Paleonet: Biomineralisation in the fossil record

[Norman MacLeod]

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016
Vienna, Austria, April 17th – 22nd 2016

Programme Group: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

SSP4 – Palaeontology and Evolution of the Biosphere
SSP 4.1 Biomineralisation in the fossil record

Convenors: Fiona Gill, Liz Harper, Clemens Ullmann

Biomineralisation was a key evolutionary innovation in the history of life on Earth. Carbonate, silicate, phosphate and other minerals forming within living tissues produce shells, bones, teeth and other hard parts which are readily preserved over geological timescales. This session will focus on the fossil record of biomineralisation, including biominerals as archives for palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic information. We invite submissions considering the structure, biological controls, inorganic, organic and isotope geochemistry of biomineralisation in fossils and modern analogues from any phylum.

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Maggie Cusack, University of Glasgow and Dr Erika Greisshaber-Schmahl, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich.

This session is generously funded by the Palaeontological Association

Key dates

   Deadline for support applications: December 1st 2016. 
   Details of financial support available: http://egu2016.eu/support_and_distinction.html 

   Abstract deadline: January 13th 2016. 
   Abstract submission guidance: http://egu2016.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html

   Deadline for early registration: March 17th 2016.
   Registration details: http://egu2016.eu/registration.html 


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Professor Norman MacLeod
Dean of Postgraduate Education and Training
The Natural History Museum. Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
(0)207 942-5204 (Office Landline)
(0)785 017-1787 (Mobile)
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/paleonet/MacLeod/

Department of Earth Sciences, University College
London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK

Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 Beijing, Donglu, Nanjing, China
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