Ichnologic meetings and events, 1998 to 2001
Andrew K. Rindsberg and Alfred Uchman
Geological Survey of Alabama, Jagiellonian University
arindsberg@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us, FRED@geos.inj.uj.edu.pl
The Ichnology Newsletter is the journal of record for events in ichnology. Reviews and announcements of some of these meetings are included in this issue, or the previous one. In addition to events from 1998 to 2001, some earlier events that were missed in the previous issue are listed.
See Ichnology Newsletter no. 20 (8 events).
"El Ordovícico de Mar del Plata u sus Trazas Fósiles" (The Ordovician of Mar del Plata and its Trace Fossils), field trip, TRAI-PRIM, March 29-April 3, 1998. Leader: Daniel G. Poiré.
"Acantilados de Chapadmalal: Paleosuelos y Trazas Fósiles Plio-Pleistocenas" (Chapadmalal Cliffs: Plio-Pleistocene Paleosols and Trace Fossils), field trip, TRAI-PRIM, April 3, 1998. Leaders: Marcelo Zárate, Jorge F. Genise, Martín Peña, and María Elena Fernández.
Second International Bioerosion Workshop (IBW-2), Fort Pierce, Florida, USA, March 29 to April 3, 1998. Convener: Debra Krumm, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.
"Ichnology and Taphonomy": a symposium, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Charleston, West Virginia, USA, March 30, 1998. Convenors: Andrew K. Rindsberg, Anthony J. Martin, and Ronald R. McDowell.
"Trace Fossils in Sedimentology and Dynamic Stratigraphy": special session, 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, Spain, April 13 to 17, 1998. Conveners: José Carlos Garcia Ramos and Luis Alberto Buatois.
"Ichnology: Applications in Sedimentology and Dynamic Stratigraphy": a short course, 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, Spain, April 18 to 20, 1998. Lecturers: Luis A. Buatois and M. Gabriela Mángano.
"Stratigraphic Applications of Ichnofacies and Trace Fossil Events": SEPM poster session at the AAPG-SEPM Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, May 17 to 20, 1998. Session chair: A. A. Ekdale.
"Marine Ichnology and Taphonomy": AAPG-SEPM Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, May 17 to 20, 1998. Chair: A. A. Ekdale.
Workshop on Ichnotaxonomy (WIT), Bornholm, Denmark, August 1998. Convenors: Markus Bertling and Richard G. Bromley.
Organism-Sediment Interactions, a symposium/workshop, Belle Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA, October 23 to 25, 1998. Organizer: Josephine Y. Aller.
"Fossil Art", an exhibit by Adolf Seilacher including many casts of trace fossils, continues on display at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, after which it will be exhibited in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
"Ordovician and Silurian Ichnology and Paleoenvironments of Northwest Georgia", pre-meeting field trip, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Athens, Georgia, USA, March 24, 1999. Co-leaders: Anthony J. Martin and Andrew K. Rindsberg.
"Memorial Symposium in Honor of Robert W. Frey: Ichnology, Taphonomy, and Education", symposium, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Athens, Georgia, USA, March 25, 1999. Convenors: Stephen W. Henderson and Anthony J. Martin.
Ichnofabrics in Petroleum Geology and 5th International Ichnofabric Workshop (IIW-5), Aberdeen, Scotland, July 12-20, 1999. Joint conference with field workshop. Convenors: IPC: Mark Lawrence, Stuart Buck, and Nigel Trewin; IIW-5: John Pollard, Andrew Taylor, and Stuart Gowland.
"Ichnofabric and Trace Fossils in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Sediments, Bornholm, Denmark", pre-meeting field trip, International Association of Sedimentologists, 19. Regional European Meeting of Sedimentology, August 20-23, 1999. Leaders: Richard Bromley and Alfred Uchman.
"Sediments and Animal Behaviour", topical session, International Association of Sedimentologists, 19. Regional European Meeting of Sedimentology, August 24-26, 1999. Organisers: Richard Bromley and Alfred Uchman.
VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 26 to October 2, 1999. Jorge F. Genise will organize a session on Ichnology.
"Aplicaciones de la Ichnologia en Analisis de Facies y Cuencas Sedimentarias (Applications of Ichnology to Sedimentary Facies and Basin Analysis)", special session, Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Sedimentología (Second Latinoamerican Congress of Sedimentology), Mar del Plata, Argentina, March 14 to17, 2000. Convenors: Luis A. Buatois and Renata G. Netto.
"New Trends in Paleoichnology", 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2000. Organizer: Renata Netto.
IV Reunión Argentina de Icnología y II Reunión de Icnología del Mercosur (Fourth Argentinean Meeting of Ichnology and Second Ichnology Meeting of the Mercosur), Tucumán, Argentina, early 2001. Organizers: Florencio G. Aceñolaza, Luis A. Buatois, and M. Gabriela Mángano.
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