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Presentation and Venue

On behalf of the Organizing Committee we cordially invite you to attend the congress entitled Reconstructing the Terrestrial end-Cretaceous Paleoenvironments in Europe, from September 16-20th, 2014. Tremp is located in one of the most famous areas known for its geology and remarkable outcrops. Also, the continental Tremp formation contains a unique and continuous record of the 5 My preceding the K/Pg (Cretaceous/Paleogene) extinction event. This record hosts important vertebrate, invertebrate and plant paleontological sites that are key to understanding changes in the Maastrichtian Paleoenvironments of Europe.

Aims and scope

This congress is a multidisciplinary meeting devoted to recent paleontological and geochronological advances, both in the marine and continental records, which allow envisaging the Maastrichtian and its boundaries under a global and integrated scope. The terrestrial environmental proxies for the European continental record can now be compared with faunal and floral successions. This is a first step to understand how paleoenvironmental changes interacted with life on Earth during the last five million years of the Mesozoic in Europe. This will also assist to better clarify the role of the K/Pg extinction event and how the ensuing recovery took place. In this context the congress will provide excellent opportunities for participants to present and share new data, hypothesis and research directions. The aim of the congress is to generate debate topics between specialists and discuss correlations schemes (geochronologic, paleontologic, geochemical) among the various paleogeographic areas. The organizers outlined various significant topics that hopefully will be of your interest. - Geology and geochemistry of the paleoenvironmental changes. - Biostratigraphy and geochronology. The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. - Marine changes. Correlation with the terrestrial record. - Successions and paleobiogeography of vertebrate and invertebrate faunas. - Climatic and vegetation trends.

The Organizing Committee is planning a comprehensive congress with multidisciplinary scientific program including plenary conferences and communications. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore the geologic and paleontologic record of the Tremp basin by means of two fieldwork excursions. The field trips will include visits to important scientific localities of chronostratigraphic and paleontologic interest such as various continental exposures in the Tremp basin (including stratigraphic sections with the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary), the Coll de Narg area (with multiple nesting horizons of dinosaurs) and the Fumanya area (with important and large outcrops with dinosaur footprints).

We look forward to welcoming you to Tremp!

Organizing Committee
Dr. ngel Galobart, Institut Catal de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Spain) Dr. Oriol Oms, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona (Spain) Dr. Bernat Vila, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) Dr. Jaume Dinars-Turell, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy) Dr. Josep Marmi, Institut Catal de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Spain) Dr. Rita Estrada, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Scientific Committee
Dr. Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh (Scotland) Dr. Isabel Cojan, cole Nationale Suprieure des Mines de ParisTech (France) Prof. Dr. Jan Smit, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands) Dr. Jos Ignacio Canudo, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) Dr. Pere Anadn, Institut de Cincies de la Terra J. Almera, CSIC (Spain) Dr. Carles Martin-Closas, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) Dr. Jean Le Loeuff, Muse des Dinosaures (France) Dr. Bernard Gomez, CNRS Universit Claude Bernard (France) Dr. Jos Antonio Arz, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)

Congress secretariat
Dr. Albert G. Sells (ICP), Gonzalo Rivas (IGC), Novella Razzolini (ICP), Alejandro Blanco (ICP), Victor Fondevilla (UAB)

Preliminary Program
Tue Sept 16th: Afternoon: Arrival, registration and ice break. Transport from Barcelona to Tremp will be provided. th Wed Sept 17 : Registration and presentations. Thu Sept 18th: Morning, presentations; Afternoon, field trip to Tremp outcrops. Fri Sept 19th: Morning and Afernoon, presentations,. Evening, conference dinner. Sat Sept 20th: Field trip to Coll de Narg and Fumanya sites arrival late afternoon at Barcelona. Several dissemination activities will also take place during the congress.

FEES - General registration (includes lunch and intra congress field trip at Tremp surroundings): 185! (after May 30 2014: 245!) - Student registration (includes lunch and intra congress field trip at Tremp surroundings): 110! (after May 30 2014: 155!) ADDITIONAL COSTS ! Bus transfer Barcelona-Tremp: 25! ! Post congress field trip (20th September) at Coll de Narg and Fumanya outcrops, ending at Barcelona: 45! ! Conference dinner: 25! REDUCED PRICE - Full fee (transfers, field trips, general registration and lunches and conference dinner): 230! (after May 30 2014: 310!) - Full fee student (transfers, field trips and general registration and conference dinner): 150! (after May 30 2014: 205!) If you are interested to attend the congress please confirm to: tremp2014@icp.cat Additional detailed information (field trips, accommodation, etc) will be soon available on the web site (www.tremp2014.icp.cat) and in the second circular

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