Dear Colleagues,

We stand in solidarity with our co-workers, our colleagues, our friends, and the entire Ukrainian Nation in their heroic defense of their country against Russian invasion. We earnestly hope for peace, and that we will be able to celebrate their liberation soon.

It is our pleasure to announce that the registration and abstract submission portals of the 11th International Cretaceous Symposium (11th ICS), to be held in Warsaw, Poland from August 22 to 26 (with pre-conference field-trips, August 18-21, and post-conference field-trips, August 27-29), have opened.

We encourage you to proceed to the Symposium website to register, submit abstracts, select sessions, and sign up for field excursions.

Please look at the revised scientific session program. Note that the program has not been finalized, and that new session proposals will be carefully considered: we welcome suggestions of additional sessions [and workshops] if you find the topic worthy of coverage during the Symposium.

At the present time, we anticipate the Symposium will be a *mostly* in-person event. However, an online live streaming service will be offered to those unable to travel to Warsaw, but willing to join us. We are also aware that, because of the current geopolitical situation, some of the present plans may need to be modified; if necessary, we will provide updates ina timely fashion.

The final program of the Symposium will be published in early July.

With kind regards,

Ireneusz Walaszczyk, Jacek Grabowski, Agata Jurkowska, Piotr Krzywiec, Marcin Machalski, Zbigniew Remin, Jordan Todes, Alfred Uchman and Jurand Wojewoda

on behalf of the organizers

  pdf 2nd Circular

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IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstract submission deadline: 30th April 2022
  
  
• Early Bird Fees deadline: 15th May 2022
  
  
• 3rd circular with detailed programme: c. 15th July 2022
  
  

MEETING CALENDAR

Detailed programme and timetable will be provided in the third circular and at the symposium website

PRE-SYMPOSIUM FIELD TRIPS: 19-21st of August, 2022:

Detailed informations on particular field trips will be sent out to all registered for the trips.

POST-SYMPOSIUM FIELD TRIPS 27-29th of August, 2022

Detailed informations on particular field trips will be sent out to all participants registered for the trips. 

INOCERAMID WORKSHOP

Details to follow

WORKSHOP ON DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS 27-29th of August, 2022

ECEG Venue in Chęciny; Detailed informations will be sent out to all participants registered for the workshop.

GOLDEN NAIL CEREMONY IN THE SALZGITTER-SALDER SECTION (Germany)

The boundary stratotype of the base of the Coniacian Stage: details to follow.

ICEBREAKER PARTY

This event is free for all participants and for accompanying persons. It is planned for 22nd of August and starts at 19:00, at the University New Library.

CONFERENCE DINNER

This event is free for all participants and for accompanying persons. It is planned for Wednesday, 25th of August, 2022, and starts at 19:00, at the Museum Hall of the Polish Geological Institute.

SYMPOSIUM DAYS 22-26th of August, 2022

Sunday, 21st of August:

• Registration (15.00-20.00); University New Library
• Meeting of the Kilian Group; University New Library

Monday, 22nd of August:

• Registration (7:00-9:30); University New Library
• Opening ceremony (10.00); University Old Library
• Oral and poster plenary sessions Icebreaker party; University New Library

Tuesday, 23rd of August:

• Oral and poster plenary sessions; University New Library

Wednesday, 24th of August:

• Oral and poster plenary sessions; University New Library
• Conference Dinner; Museum Hall of the Polish Geological Institute

Thursday, 25th of August:

• Oral and poster plenary sessions; University New Library

Friday, 26th of August:

• Oral and poster plenary sesions; University New Library
• Closing ceremony; University New Library
  
  

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

As listed below, the scientific sessions of the Symposium encompass a broad variety of topics linked to the Cretaceous, including – but not limited to – the history of the Cretaceous System, palaeontology and palaeobiology palaeobiogeo-graphy, palaeoenvironments, stratigraphy, geophysics and geodynamics, regional geology, and mineral resources. The session list may yet be modified prior to the publication of the final program. We still welcome new and/or modified session and workshop proposals from conference attendees, scientific commissions, organisations, industry partners, and other relevant bodies. We strongly encourage you to contact us regarding topical session and workshop proposals that are not yet included in the symposium program.

• S1 - 200th Anniversary of the Cretaceous System (Maria Rose Petrizzo, Michael Wagreich, Irenuesz Walaszczyk)
  
  
• S2 - Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) of the Cretaceous System (Maria Rose Petrizzo)
  
  
• S3 - Cretaceous geochemistry and global change: open session (Michael Wagreich)
  
  
• S4 - Cretaceous chemostratigraphy (Ian Jarvis, Jordan Todes, Silke Voigt)
  
  
• S5 - Cretaceous geochronology, timescales, astrochronology and cyclostratigraphy (Andy Gale, Brad Sageman)
  
  
• S6 - Cretaceous invertebrate palaeontology: open session (Martin Kostak, Frank Wiese)
  
  
• S7 - Cephalopod palaeobiologyand stratigraphy (Neil Landman, Marcin Machalski)
  
  
• S8 - Lower Cretaceous ammonites (Kilian Group meeting) (Stephane Reboulet)
  
  
• S9 - Cretaceous vertebrates: open session (Ashu Khosla)
  
  
• S10 - Cretaceous micropalaeontology (Bruno Granier, Danuta Peryt, Malcolm Hart, Nick Thibault)
  
  
• S11 - Cretaceous palynology (Mariusz Niechwedowicz)
  
  
• S12 - Palaeobotany and terrestrial palaeoenvironments (Martin Kostak Frank Wiese, Maria Rose Petrizzo)
  
  
• S13 - Cretaceous Fossil– Lagerstätten (Marcin Machalski, Markus Wilmsen)
  
  
• S14 - Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and events (John Jagt, Marcin Machalski)
  
  
• S15 - In memory of Professor Lamolda: Biostratigraphy and environmental change in the Cretaceous (Mihaela Melinte, Florentin Maurrasse)
  
  
• S16 - Cretaceous palaeoenvironment, palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography (Brian Huber, Maria Rose Petrizzo)
  
  
• S17 - Cretaceous marine and non–marine plankton (Jakub Witkowski)
  
  
• S18 - Cretaceous tectonics and syn–tectonic sedimentation (Christian Hübscher, Piotr Krzywiec)
  
  
• S19 - Cretaceous regional geology: open session
  
  
• S20 - Geodynamics of the Cretaceous basins and sedimentary record (Jurand Wojewoda)
  
  
• S21 - Cretaceous Geoparks and World Heritage
  
  

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

ABSTRACT TIMETABLE

• Abstract submission portal opens: 1st March 2022
  
  
• Abstract submission deadline is: 30th April 2022
  
  
• Notification of acceptance will be sent out before: 15th May 2022
  
  

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

The abstracts will be published in a separate Symposium Abstract Volume, which will be available online (on the Symposium website) and provided to participants on USB drives. The abstract, including title, authors, authors’ affiliations, text, and references, must not exceed 500 words. No figures, tables, or graphs are permitted. For in-text citation: no comma after authors’ names;use ‘and’ in two-author and ‘et al.’ in multi-author references. Formatting is limited to italics (taxonomic genera and species, or for emphasis), superscripts or subscripts, and common special characters (e.g., isotope nomenclature such as δ18O or δ13C).

By abstract submission, please indicate your preferred form of presentation (talk or poster), and in case of talks, your preferred session [in left-upper corner; e.g., ‘talk_S12’ or ‘poster’]. The organizers reserve the right to changes. ECEG Venue in Chęciny; Detailed informations will be sent out to all registered for the workshop.

REFERENCE FORMAT

Journals:

Trammer, J. 1989. Middle to Upper Oxfordian sponges of the Polish Jura.Acta Geologica Polonica, 39, 49–91.

Books:

Wilson, J.L. 1975. Carbonate facies in geologic history, 471 p. Springer; Berlin – Heidelberg.

Book chapters:

Mallet, J. 1996. The genetics of biological diversity: from varieties to species. In: Gaston, K.J. (Ed.), Biodiversity. A biology of numbers and difference, pp. 13–47. Blackwell Science; Oxford.

Hancock, J.M. 1993. Transatlantic correlation in the Campanian– Maastrichtian Stages by eustatic changes of sea-level. In: Hailwood, E.A. and Kidd, R.B. (Eds), High resolution stratigraphy. Geological Society Special Publication, 70, 241–256.

Symposium volumes:

Odin, G.S. 1984. Geochronology of the Jurassic time: status in 1984. In: Michelsen, O. and Zeiss, O. (Eds), International Symposium on Jurassic Stratigraphy, pp. 767–776. Copenhagen.

REGISTRATION FEES

Registration fees in PLN	Early Bird (until 15.05.2022)	Late registration (until 01.08.2022)	Onsite/Late registration (from 02.08.2022)
Regular (includes abstract volume, icebreaker, conference dinner, coffeebreaks, lunches)	1700	2150	2400
Student* (includes abstract volume, icebreaker, conference dinner, coffeebreaks, lunches)	1000	1400	2000
Accompanying Person (includes abstract volume, icebreaker, conference dinner, coffeebreaks, lunches)	1000	1400	1500
Online (includes abstract volume icebreaker, conference dinner, coffeebreaks, lunches)	480	480	480

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FIELD TRIPS REGISTRATION FEES

Pre-Symposium

• Late Cretaceous Geodynamics of the Sudetes area in the sedimentary record: 1700 PLN
  
  
• From shallow- to deep-marine Cretaceous of the northern Tethys – record of diversification of the Alpine system in the Polish Carpathians 1900 PLN
  
  
• Tracing biogeochemical Si-cycle in Late Cretaceous marine environment. Geological record and petrology of the Upper Cretaceous of the Miechów Trough (southern Poland): 1100 PLN
  
  
• Turonian-Coniacian of the Opole Cretaceous : 230 PLN
  
  
• Palaeontological and geological collections in Warsaw 50 PLN
  
  
• Post-Symposium The end of an Era: record of environments, biotic communities and events across the Cretaceous – Paleogene boundary in Poland: 1100 PLN
  
  
• The Cretaceous of the North Sudetic Synclinorium (southwestern Poland): stratigraphy,orgin and economic importance 1100 PLN
  
  
• Cross border, cross boundary: exploring the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in the western Carpathians 1900 PLN
  
  
• Cretaceous deep-sea facies, stratigraphy, and ichology in the Fysch Carpathians and the Pieniny Klippen Belt 1100 PLN
  
  
• Late Cretaceous inversion of the Polish Basin – syn-depositional tectonics, facies distribution and bathymetric changes 1700 PLN
  
  

CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS

PRE-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (3 DAYS)

Late Cretaceous Geodynamics of the Sudetes area in the sedimentary record The northern periphery of the Bohemian Massif, including the Sudetes, is characterized by (1) local variation in the timing of marine transgression in response to dramatic differences in the underlying geological substrate and topography, (2) a large range of lithologic variation within the Cretaceous sediments, and (3) a clear sedimentary record of syndepositional geodynamic activity. During the Cretaceous, this area was divided into several sub-basins with well-defined tectonic frames, often with pull-apart structures driven by the regional strike-slip dextral geodynamic regime dominant throughout its post-Variscan history. The Cretaceous deposits in the Sudetes represent an excellent example of the interaction of global, regional, and local processes on sedimentation.

Led by Jurand Wojewoda, Alina Chrząstek and Stanisław Leszczyński.

PRE-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (3 DAYS)

From shallow – to deep-marine Cretaceous of the northern Tethys – record of diversification of the Alpine system in the Polish Carpathians The field trip aims to explore the Cretaceous sediments of the Western Carpathians, deposited in variegated tectonic settings: from pelagic and carbonate platform in the uppermost Jurassic/ Lower Cretaceous to synorogenic marls and clastics in the Upper Cretaceous. You will see the beautiful landscapes of the southernmost tip of Poland with Alpine-type mountains, picturesque klippen and alps.

Led by Krzysztof Bąk, Marta Bąk, Jacek Grabowski, Jan Hejnar, Jolanta Iwańczuk, Michał Krobicki, Damian Lodowski, Alfred Uchman

PRE-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (2 DAYS)

Turonian-Coniacian of the Opole Cretaceous. This field trip will lead participants to the enormous Folwark quarry in Opole, where almost the entire so-called “Opole Cretaceous” is well-exposed. These strata – largely marls and chalks – are characterized by a rich, diverse paleontological and ichnological record: there are numerous representatives of ammonites, inoceramid and other bivalves, echinoids, sponges and other invertebrate groups, to a lesser extent, vertebrates (fish, sharks, and reptiles). The biostratigraphical scheme relies on calcareous nannoplankton, inoceramids, and ammonites.

Led by Elena Yazykova, Mariusz Kędzierski, Jordan Todes and Dawid Mazurek

PRE-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (1 DAY)

Palaeontological and geological collections in Warsaw. You will have the opportunity to see the rich collections of the Geological Museum of the Polish Geological Survey, and the two museums of the Polish Academy of Sciences: the Museum of Evolution and the Museum of the Earth, while touring the bustling center of Warsaw.

Led by Izabela Ploch and Tomasz Szczygielski

PRE-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (2 DAYS)

Tracing biogeochemical Si-cycle in Late Cretaceous marine environment. Geological record and petrology of the Upper Cretaceous of the Miechów Trough (southern Poland) We would like to offer an exciting field trip across the Upper Cretaceous succession of the Miechów Synclinorium. The trip starts and finishes in Warsaw and includes an overnight stay in the European Center for Geological Education. https://www.eceg.uw.edu.pl/en/ The trip will focus on siliceous-carbonate rocks and the biogeochemical Si cycle in marine environments.

Led by Agata Jurkowska, Ewa Świerczewska-Gładysz and Aleksandra Kasztelewicz

POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (2 DAYS)

The end of an Era: record of environments, biotic communities and events across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in Poland We shall be guiding you to the most important localities in central and eastern Poland that record the environments, biotic communities and events just prior to and across the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. This trip will include the classic localities near Kazimierz Dolny, in the Middle Vistula River section, as well as a section near Chełm with the K-Pg iridium anomaly. We shall also pay a visit to a regional museum at Kazimierz Dolny with a collection of late Cretaceous fossils.

Led by Marcin Machalski, Danuta Olszewska-Nejbert and Ewa Świerczewska-Gładysz

POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (2 DAYS)

The Cretaceous of the North Sudetic Synclinorium (southwestern Poland): stratigraphy, origin and economic importance. This trip will focus on the facies and sedimentary development of the Cenomanian‒Santonian shallow marine to terrestrial deposits of the North Sudetic Synclinorium (some 400 km southwest of Warsaw), which record a sedimentary basin (the North Sudetic Basin) that formed in the mid- Cretaceous at the northern margin of the Bohemian Massif. The North Sudetic Basin constituted a southeastern extension of the East Brandenburg Basin and was, at least temporarily, connected by a (supposed) strait with the adjacent Intra-Sudetic Basin and – further to the south –the Bohemian Basin: accordingly, it linked the Tethyan and Boreal realms. Depositional processes, systems, and environments, and the factors controlling sedimentation in this basin, will be discussed. The economic importance of the deposits – as building stones, glass sandstones, and ceramic clays – will also be examined.

Led by Stanisław Leszczyński, Alina Chrząstek, Wojciech Nemec and Jurand Wojewoda

POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (3 DAYS)

Cross border, cross boundary: exploring the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in the western Carpathians. We are exploring the possibility of offering an exciting field trip across the Western Carpathians, starting in Warsaw and ending in Budapest, primarily for those delegates who wish to attend both the Cretaceous Symposium and the Jurassic Symposium [which will take place the week after the Cretaceous Symposium]. Organized jointly with Polish and Slovak colleagues, a special focus will be placed on the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition.

Led by Jacek Grabowski, Damian Lodowski, Kamil Fekete, Josef Michalik, Daniela Rehakova, Istvan Fozy, Ottilia Szives

POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (2 DAYS)

Cretaceous deep-sea facies, stratigraphy, and ichnology in the Flysch Carpathians and the Pieniny Klippen Belt. The excursion will lead through selected outcrops of Cretaceous deposits in the western and middle part of the Polish Flysch Carpathians. Variable facies, problems of stratigraphy and ichnology of the most important lithostratigraphic units in the Silesian, Subsilesian and Magura nappes will be presented.

Led by Alfred Uchman and collaborators

POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSION (3 DAYS)

Late Cretaceous inversion of the Polish Basin – facies distribution and bathymetrical changes The trip will focus on the northeastern part of the Mid-Polish Anticlinorium. In several outcrops, we will examine the main facies of this region (sandy limestone, gaize, opoka, marls, chalk), their spatial relationship, and resultant bathymetric and environmental interpretations. The surface data will be linked to high-resolution seismic images linking the subsurface changes to the depositional architecture during the Late Cretaceous inversion of the Polish Basin.

Led by Zbigniew Remin, Piotr Krzywiec, and Aleksandra Stachowska

VENUE THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

New Library The new University of Warsaw Library is a building of surprising diversity, fusing the functionality of a modern library with the atmosphere of an old town. Abutting the Vistula embankment, it encapsulates European culture while retaining adistinct Mazovian heritage. The interior of the building is stunning, centered around a three-story monumental ‘Passage’ leading to the library itself, and open spaces connecting reading halls, resting places, and the books themselves. Our lecture halls directly face rows of bookshelves containing massive collections of books and magazines from around the world. There are also numerous shops, cafes, and art galleries on the library premises. The roof of the library hosts one of the largest, most beautiful rooftop gardens in Europe, and is an attractive resting place for students and tourists alike. From the roof, visitors can admire both the Varsovian skyline and the Vistula River. The garden is immersed in a profusion of vibrant plants: yellow, pink, red and orange flowering shrubs, silver-leaved willows, white blooming Dasiphora fruticosa, and dwarf pines, among many others. The walkways, paths, bridges, and pergolas traversing the garden are hidden within an assortment of vines and climbing hydrangea, providing a scene of solitude and nature within the bustling University of Warsaw campus. The majority of the symposium will be hosted here, in the new library. THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW Old Library This is an iconic building of the University of Warsaw: initially built in 1894, at the beginning of the 21st century it was fully renovated into a modern lecture and conference centre. [During World War II, Czesław Miłosz, the 1980 Nobel laureate in Literature, worked here as a janitor.] We will meet here for the Opening Ceremony.

ECEG European Geological Education Center in Chęciny ECEG is the University of Warsaw’s geologic field center, built within an abandoned Devonian dolomite quarry in the medieval town of Chęciny, in the heart of the Gòry Świętokrzyskie (the Holy Cross Mountains). With state-of-the-art geological laboratories, lecture rooms, hotel accommodations, and all of the other facilities that may be useful for comfortable field work, it is a perfect place to carry out student field camps and geologic research. ECEG will serve as the base for some of our field trips, and host many of the pre- and post-conference workshops.

COMMITTEES

Scientific Committe

• Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina
• Xi Chen China University of Geosciences (Beijing) China
• James Crampton Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand
• Andy Gale University of Portsmouth UK
• Bruno Granier Université de Bretagne Occidentale France
• Christian Huebscher Universität Hamburg Germany
• Brian Huber Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History USA
• John Jagt Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht Netherlands
• Ian Jarvis Kingston University London UK
• Jim Kennedy University of Oxford UK
• Ashu Khosla Panjab University India
• Martin Košťák Charles University Prague Czech Republic
• Eduardo Koutsoukos Universität Heidelberg Germany
• Neil Landman American Museum of Natural History USA
• Jozef Michalik Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia
• Amruta Paranjape Emerson’s Exploration and Production India
• Maria Rose Petrizzo Università degli Studi di Milano Italy
• Guy Plint the University of Western Ontario Canada
• Stephane Reboulet Université Claude Bernard Lyon France
• Brad Sageman Northwestern University USA
• Ottilia Szives Hungarian Natural History Museum Hungary
• Reishi Takashima Tohoku University Japan
• Nicolas Thibault University of Copenhagen Denmark
• David Uličný Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic
• Silke Voigt Goethe University Frankfurt Germany
• Michael Wagreich University of Vienna Austria
• Markus Wilmsen Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden Germany
  
  

Organizing Committe

• Ireneusz Walaszczyk (Chair) University of Warsaw Poland
• Marcin Barski University of Warsaw Poland
• Marta Bąk AGH University of Science and Technology Poland
• Krzysztof Bąk Cracow Pedagogical University Poland
• Zofia Dubicka University of Warsaw Poland
• Alina Chrząstek University of Wrocław Poland
• Elżbieta Gaździcka University of Warsaw Poland
• Adam Gasiński Jagiellonian University Poland
• Adam Halamski Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Agata Jurkowska AGH University of Science and Technology Poland
• Mariusz Kędzierski Jagiellonian University Poland
• Piotr Krzywiec Institute of Geological Sciences - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Krzysztof Leszczyński Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute Poland
• Stanisław Leszczyński Jagiellonian University Poland
• Marcin Machalski Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Daniel Madzia Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Wojciech Majewski Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Jacek Grabowski Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute Poland
• Mariusz Niechwedowicz University of Warsaw Poland
• Danuta Olszewska-Nejbert University of Warsaw Poland
• Danuta Peryt Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Izabela Ploch Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute Poland
• Zbigniew Remin University of Warsaw Poland
• Justyna Słowiak Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Aleksandra Stachowska Institute of Geological Sciences - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Tomasz Szczygielski Institute of Palaeobiology - Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
• Ewa Świerczewska-Gladysz University of Łódź Poland
• Jordan Todes University of Chicago USA
• Alfred Uchman Jagiellonian University Poland
• Jakub Witkowski University of Szczecin Poland
• Jurand Wojewoda University of Wrocław Poland
• Elena Yazykova University of Opole Poland
  
  

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CONTACT

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