Meeting of Interest

[jlipps@ucmp1.Berkeley.EDU (Jere H. Lipps)]

Pam Muller suggests that some paleontologists might be interested in the
following meeting:

SEPM CONGRESS ON SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
August 13-16, 1995
TradeWinds Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Abstract Deadline: April 1, 1995
Pre-registration: By July 15, 1995
Contact: Myralee Rogers, SEPM's Business Office
P.O. Box 4756, Tulsa, OK 74159-0756
Phone: 918-493-3361 or 800-865-9765
FAX: 918-493-2093
e-mail: myralee@aip.org

SYMPOSIA AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS

*Applications of Sedimentology to Societal Issues
*Dynamics of Ice Sheets: Links to Sedimentary Geology
*Desert Environments: Modern and Ancient
*Linkages between Sediments, Water and Geochemistry
*Local, Regional and Global Change: Microfauna as Tools
*Geochemical Cycles
*Linkages between Neritic and Pelagic Carbonate Systems
*Dunham Memorial Carbonate Session
*Characterization of Confining Units for Hydrological Systems and Models
*Hydro- and Sequence Stratigraphy in Facies Models and Hydrological Systems
*Seeps, Springs and Flow Beneath Continental Shelves
*Lacustrine Records of Global Environmental Change
*Geomorphology and Sediment Dynamics of Estuarine and Tidal Wetlands
*Sedimentary Dynamics on Continental Shelves
*Linkages to Late Quaternary Sea Level and Geoarchaeology
*Extracting Sea-Level Records from Continental Margins
*Mass Extinctions
*Ichnofossils: Linkages to Life Habits and Environments
*Understanding the Stratigraphic Record: The Role of Micropaleontology
*Topic Sessions for Volunteered Papers

FIELD TRIPS
        Pre-Congress
*Sedimentary Geology of Cuba
*Georgia Quaternary
*Lee Stocking Island/Eleuthra Island, Bahamas
*Biscayne Bay/Everglades
*Miocene Phosphates of Florida
        During Congress
*Developed Barrier Island Coast of Pinellas County
*State-of-the-Art Satellite Oceanography Facility
        Post Congress
*Florida Keys: Modern and Pleistocene Carbonates
*Geologic History Coastal Wetlands, Florida's Big Bend Coast
*Holocene Geology/ Morphodynamics of Barrier Island Systems
*Miocene Phosphates of Florida

WORKSHOPS
        Pre-Congress
*Climate Model Applications in Paleoenvironmental Analysis
*Remote Sensing/ Image Processing from Mar. Sed. Environ
*Molecular Paleontology: New Techniques and Applications
*Milankovitch Sea Level Changes: Implications for Carbonate Reservoirs
        During Congress
*Earth Science Education Workshops for K-12 Teachers
        Post Congress
*Applications of Sed. Information to Hydrogeological Problems


General Chairman........Albert C. Hine, University of South Florida
Technical Program.......Robert Halley, U.S.G.S. Coastal Center
Field Trips.......................Eugene Shinn, U.S.G.S. Coastal Center
Workshops......................Lisa Robbins, University of South Florida
Exhibits...........................Peter Harries, University of South Florida