Dear Dr Grocke:

I am a graduate student in Department of Geology at University of 
Michigan. I am working on the reconstruction of paleoclimate by using 
stable isotopes. Is it too late to apply for the participation of this 
workshop? I am also interested in the application for the financial 
assistance.

Regards,

Yuehan
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Yuehan Lu
University of Michigan, Department of Geological Sciences
3520 C.C. Little Bldg                  1100 N. University Ave.          
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Quoting Darren Gröcke <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear Isogeochemists
>
> Due to several cancellations I have some financial assistance for  
> attendees from Developing and Former Eastern Block countries to  
> attend this workshop below (11-14th July inclusive): summary below.  
> Please email me ASAP if you are eligible to receive this financial  
> assistance and wish to attend the workshop. Note, you do not have to  
> reside in a Developing Country or Former Eastern Block, but just have 
>  citizenship from such a country.
>
> ********************************************
> Stable isotopes in archaeological midden shells: high-resolution  
> palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental archives
>
> Stable-isotope profiles of bivalve shells can provide high-resolution 
>  records of temporal changes in seawater temperature and chemistry  
> during the life history of the bivalve.  This method has become a  
> tool for reconstructing environmental change in both the  
> archaeological and geological sciences.  In the context of  
> archaeological shell midden deposits, variability in bivalve isotopic 
>  values has the potential to provide a record of long-term climatic  
> trends and fluctuations in temperature.  The geochemistry of bivalves 
>  has not been widely used in the archaeological sciences for  
> constructing a long-term record of climate and environment, and more  
> importantly Native resource and management strategies.  A 3-day  
> workshop (11-14th July inclusive) is planned to bring together  
> archaeologists who are involved with shell midden research and  
> geochemists that have conducted isotopic analysis of shells.   
> Bringing together these two disciplines will help to develop a  
> constructive scientific effort in producing high-resolution isotopic  
> records from shell middens through the Pleistocene and Holocene.
>
> Confirmed attendees
>
> Cannon, Aubrey (Canada)
> Patterson, William (Canada)
> Andrus, Fred (USA)
> Gillikin, David (USA)
> Mannino, Marcello (UK)
> Surge, Donna (USA)
> Schöne, Bernd (Germany)
> Parkington, John (South Africa)
> Ted McConnaughey (USA)
> David Goodwin (USA)
> Chris Romanek (USA)
> Ivr Quitmyer (USA)
> Matthieu Carre (USA)
> David Black (Canada)
> ********************************************
>
> Cheers
>
> Darren
>
>
> Dr Darren Grocke
> Associate Professor & Director of SIBL
>
> Stable-Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory (SIBL)
> McMaster University
> School of Geography & Earth Sciences
> 1280 Main Street West
> Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1
> Canada
>
> http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/research/sibl/index.html
> Phone: 905 525 9140 ext. 26334
> Fax: 905 546 0463
>
>
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