IGCP 406 Annual Report for 1998

Contents

Project Title Page

1. Summary of Major Past Achievements of the Project

2. Achievements This Year

2.1 General scientific achievements (including societal benefits)

IGCP 406 Annual Meeting: Circum-Arctic Palaeozoic Faunas and Facies

Seventh International Conodont Symposium (ECOS VII), Bologna-Modena, June 18-22,

International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy -SW Iberia Field Meeting 1998

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Other Workshops, Field Meetings, and Field Trips

Progress by National Groups

Societal benefits

2.2 List of meetings with approximate attendance and number of countries

Circum-Arctic Palaeozoic Faunas and Facies

Representation by IGCP 406 at Other Meetings

Smaller Meetings and Field Trips (funded by other agencies):

2.3 List of most important publications (including maps)

2.4 List of countries involved in the project (*countries active this year)

2.5 Activities involving other IGCP projects or IUGS

2.6 Participation of scientists from developing countries

3. Proposed activities of the project for the year ahead

3.1 General goals

3.2 Specific meetings and field trips

3.3. Future meetings: 2000 and beyond

Appendix 1: NEW WORKING GROUP

Objectives

Program

Meetings

Appendix 2. Draft First Circular for Riga Meeting in 1999

Registration Form for Riga Meeting in 1999

Appendix 3. Draft First Circular for Syktyvkar Meeting in 2000

Post-conference excursion

Scientific sessions

Abstracts

Estimated costs

Preliminary registration

Contact addresses