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2nd PAST Gateways International Conference and Workshop 2014

Location
Trieste, TS, Italy
Dates
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Meeting Category

'PAST Gateways' (Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways) is an IASC endorsed network research programme, the scientific goal of which is to understand Arctic environmental change during the period preceding instrumental records and across decadal to millennial timescales.

The focus of the six year programme is on the nature and significance of Arctic gateways, both spatial and temporal, with an emphasis on the transitions between major Late Cenozoic climate events such as interglacials to full glacials and full glacial to deglacial states, as well as more recent Holocene fluctuations.

There are three major themes to the programme:

(1) Growth and decay of Arctic Ice Sheets;

(2) Arctic sea-ice and ocean changes, and

(3) Non-glaciated Arctic environments.

PAST Gateways follows on from the previous network programmes of 'PONAM' (Polar North Atlantic Margins), 'QUEEN' (Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North) and, most recently, 'APEX' (Arctic Palaeoclimate and its EXtremes). It is interdisciplinary in nature and seeks to bring together field scientists and numerical modellers to advance understanding about Arctic climate change. The network involves scientists from across Europe, Russia, Canada and the USA.

Please visit the conference website http://pastgateways2014.inogs.it/ for additional information.

Deadlines and important dates

December 2 - First Circular with costs, venue, and field trip information

January 31 - Deadline for registration, abstract submission and fee payment

February 15 - Optional field trip confirmation (Pasterze Glacier, Austria)

March 1 - Deadline optional field trip payment

April 15 - Second circular with list of presentations and attendees.

Organizers

Lucchi, R.G.; Rebesco, M.; Zennaro, M. (OGS, Trieste)
Colucci, R.R. (CNR-ISMAR Trieste)
Monegato, G. (CNR-IGG, Turin)
Barbante, C. (CNR-IDPA Venice, and University of Venice)
O'Cofaigh, C. (University of Durham, Chair of PAST Gateways)

PAST Gateways Steering Committee

H. Alexanderson, C. Andresen, L. Bjarnadottir, J. Briner, A. de Vernal, G. Fedorov, M. Henriksen, N. Kirchner, R. Lucchi, H. Meyer, C. O’Cofaigh (Chairman), R. Noormets, K. Strand, and R. Urgeles.