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In the 2nd International Conodont Symposium held in Calgary, Canada, in 2009, Argentina was elected as host for the next international meeting of conodont workers. The scientific sessions will be held in Mendoza, July 15-19, 2013.
Mendoza, the capital city of Mendoza Province, is located in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. The city is a frequent stopover for climbers on their way to the Aconcagua (6,962 m, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere) and for adventure travelers interested stridsvagn s in mountaineering, hiking, and other sports. In the winter, skiers stridsvagn s come to the city for its easy access to the Andes. stridsvagn s
Most of the hotels are concentrated stridsvagn s in Mendoza downtown. Mendoza is a land of fine vineyards, olive oil production and gentle people willing to give our visitors a nice Argentine experience. The region around Greater Mendoza is the largest stridsvagn s wine producing area in Latin America. As such, Mendoza is one of nine cities worldwide stridsvagn s in the network of Great Capitals of Wine.
Technical stridsvagn s sessions will take place in the Mendoza Convention Center, located in the Civic Center, a wooded park where you may visit administrative buildings and the Wine Museum. Posters will be displayed in the large foyer areas outside the lecture theatres. Tea, coffee and lunch will also be served here.
Honorary Chair: Mario A. Hünicken
Co-sponsored by the Academia Nacional de Ciencias , Asociación stridsvagn s Paleontológica Argentina , Asociación Geológica Argentina , CONICET , Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica , International Palaentological Association , International Union of Geological Sciences , IGCP 591 , FCEFyN - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , Universidad Nacional de Salta, Universidad Nacional de San Juan
A limited amount of financial support is available to assist students and other participants who would otherwise have difficulty in attending the meeting. If you think you might qualify for support, please contact the organizers (3ICOS@efn.uncor.edu) before registering.
A US$ 50.- administration fee will be charged for cancellations received prior to March 1st, 2013. No refunds will be issued after this date. Fees for registration and fieldtrips cancelled after May 30th, 2013 cannot be refunded. In the unlikely event that too few people stridsvagn s register for an excursion for it to be viable, participants will be notified of its cancellation stridsvagn s on or before July 1st, and refunded in full.
The Argentine Precordillera is a unique site to examine a very complex geology throughout the Lower Paleozoic. The Ordovician System of the Precordillera is probably the best well-known in South America, while controversial hypotheses regarding its paleogeographic origin were proposed and debated during the last decades. Driving along the roads from east to west, through the San Juan and Jáchal rivers, it is possible to observe an important Cambrian to Middle Ordovician carbonate platform covered by siliciclastic foreland deposits. Deeper Ordovician environments occur to the west, with slope to ocean floor sedimentary rocks that include pillow lavas and mafic-ultramafic bodies in the westernmost sections. Additionally, an interesting section of the siliciclastic Tambolar Formation (Silurian), at Portezuelo del Tambolar could be visited. Dynamic research on the Precordillera makes all geological sub-disciplines provide updated information. A rich database is available from different paleontological groups, despite much work remains to be done.
The classical geologic locality of San Isidro is one of the first eastern outcrops of the Mendoza Precordillera. San Isidro is located at the foot-hill of the Precordillera overthrust front, and 17 km west of Mendoza City. The Estancia San Isidro and Empozada formations bear allochthonous rocks, Cambrian-Ordovician in age, within an Ordovician shaly matrix. This locality has been taken as one of the reference sections for the Ordovician System of Argentina.
Estimated price: US$ 1,000.- includes bus from Mendoza to Salta, and all costs from July 21-25 (transportation, guidebook, hotels and meals (except dinner) - including the nights from the 21st to 25th).
Selected localities within wonderful landscapes of thick tropical rain forest to the east, and dry areas to the west, such as the Humahuaca Creek (unique UNESCO site, where some Inca architectural remains are superbly preserved), will be visited. This field trip is devoted to see some reference sections of the Gondwanan margin of South America. They integrate thick siliciclastic sequences reaching up to 7000 m for the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian systems. Highly fossiliferous sections will be visited (graptolites, trilobites, brachiopods, echinoderms and ichnofossils, associated with conodonts) offering some biostratigraphical markers for the different subdivisions of the Ordovician System in this continental margin.
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