Those interested in attending this conference should send the requested
information to Dr. Ludmila A. Sukhodolskaya, kriozem [at] glasnet.ru or to the
postal address listed below. Deadline for abstract submittal is
30 January 2000
RUSSIAN ACADEMY of SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC COUNSIL ON THE EARTH CRYOLOGY
International Conference
RHYTHMS OF NATURAL PROCESSES IN THE EARTH CRYOSPHERE
12-15 May, 2000, Pushchino, Russia
The International Conference "Rhythms of Natural Processes in the Earth
Cryosphere" will be held on May 12-15, 2000 at the Institute for Basic
Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushchino, Moscow Region).
Abstracts of presentations (not more than 250 words, typed at .5 line
spacing using Times New Roman font, 12 points) should be forwarded in
English and Russian (by e-mail or on a floppy disc) not later 30 January
2000 to the following address:
Dr. Ludmila A. Sukhodolskaya
Scientific Council on Earth Cryology
117312, Moscow, ul. Fersmana, 11/2, kv. 68.
Telephone: (095)1245422
Fax: (095)1356582
kriozem [at] glasnet.ru
Each author is entitled to submit to the Conference not more than two
reports. The Abstracts will be published and circulated among participants
by the Conference opening and the Conference proceedings will come out later
(in Russian) in the Journal "Kriosfera Zemli" (The Earth Cryosphere).
It is planned: to conduct two plenary sessions (on the first and last
Conference days) and to work in sections the rest of the time.
The authors of presentations in sections are insistently requested to
prepare their materials as posters which will be discussed subsequently at
sessions in sections.
On 15 May 2000, there will be a joint session with the XII Symposium on
Glaciology (which will also be held at Pushchino on May 15-19, 2000) and a
session on "Isotopic-Geochemical Studies of Ice in Frozen Sediments". In
addition, during the Conference the following round-table discussions are
planned; "Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring" (CALM) and "Thermometry of
Permafrost in Boreholes".
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
May 11
14:00 - Accommodation and registration of Conference participants.
May 12
9:00 - Plenary reports**
13:45
Welcoming addresses
V.P. Melnikov
Introductory Address
G.A. Zherebtsov
Report topic will be specified at a later date
N.N. Romanovskii, H.W. Hubberten
Eurhythmics of Natural Cryospheric Processes and their impact on the
land-sea interaction and concomitant phenomena: Laptev Sea region
H. French
Report topic will be specified at a later date
J. Brown
Report topic will be specified at a later date
R. Paepe
The role and place of Geological Sciences in studies of Global Climate
Change
V.P. Makarov
Natural geochemical cycles in the Cryolithozone and their transformation
under technogenic impact.
S.M. Fotiev.
Aggradation and degradation Epochs in the Cryogenic process development
and its Role in the formation of Groundwater
S.E. Grechshev
Natural oscillations of Cryogenic Geosystems.
15:00 - Plenary reports
17:00
E.D. Ershov, N.P. Levantovskaya, L.S. Maksimova, A.V. Medvedev
Natural rhythms and prediction of the Cryosphere evolution
L.N. Khrustalev
Account of the cyclicity of mean annual air temperature oscillations in
design of foundations on permafrost
E.S. Melnikov, D.S. Drozdov
Methods and results of repeated regional geocryological studies
S.A. Sycheva. Rhythms of soil formation in the late Pleistocene and
Holocene in their relations to the Cryogenic Cycles.
17:15 - Round-table discussion: "Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring".
18:45 Leaders: F.E Nelson, K.M. Hinkel, A.V. Pavlov, V.E. Romanovsky
19:30 - Dinner party
** Report titles will be specified after thorough reading of submitted
abstracts and their final wording by the authors.
May 13
9:00 - Poster session for all sections.
12:00
12:00 - Round-table discussion: "Thermometry of Permafrost in Boreholes"
13:30 Leaders: G.H. Pollack, V.N.Balobaev, J.Brown, M.Burges.
15:00 - Sections
20:00
Effects of rhythms, cycles and trends toward changes in the Earth Cryosphere
on the stability of engineering structures.
Chairmen: R.M.Kamensky, L.N. Khrustalev.
Reflection of the rhythmicity of natural processes in Cryosol.
"Makeev’s Readings".
Chairmen: D.A.Gilichinsky, S.V.Goryachkin.
Physicochemical aspects of rhythmic processes in the Earth Cryosphere.
Chairmen: S.E.Grechishchev, V.E.Ostroumov.
May 14
9:00 - Sections
13:00
Rhythms, cycles and trends in the evolution of the Earth and its components.
Chairmen: A.V.Pavlov, V.N.Konishchev, E.Van Overloop.
Topical problems of most recent facts from studies of the Earth Cryosphere.
Chairmen: E.S.Melnikov, A.D.Frolov, J.Brown.
15:00 - Sessions in sections
18:30
Rhythms, cycles and trends in the evolution of the Earth and its components.
Chairmen: A.V.Pavlov, V.N.Konishchev, E. Van Overloop.
Topical problems of most recent facts from studies of the Earth Cryosphere.
Chairmen: E.S.Melnikov, A.D.Frolov, J.Brown.
May 15
9:00 -
11:00
Annual Assembly of the Scientific Council on Earth Cryology.
11:15 - Joint plenary session of geocryologists and glaciologists,
13:00 plenary reports
Yu.N.Avsyuk
Dislocation of the inner Earth core and its role in geophysics.
B.V.Levin
On planetary maxima and rhythms in the Earth seismicity.
I.A.Zotikov.
Peculiarities of the ice movement in growing unsteady glacial covers.
G.F.Gravis
Rhythms and cycles in the structure of Frozen Sediments.
15:00 - Joint plenary session of geocryologists and glaciologists,
17:00 plenary reports
V.M.Kotlyakov
Global changes in the cryosphere for the last 400 kyr.
A.V.Pavlov
The cycles of heat and moisture in natural ecosystems of the North.
D.A.Gilichinsky
The Earth Cryosphere Permafrost and Ice as a Natural Habitat.
S. Verkulich, P. Mosolov
On geophysical studies of "Vostok"-lake in Antarctica.
17:30 - Session on "Isotopic-geochemical studies of ice in Frozen Sediments"
19:30
Yu.K.Vasil’chuk, A.K.Vasil’chuk, H.Yunger, J.van der Plicht
Cyclic formation of syngenetic ice wedges on the lower reaches of Kolyma
river in the late Pleistocene.
The Organizing Committee reminds that the registration fee is 200 $US. The
registration fee should be either sent in due time to the Secretariat of the
Scientific Council on Earth Cryology or paid on registration. This money
will cover the cost of editing and publication of Abstracts and Conference
programme, simultaneous Russian-English and English-Russian interpretation,
ordering buses for the participants before and after the Conference. The
Conference participants will register at the Scientific Council on Earth
Cryology just before the departure for Pushchino. Those arriving
independently will register on arrival at the hotel reception desk. The
information about transportation will be announced additionally.
The Conference participants will be accommodated in the hotel situated at
the 10-min walk distance from the Conference venue (Institute Basic
Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences).
The cost of hotel accommodation is 35 $US.
As the quantity rooms is rather limited the participants are kindly
requested to make hotel reservation in due course.
The cost of three meals a day in the hotel is 5 $US.; dinner party - 10 $US.
V.P. Melnikov
Corresponding Member of RAS
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Contact addresses and telephones:
Dr. Ludmila A. Sukhodolskaya
Scientific Council on Earth Cryology
117312, Moscow, ul. Fersmana, 11/2, kv. 68.
Telephone: (095)1245422
Fax: (095)1356582
kriozem [at] glasnet.ru
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