Members of the list may be interested in the following conference
announcement.
Further details are available from Suzanne Leroy at Brunel University, UK
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An international conference on
"Holocene environmental catastrophes and recovery"
2-7 Sept. 2002
at Brunel Univesity, west London.
Co-sponsored by Brunel University, INQUA and PAGES.
The four main themes are:
1 - Geological catastrophes and their impact on society e.g.
megalandslides, earthquakes, tsunami, fires, volcanic eruptions
2 - Environmental causes of civilisation collapse
3 - Biological impacts on societies: extinctions, epidemies, plague,
haemorrhagic fever
4 - Climatological impacts on society, e.g. historical droughts.
An informal pre-conference fieldtrip is planned that will examine
evidence for past environmental catastrophes in the Scottish Highlands
(post-glacial large-magnitude earthquakes; glacial megafloods;
Storegga-Slides tsunami event; human impacts of Icelandic volcanic
catastrophes; environmental
disturbances in Loch Ness).
Preliminary dates for the fieldtrip are 26 to 31 August 2002. More
details to follow.
see for more information:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/Catastrophes/
contact: Prof. Suzanne A. G. Leroy,
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University,
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, (West London), UK.
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direct: +44-1895-20 31 78; fax: +44-1895-20 32 17, secr: +44-1895-20
3215
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/newweb/peoplesub.html
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Dr. Philip E.F. Collins
Environmental Change Research Group
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
Brunel University
Uxbridge UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1895 274000 (Switchboard) ext 2381
Fax: +44 (0) 1895 203217
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http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/philsub/phil.html
Please consult our website:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/Catastrophes/
for the conference on "Holocene environmental catastrophes and
recovery", 2-7 Sept. 2002.
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