IV International Conference on Cryopedology
CRYOSOLS: GENESIS, ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Arkhangelsk - Pinega, Russia, August 1-8, 2005

(SECOND CIRCULAR)

International Union of Soil Sciences and International Permafrost Association organize the IV International Conference on Cryopedology (Soil Science of cold regions) and the following field session in August 1-8, 2005, in Arkhangelsk and Pinega, Russia.

General information is in the First Announcement (http://igras.geonet.ru/cwg/)


Tentative program of the Conference

August , 1

Memorial N.M.Sibirtsev session (in Russian only)

Arrival of participants for the international conference

 

August , 2

Introduction and greetings from IPA, IUSS and local authorities

Session 1. Genesis, classification and terminology of cryosols.

Chairpersons: C.A.S.Smith (Canada), V.Targulian (Russia)

Session 2. Soil databases and mapping of cryosols in Arctic and Antarctic. Chairpersons: M.Balks (New Zealand), S.Goryachkin (Russia).

 

August, 3

Session 3. Carbon pools and functions of cryosols for the polar ecosystems. Chairpersons: E.M.Pfeiffer (Germany), S.Iglovskiy (Russia).

Session 4. Cryosols' features and regimes and their change due to different types of management (agriculture, forestry and reclamation after mining). Chaipersons: G.Broll (Germany), G.Mazhitova (Russia).

Special session in memory of Prof. O.V.Makeev (90th anniversary). 

 

August, 4

Session 5. Paleocryosols as indicators of the past environments and climate change. Chairpersons: S.Skiba (Poland), A.Makeev (Russia).

Session 6.  Contamination of soil landscapes in the North.

Chairpersons: A.Arnoldussen (Norway), S.Lessovaia (Russia).

Round table. Approaches to environmentally oriented interpretations of soil data in Polar Regions. Chaipersons: J.M.Kimble (USA), D.Konyushkov (Russia)

Closing session.

Departure of participants for those not going to the field session.

 

August, 5. Leaving to Pinega karst region for field session.

Field session in Pinega.

August, 6. Field session in Pinega.

August, 7. Field session in Pinega.

Return to Arkhangelsk.

August, 8. Departure.

 

THE HELICOPTER FIELD EXCURSION TO KOIDA TUNDRA WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF A SMALL NUMBER OF REQUESTS


 

Conference site and technical details

Conference site in Arkhangelsk is the Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The official languages of the conference are English and Russian (with translation).

In the lecture halls there will be overhead projectors and computer-aided data projection.

Posters are highly welcome and will be displayed close to the lecture halls. Poster sessions during which authors have to stay with their posters will be organised. There will be a possibility for short oral presentations at the poster sessions.    

Submission of abstracts is required for all posters and oral presentations. Instructions for preparation of abstracts are given below in this circular. Abstracts will be published and distributed at the conference.

 

Selected papers from the conference suggested by the scientific committee may be published in a special issue of the international periodical «EURASIAN SOIL SCIENCE».

 

General information

Climate

The weather in Arkhangelsk in August is unpredictable. It can be warm, hot or cool and rainy with daytime temperatures ranging from 10 to 30 degrees Celsius. Therefore, it is wise to bring both summer clothing and warm clothing and a raincoat.

 

Accompanying persons

Accompanying persons are welcome to attend the ceremonies of the conference, social events and sightseeing tours that are possible to organize via Arkhangelsk tour bureaus. 

 

Transportation

Arkhangelsk has an international airport but it has only few international flights per week to several Scandinavian cities. So, the main international gate for Arkhangelsk is Moscow. There are two ways from Moscow to Arkhangelsk – air and railway. There are 2 or 3 flights per day from Moscow to Arkhangelsk  (duration is 1.5 hours, the price for return ticket is ~ 250ˆ). There are also 2 or 3 daily trains (duration is ~20 hours, the price for return ticket is ~ 90ˆ). The Organizing committee will arrange the transfer of all the foreign participants from the International airport to the domestic one (or Railway station) in Moscow. The organizers will take care on the transfer of all participants from airport and Railway station to hotels in Arkhangelsk. The Organizing Committee also plans to reserve and buy air tickets Moscow-Arkhangelsk-Moscow beforehand as it could be a problem to get it just before flight in the summer time and it will be cheaper for a group of people (see section ‘Payment’ below). For railway travel, please, take into account that a summer is a peak vacation time for the northern people and buy tickets also beforehand. Organizing Committee is ready to help; please, contact us on your travel as soon as possible.

 

Accommodation

There are several hotels in Arkhangelsk but only two of them are of the international standards. The Organizing committee recommend making reservations in the Purnavolok Hotel (www.purnavolok.ru) for comfort, reasonable prices (~50ˆ per day) and convenient location. The reservations can be made by the participants on a private basis or by the Organizing committees according to participants request. There are also several cheaper hotels with limited facilities and quality. Please, ask the Organizing committee for the information you need.

 

CONFERENCE FEES:

Participation in a 3-day meeting in Arkhangelsk - 180ˆ (until 15.04.05) or 200ˆ (later).
Participation in the 3-days field trip to Pinega - 180ˆ (until 15.04.05) or 200ˆ (later).

Fee covers the following:
conference materials; coffee, transfers from airports etc.; full service during field trips, including accommodation and meals in Pinega region.

Students do not pay the conference fee and in the field excursion to Pinega have a discount up to 75% (in case of limited accommodation facilities).

The conference fee for soil scientists from countries having special treatments with Dokuchaev Soil Science Society (e.g. Poland) is 90 ˆ.

The conference fee for Russian soil scientists will be announced later depending on the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

Organizing committee strongly recommends to transfer together with conference and field trip fees 250ˆ for buying return tickets Moscow-Arkhangelsk-Moscow (otherwise, nobody can guarantee smooth traveling).

 

Payment

All fees for foreign participants are in EUROs and all payments (the whole basic package including field trip and air tickets is 180+180+250=610ˆ) should be made before April, 15, 2005, to:

 

ALFA-BANK ACCOUNT ¹ 9001.890118.902EUR

IN CORRESPONDENT BANK:

AMSTERDAM TRADE BANK N.V.

AMSTERDAM HERENGRACHT 457, 1017 BS AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS

SWIFT CODE: STOLN2A

IN FAVOR OF ALFA-BANK, ST. KALANCHEVSKAYA, 27, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

SWIFT CODE: S.W.I.F.T. ALFARUMM

ACCOUNT OF POLYANKA. ¹ 47422978700000000012 (EURO)

BENEFICIARY’S NAME AND ADDRESS: SERGEY GORYACHKIN, SRETENSKY 6/1 – 166, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

BENEFICIARY’S ACCOUNT ¹ 42301978ND0340C00426

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO ABSTRACT AUTHORS

How to write the abstract

The text must be in English and should not exceed one page including figures and references with 2.5 cm margins. The text should be prepared in Microsoft Word printed 12 pt Times New Roman single-spaced.

The title block should include title, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s) and present e-mail address, if appropriate, or mailing address.

Title:                                      Use Times New Roman 14 pt, bold, centered.

Author(s):                              Use Times New Roman 12 pt, italics, centered

Affiliation and E-mail address:   Use Times New Roman 10 pt, italics centered

Main text:                     Times New Roman, 12 pt.

Only metric units should be used and these should be abbreviated (cm, km etc.). Isotope numbers should be in smaller point, preceding the letter but following the symbol (e.g.δ34S0/00).

Figures: line drawings only, halftone or colour photographs will not be accepted.

Please check for legibility of the figures! Reduce the figures to the size in which they are to be printed in the abstract. Please make certain that your illustrations contain a bar scale and a north arrow where appropriate. Within the text, refer to figures as follows: Fig.1; Fig. 2.

 

How and when to submit the abstract

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is April 15, 2005. Abstracts should be sent to the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science. The abstract text should be sent in digital form by e-mail for pedology@igras.geonet.ru AND sergey.gor@mail.ru. Line drawings may also be submitted as computer files (only as .JPG and .GIF files). The organizers will reformat the abstract text and insert the figures.

 


CONTACTING ADDRESS

E-mail:
pedology@igras.geonet.ru

sergey.gor@mail.ru. 
 

Institute of Geography RAS
Staromonetny per. 29
Moscow, 119017
Russia
Tel.: +7 095 9590028
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