EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna - abstract deadline Jan 14

Dear Colleagues,

We welcome all abstracts involving field and laboratory studies, 
applications and problems using sclerochronology and high-resolution 
geochemistry in various carbonate skeletons (e.g., corals, molluscs, 
brachiopods, otoliths) to contribute to this exciting field of research. 
Please submit abstracts to this session for the annual meeting of EGU in 
2008 in the beautiful city of Vienna (Austria). This is a Stratigraphy, 
Sedimentology and Palaeontology session (SSP12). Go to 
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/index.html for the most recent 
program listing and the abstract submission tool.

Deadline for abstract submission is January, 14 2008.


Session title: Sclerochronology: A powerful tool for environmental 
reconstruction (SSP12)

Conveners: Dorothee Hippler, David P Gillikin, Bernd Schöne

Session description:

The study of the physical and chemical variations in accretionary hard 
parts of marine and terrestrial organisms, and the temporal context in 
which they formed (sclerochronology) has become a promising tool for 
reconstructing environmental change on both geological and 
archaeological time scales. Growth pattern analysis (e.g. using physical 
or chemical patterns in annual growth rings) aims at reconstructing the 
life history traits of the organisms, as well as for providing 
high-resolution records of environmental and climatic change through 
space and time. However, these records are often complicated by vital 
effects, which can only be accounted for when we have a mechanistic 
understanding of proxy incorporation. We welcome all contributions, 
including both field and laboratory studies, using sclerochronology 
and/or high-resolution geochemistry in biogenic carbonates, such as 
corals, molluscs, brachiopods, otoliths, etc, that contribute to 
progress in this research area.

Please feel free to forward this email to students and/or colleagues who 
might be interested.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information.

We look forward to seeing you in Vienna.

Cheers,
David, Dorothee and Bernd



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Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology
Department of Earth Science and Geography
Vassar College
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