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		21 Appendix 3. Draft First Circular for Syktyvkar Meeting in 2000 IGCP Project 406 Circum-Arctic Lower and Middle Palaeozoic Vertebrate Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy Meeting "Palaeozoic Pan-Arctic Tectonics, and Evolution of Basins and Faunas" Syktyvkar, Russia, July 12-15, 2000 FIRST CIRCULAR Invitation. All interested Palaeozoic workers are invited to attend the IGCP Project 406 meeting (CAPV- 2000) in Syktyvkar, Russia, from July 12th to 15th, 2000. The conference will be devoted to the evolution of Early and Middle Palaeozoic faunas and sedimentary basins, and palaeotectonical development of Circum- Arctic regions. Program. Excursions. Two simultaneous pre-conference excursions are planned: 1. July 5-11 - this excursion will visit the Lower and Middle Palaeozoic sections in the Subpolar Urals. Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian and Carboniferous strata, representing various sedimentary environments, can be examined. The maximum number of participants in this excursion is 20. 2. July 7-11 - this field-trip will take the participants to the Southern Timan where various facies (including stratotype of the well-known "Domanic facies") of the strata of Late Devonian age will be demostrated. At the end of the excursions, both groups will meet in Ukhta where several core-sections representing Lower and Middle Palaeozoic strata in the Pechora Synecline will be demonstrated by the Timan-Pechora Scientific Research Centre. Post-conference excursion July 16-20 - if there will be more than 20 persons interested in visiting the Lower and Middle Palaeozoic sections in the Subpolar Urals, also a post-conference excursion to this region can be organized. Scientific sessions July 12-15 - sessions will be held in Syktyvkar, in the Institute of Geology, Komi Science Centre, Uralian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences. The main topics of presentations will be: A. Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy; B. Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy; C. Tectonics and Basins. Both talks and posters are welcome. Abstracts Abstracts should be submitted before January 31, 2000. The text (in English, no more than two printed pages, including illustrations and references) should be sent by e-Mail as an ASCII file or as a text-file on 3.5" discette (use MS "Word" or "WP for Windows"). If you use special or national letters, or you want to add illustrations, please send a hard copy separately. Abstracts will be puplished in special publications of Ichtyolith Issues. Estimated costs Because of uncertainties of the economic situation in the country the final costs are not yet known. We hope to give the details in the Second Circular (January, 2000). Considering the prices at the moment, the estimated costs are: registration fee - 50$ (includes excursion guide, abstract volume, programme, and coffe-breaks during sessions); accommodation in Syktyvkar - 30$ (cheepest hotel) - 130$ (the best hotel) per person per day; conference dinner - 30$; excursion to Subpolar Urals - 800$ (includes transportation and accommodation during excursion); excursion to Souther Timan - 500$ (includes transportation and accommodation during excursion). An attempt will be made to reduce price for students and to give some financial support to other participants. Also, we are trying to find sponsors. Any suggestion concerning sources of financial support are greatly appreciated.