Second Circular

In order to promote the development and innovation of international palaeogeography and related disciplines, and to solicit high academic quality papers for the Journal of Palaeogeography and thus develop it into a prestigious international periodical, the 2ndInternational Palaeogeography Conference (IPC) will be held from October 10 to 13, 2015 at the Beijing Xijiao Hotel.

1. Name: 2ndInternational Palaeogeography Conference

2. Time schedule: October 9, 2015: Registration, a preparation meeting in the evening

October 10, 11, 13, 2015: Oral presentations, poster presentations

October 12, 2015: Mid-conference field excursion

October 14-17, 2015: Post-conference field excursion

3. Venue: Beijing Xijiao Hotel, Beijing, China

4. Sponsors

Editorial Committee of Journal of Palaeogeography

Lithofacies Palaeogeography Committee of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry

China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)

China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Stratigraphy and Paleontology Committee of the Geological Society of China

Coalfield Geology Committee of the Geological Society of China

Petroleum Geology Committee of the Chinese Petroleum Society

China University of Mining and Technology

China University of Petroleum (East China)

China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Henan Polytechnic University

Yangtze University

Southwest Petroleum University

Northwest University

China National Administration of Coal Geology

5. Host

China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)

China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

6. Organizing committee and scientific committee

The organizing committee is composed of representatives from all sponsors and is primarily responsible for the organization and for raising funds for the conference.Chairman: Su-Ping Peng

General Secretaries: Long-Yi Shao

Vice General Secretaries: Yuan Wang

The scientific committee is composed of the members of the editorial committee of the Journal of Palaeogeography and some international and domestic specialists in palaeogeography. The committee is responsible for the acquisition of manuscripts, their review and their publication; the committee will also evaluate the scientific level of the conference and the Journal of Palaeogeography; and discuss the development of international palaeogeography in the future.

Chairman: Zeng-Zhao Feng (Professor of the China University of Petroleum (Beijing))

General Secretaries: Zhong-Qiang Chen (Professor of the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan))

Vice General Secretaries: Yuan Wang (Associate-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Palaeogeography)

7. Topics

1) Palaeogeography and Mineral Resources

2) Lithofacies Palaeogeography and Sedimentology

3) Biopalaeogeography, Palaeoichnology, Microbialites, Reefs

4) Palaeoclimatology

5) Tectonopalaeogeography and Palaeotectonics

6) Palaeoseismology and Seismites

7) Physiogeographic Palaeogeography and Human History Palaeogeography

8) Academic Disccusion

8. Invitation and submission of papers

The conference sincerely invites those Earth scientists involved in or with interest in palaeogeography to attend the conference and welcomes them to submit one or more manuscripts.

To guarantee the academic quality of manuscripts which will be presented at the conference, it is required that those who wish to present their manuscripts orally at the conference are encouraged to submit a publishable version of their manuscripts in English according to the general regulations concerning the submission of manuscripts to the Journal of Palaeogeography before August 31st, 2015. Chinese authors should also submit a Chinese Abstract in addition to the full text in English.

The sooner the manuscripts are submitted, the better. The scientific committee of the conference will send out the submitted manuscripts for review and then send back the reviewing comments to the authors for their revision as soon as possible.

All the abstracts will be compiled into an Abstracts of the 2ndInternational Palaeogeography Conference (both in Chinese and in English) after receiving all the revised full texts of the manuscripts. The accepted manuscripts will be arranged for oral presentation at the conference and the corresponding authors will be granted exemption from the conference registration fee.

The accepted manuscripts will be given publication priority in the Journal of Palaeogeography.

9. Awards for the best presentations by young scientists/students

The conference will award the best presentations by young scientists/students, taking into account the following considerations:

1) Authors should submit the full texts (in English) of their manuscripts according to the above-mentioned requirements, revise their manuscripts according to the reviewing comments and send back their revised manuscripts to the conference on time, and submit 5 copies of the full texts of their final manuscripts before attending the conference;

2) Only the first (corresponding) author of a manuscript can apply for this award;

3) The applicant should be less than 40 years old;

4) The authors should present the manuscripts at the conference orally.

Awards for the best presentations by young scientists/students will consist of a certificate, monographs, as well as exemption from the post-conference field excursion fee.

The conference sincerely invites specialists of palaeogeography and related disciplines to donate 5-10 copies of monographs as awards for the best presentations by young scientists/students.

10. Oral and poster presentations

Three days of conference will be scheduled on 10th, 11stand 13thof October, 2015.

The technical programme includes oral presentations at the plenary and thematic sessions as well as poster presentations. Poster presentations will be scheduled from 16:00-17:30 pm from 10thOctober to 11thOctober. Further details will be provided in the third circular.

The official language at the conference will be English.

11. Mid-conference field excursion

The mid-conference field excursion is scheduled for 12thOctober, 2015. The following two routes are available for selection; all are covered by the conference registration fee.

1) Field excursion to the Xishan Mountains, Beijing, examining the Mesoproterozoic, Cambrian and Ordovician successions; the soft-sediment deformation structures, and an ancient village of 800 years;

2) Field excursion to the Mesoproterozoic of the Jixian section

12. Meetings of the Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee

The meetings of the Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee will be held during the conference to evaluate the scientific level of the Journal of Palaeogeography and the conference, discuss and determine the date, venue and host institutions of the 3rd International Palaeogeography Conference, and to discuss the future international development of palaeogeography.

13. Post-conference field excursions

1) Field excursion to the Carboniferous and Permian of Xishan section in Taiyuan, Palougou Section in Baode and open-pit mine in Pingshuo (14th-17thOctober, about 4 days, 3000 yuan)

2) Field excursion to the coastal sediments of Qingdao and dinosaur culture of the Zhucheng area, Shandong Province (14th-17thOctober, about 3500 yuan)

14. Fees

1) Registration fee (including the conference dinner fee): 2600 yuan or about 420 USD; student rate:1300 yuan; accompany member rate:1300 yuan

2) Accommodation fee (Beijing Xijiao Hotel, standard room with two beds): about 440-650 yuan/day;Conference Centre in the University, about 300 yuan/day

15. Key dates

1) Full text manuscript (in English) submission deadline: before August 31st, 2015.

2) The Third Circular will be sent in August, 2015.

3) Abstracts of the 2ndInternational Palaeogeography Conference (in English and Chinese) will be published before the conference.

4) Guide for the 2ndInternational Palaeogeography Conference (in English and Chinese) will be published before the conference.

16. Secretariat

Long-Yi Shao: College of Geosciences and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China; E-mail: Shaol@cumtb.edu.cn; Tel: ++86-10-62331248-8523(O) 13910766961

Yuan Wang: Editorial Office of the Journal of Palaeogeography, China University of Petroleum (Beijing),20 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China; E-mail: jpalaeo2012@163.com; Tel: ++86-10-62394320;++86-10-62396246, 13522568882

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