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2nd Würzburger Loess Symposium: Palaeolandscapes of Middle and Late Pleistocene
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6th LOESS SEMINAR IN WROCLAW (POLAND)
As it was mentioned in 1st Circular, the aim of the meeting is to assemble experienced and young loess researchers to study loess in Poland and western Ukraine and to apply advanced and comparable methods in joint research. We will focus mainly on the Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences, trying to recognize their spatial differentiation within the Polish and Ukrainian parts of the European loess belt. The properties of the major lithostratigraphic units will be examined in respect of their significance as a potential tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.
Oral and poster contributions dealing with new methods in loess research (including dating), stratigraphy, correlation, palaeopedology, periglacial features, loess sedimentology and other loess related items in regional or local context are invited.
Check the call for papers in PDF format here
AGU FALL MEETING 2010
AGU is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. AGU is a scientific society with a membership of 50,000 researchers, teachers, and students.
Mark your calendars today to attend the 2010 AGU Fall Meeting! The Fall Meeting is expected to draw a crowd of over 15,000 geophysicists from around the world.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 03 September, 2010, 2359 EDT
(Eastern Daylight Time).
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LOESS IN INDIA
by Ian Smalley
There should be loess in India; one would expect loess in India; the factors are all present to cause the existence of a large loess region in north India. What is required for the formation of a loess deposit? Some way of making the large amount of silt particles required; some way of distributing these across the landscape; some way of forming that characteristic deposit, and perhaps the right climatic conditions. To the east of High Asia is the iconic loess deposit in northern China, associated with the Yellow River; to the west of High Asia are the Central Asian loess deposits, associated with the Syr-Darya and Amu-Darya rivers; what loess to the south?... Find out more