the Arctic and
Antarctic Research)
- Vladimir D. Kruykov (PMGRE)
- Gennadi S. Kazanin (MAGE)
- Ivan E. Frolov (AARI)
Secretariat - Mikhail P. Torokhov (VNIIOkeangeologia)
- Elena A. Miloradovskaya (VNIIOkeangeologia)
A Program Steering Group is being formed from individual scientists and
representatives of national organizations involved in geological and
geophysical studies of the Polar Regions. Its membership will be
announced as soon as finally agreed.
RELEVANT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
Application deadline is: 20 April 2001
Abstract deadline is: 10 June 2001
The Conference is planned as a direct continuation of the 7th
International Zonenshain Conference on plate tectonics that will be held
in Moscow on 30-31 October 2001. This will enable the scientists wishing
to participate in both events to take a night train from Moscow with
subsequent departure to their destinations from St. Petersburg.
You are kindly invited to send your application forms by fax, mail, or
e-mail by 20 April 2001. Abstracts should be submitted by 10 June 2001.
Please, forward your questions and comments to the Organizing Committee
Secretariat at:
VNIIOkeangeologia, 1, Anglyisky Ave., St. Petersburg 190121 Russia,
tel.: +7-812/318-5064 (Mikhail Torokhov), +7-812/113-8379 (Elena
Miloradovskaya), fax: +7-812/114-1470, e-mail: torokhov [at] spb.cityline.ru
or miloradovskaya [at] mail.ru
The participants will be expected to pay a modest registration fee
needed to partly cover the expenses for publication of the Abstracts
volume (in Russian and English), synchronous translation of oral
presentations, coffee breaks and reception, and processing of formal
visa invitations for foreign scientists. The amount to be paid will
depend on the number of received applications and availability of
sponsors, but we hope to keep it at a reasonable level. Final
information concerning the registration fee and means of its submission
will be included in the following circulars. The participants of both
conferences (in Moscow and St. Petersburg) will be charged a single
registration fee.
You are kindly invited to attend our Conference and the accompanying
events. We shall appreciate the earliest possible notification of your
intentions (Application Form is attached), and we would also be grateful
for your comments and suggestions regarding the proposed Program. This
will enable us to take account of your opinion during the preparation of
the Second Circular and to determine the organization parameters of the
sessions (specific meetings agendas, timing, venues, names of conveners,
etc.)
The Conference is planned to include three main sections:
I. THE ARCTIC
- Structure and evolution of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent land
1.1. Deep-sea basins, oceanic ridges and rises
1.2. Circum-Arctic continental shelf
1.3. Continental land (controversial tectonic issues and ideas) - Oil and gas potential, gas hydrates
- Mineral resources
II. THE ANTARCTIC
1. Structure and evolution of Antarctica and adjacent seas
1.1. Precambrian of East Antarctica
1.2. Phanerozoic mobile belts
1.3. Sedimentary basins
2. Antarctic mineral resources - prospects versus realities
III. ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGES IN THE POLAR REGIONS (GLACIATIONS,
CLIMATE EXTREMES, MODERN PROCESSES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION)
(contributions of comparative nature will be strongly encouraged)
APPLICATION FORM
Family name:
First name:
Affiliation:
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Title of presentation (oral, poster):
Please indicate the events in which you wish to participate:
[ ] Polar Regions Conference
[ ] EUROPROBE Symposium
[ ] Workshop "Knipovich-2000"
IMPORTANT!!! Please consult the Russian representation where you intend
to apply for a visa whether they will:
[ ] accept a fax (or written) invitation from the Organizing Committee
[ ] require a formal visa invitation issued by the local branch of the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Signature:
To return your filled in form please use fax: +7-812/114-1470, or any of
the following e-mails: torokhov [at] spb.cityline.ru - miloradovskaya [at] mail.ru
- grikurov [at] mail.lanck.net
For more details, please contact any of the following at the Secretariat:
Mikhail, Torokhov, torokhov [at] spb.cityline.ru,
Elena Miloradovskaya, miloradovskaya [at] mail.ru,
Garrik Grikurov, grikurov [at] mail.lanck.net
The soonest possible indication of your intentions will be most
appreciated.