Reg. Charity No. 1168330
This year's International Workshop on Plant Taphonomy will be held on the last weekend in November in Bonn, from Friday, November 25 to Saturday, November 26, 2016. The date provides terrific opportunities for stimulating discussions over Glühwein at the Bonn Christmas Market, so please mark it on your calendar! The 2016 workshop will feature a keynote lecture from Bob Gastaldo (Colby College, Maine, USA) and a round-table discussion on the taphonomy of leaf cuticle led by Lutz Kunzmann (Senckenberg Research Institute, Dresden, Germany). Talks and posters on all aspects of plant taphonomy are welcome.
Despite the formal presentations, we hope that the 2016 meeting in Bonn will retain its informal, discussion-oriented, workshop flavor. Thus, students and new members wanting to check out plant taphonomy are especially wanted. The deadline for pre-registration and abstracts is extended to October 31st 2016, and more information will be contained in a second mailing at the end of summer (see below). If you are interested in receiving this second circular or if you have any questions, please send a brief email to Carole Gee (cgee@uni-bonn.de).
[updated on: 01 Oct 2016]
• We will start on Friday at 10 am and finish up on Saturday afternoon ca. 3 pm
• For those already in Bonn on Thursday evening, we can get together for an informal dinner
Venue: Steinmann Institute, Division of Paleontology, University of Bonn Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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• Talks will be held in the Hörsaal in Geology
• The round-table session, poster presentations, and coffee breaks will take place downstairs in the Goldfuss Museum
• Informal discussions will continue over Glühwein at the Bonn Christmas Market on Friday evening
Workshop organizers: Carole Gee and Thomas Litt, University of Bonn
• Contact us at cgee@uni-bonn.de or t.litt@uni-bonn.de
Registration fee: 20€ for professionals, 10€ for students
• Robert Gastaldo (Colby College, USA): Time, Space, Sedimentary Systems, and Some Thoughts on Geochemistry of Why, or Not, We Have A Fossil Plant Record
• Lutz Kunzmann (Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany): A round-table discussion on the taphonomy of plant cuticle
• Talks: Please state your preference for a 20-minute or 40-minute time slot, plus discussion afterwards
• Posters: Maximum size is DIN A0 (portrait orientation)
Workshop language: English
Deadline for pre-registration and submission of abstracts
• Extended to October 31, 2016
• Send to cgee@uni-bonn.de
Please format your abstract using this example modified from last year’s meeting:
Preliminary paleoecological and taphonomical observations on the Miocene Petrified Forest of Lesvos, Greece
Carole T. Gee (cgee@uni-bonn.de)1, Chris Ballhaus2, and Robert A. Gastaldo3
1 Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Bereich Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nußallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
2 Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Bereich Endogene Dynamik, Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
3 Department of Geology, Colby College, 5807 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, Maine 04901, USA
The entire abstract—from the title to the end of the abstract text—should fit on to a single DIN A4-sized sheet of paper. Thus, the maximum number of words in your abstract text depends directly on how much room you need for the title, authors’ names and affiliations. Throughout the abstract, please use Times New Roman, 12 pt., single spacing, and only left justification. Do not include any figures or references.
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