RELEVANT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

The Conference is planned as a direct continuation of the 7th International Zonenshain Conference on plate tectonics that will be held in Moscow on October 30 and 31, 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.: (812)-318-5064 (Mikhail Torokhov), (812)-113-8379 (Elena Miloradovskaya),
fax (812)-114-1470,
e-mail: torokhov@spb.cityline.ru miloradovskaya@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 the 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 timely determine the organization parameters of the sessions (specific meetings agendas, timing, venues, names of conveners, etc.)

I. THE ARCTIC
1. 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)
2. Oil and gas potential, gas hydrates
3. 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)

Секретарь проекта В.Г.Владимиров  sgt@uiggm.nsc.ru

Web-дизайн Е.А.Бердникова zheka@petrol.uiggm.nsc.ru