The development of accurate chronologies is crucial to understand geological, biological and climate processes. Over the last decades new advances on geochronology based on the inter-calibration of astronomic and radiometric time have led to accurate correlations between marine and terrestrial climate records in different regions of the Earth. Deep sea sapropels in the Mediterranean as well as the astronomically-driven rhythmic sections along the Mediterranean marginal basins have been crucial for the elaboration of the astronomical time scale. Furthermore, because of its intense volcanic activity the Mediterranean is a key region to calibrate astronomic and radiometric ages, dating ash layers interbedded in marine or terrestrial cyclical sediments. Deep sea Atlantic sediments and cyclical sections on-land, especially in SW Europe and NW Africa, also revealed as powerful tools for astrochronology. In this meeting we are pleased to welcome all Scientists interested on the climatic, biologic and geologic history of the Atlantic and Mediterranean over the last 23 Myr.
Salamanca is a World Heritage City since 1988 and one of the most beautiful cities in Spain. The historic center has important Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissence, and Baroque monuments. Walking dowtown you can experience the contrast between the quietness of its little streets and the youthfull air of its students, especially at night.
Looking forward to seing you in Salamanca in 2011.
Francisco J. Sierro and Jose-Angel Gonzalez Chairs of the Organizing Committee.
Francisco J. Sierro and Jose-Angel Gonzalez Chairs of the Organizing Committee.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Session 1: The Neogene Time Scale. Chairs: Frederick Hilgen (Utrecht University, Holland).Mario Sprovieri (Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, CNR, Italy)
Session 2: The Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Paratethys. Chairs: Wout Krijgsman (Utrecht University, Holland), Marco Roveri (University of Parma, Italy)
Session 3: Atlantic-Mediterranean records of astronomical and millennial climate change during the Pleistocene. Chairs: David Hodell (University of Cambridge, UK), Chronis Tzedakis (University of Leeds, UK)
Session 4: Dynamics of marine ecosystems from the Atlantic to the Paratethys. Chairs Werner de Piller (University of Gräz, Austria), Fabrizio Lirer (Istituto Ambiente Marino Costiero IAMC-CNR, Naples, Italy)
Session 5: Terrestrial ecosystems. Chairs: Jordi Agusti (Instituto Catalán de Paleoecología Humana y evolución social, Tarragona, Spain), María Teresa Alberdi (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain).
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