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Loess 2.0 - Milestones and Recent Advances in the Study of Loess, Dust,
and Other Aeolian Sediment Archives on AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
December 05-09, 2011
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Printer friendly Loess 2.0 session flyer:
http://www.aeoliandust.org/AGU2011/loess20.pdf
Dear Colleagues:
We encourage submission of abstracts to the Paleoceanography and
Paleoclimatology session PP19 ++ Loess 2.0 ++ for the AGU Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, California, USA to be held December 05-09, 2011. This
session aims to provide a lively forum to review fundamental scientific
steps in the study of aeolian sediment archives and discuss new
innovative approaches that enhance our understanding of those records.
Submissions by students and young scientists are particularly encouraged!
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 04 August, 2011, 2359 EDT
(Eastern Daylight Time). Abstract Submissions is open.
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/
Session Announcement:
In recent years, rapid advances in the application of highly resolved
sedimentological and geochemical studies, in combination with various
geochronometric techniques and chronostratigraphic tools, have opened up
new vistas in the investigation of paleo-records of atmospheric dust
loading using aeolian sediment deposits. As these sediments are
widespread on the continents, novel multi-proxy investigations enhance
our understanding of long-term aeolian dust dynamics and climate
variability, linking intra to inter-hemispheric climates on time scales
ranging from glacial-interglacial to (sub)millennial.
Innovative contributions are welcome on the application of new and
established methodological approaches; results on stratigraphy,
geochronology, paleoclimatology, paleoenvironmental assessment; and
geoarchaeology of aeolian deposits in the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres. We especially encourage papers that either
(a) utilize high-resolution loess & dust records to reconstruct the
timing and dynamics of past synoptic atmospheric circulation patterns on
regional and inter-hemispheric scales;
(b) establish precise correlations and define atmospheric mechanisms
that link continental loess/dust records with aeolian records in ice
cores and/or the oceans; or
(c) address the challenging effort to incorporate the dust proxies of
past atmospheric processes into climate models.
This session aims to provide a lively forum to review fundamental
scientific steps in the study of aeolian sediment archives and discuss
new innovative approaches that enhance our understanding of those
records. Submissions by students and young scientists are particularly
encouraged!
Conveners: Bjoern Machalett, Eric A. Oches, ZhongPing Lai, Helen Roberts
AGU Index terms: 4914, 4904, 0429, 1100, 1500
AGU’s Abstract Submission Policies
Please note AGU’s abstract submission software and procedure, and
first author policy: “First Authors can have a maximum of 1 contributed
and 1 invited abstracts, or 2 invited abstracts.”
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/submit-policies/
Student Travel Grants
A limited number of Student Travel Grants for students who are first
authors and presenters of a poster or oral presentation will be awarded
for the 2011 Fall Meeting.
Application Deadline: 4 August 2011
http://www.agu.org/education/grants/travel.shtml
“Low Income Countries”
Special discounts on the registrations rates are available to those from
low income countries.
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/registration-and-meeting-services/
There is no abstract submission fee for persons from qualifying
low-income countries.
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/registration/low-income-countries.php
Loess 2.0 session information:
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/705
We look forward to seeing many of you in San Francisco! If you have any
questions please don’t hesitate to contact one of the conveners.
Best wishes,
Bjoern Machalett, Rick Oches, Zhongping Lai, and Helen Roberts
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Bjoern Machalett
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Department of Geography,Germany
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Eric A. Oches
Department of Natural & Applied Sciences
Bentley University, Waltham, US
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ZhongPing Lai
QingHai Institute of Salt Lakes, XiNing
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Helen Roberts
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences,
Aberystwyth University, UK
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