Dear Isogeochemists, sorry for cross posting and please pass on to interested colleagues. best wishes, Evelyn 3rd International Conference Mechanisms of Organic Matter Stabilisation and Destabilisation in Soils and Sediments. The Third Conference on Mechanisms of Organic Matter Stabilisation and Destabilisation in Soils and Sediments will be held in Adelaide (Australia) from September 23rd to 26th 2007 at the Stamford Grand Hotel on the Glenelg waterfront. As with the two previous conferences, the main goal is to bring together scientists from a range of backgrounds to share ideas and present recent research results. We welcome participation by researchers working in organic geochemistry, soil science, ecology and other disciplines related to the conference themes. With this conference, the themes have been expanded to include natural organic matter (NOM) in aquatic systems and processes that link stabilisation and destabilization mechanisms in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The aims of the conference are to facilitate the exchange of ideas pertaining to NOM stability in soils and sediments, and encourage the development of integrative and multidisciplinary collaborative projects. Conference themes include: * Formation, characterisation and fate of natural OM including Black Carbon * Movement of natural OM within and between terrestrial/aquatic ecosystems * Application of isotopic techniques in natural OM studies * Stabilisation/destabilisation mechanisms for natural OM * Biological significance of natural OM pools at various time scales * Modelling natural OM dynamics. For future announcements go to the web site at: http://www.clw.csiro.au/conferences/organic/ Dr. Evelyn Krull Research Scientist CSIRO Land & Water Adelaide Laboratory PMB 2 Glen Osmond, SA 5064 phone: +61 8 8303 8516 mobile: 0421498554 fax: +61 8 8303 8550 e-mail: [log in to unmask] web: www.clw.csiro.au/staff/KrullE