Climatically, the Neoproterozoic (~750-550 million years ago) is one of
the most extraordinary periods of Earth history. During this time, the
Earth was alternately subjected to the most severe glacial conditions
(“snowball earth events”) the planet has ever witnessed, with ice
present in equatorial latitudes, and then to similarly-widespread
tropical greenhouse conditions. These extreme climates, together with the sudden and widespread appearance of soft-bodied metazoan organisms during the Ediacaran (~600-544 million years ago) make the
Neoproterozoic one of the most important and enigmatic episodes in Earth history. This symposium brings
together leading researchers to examine the causes and effects of these extreme climatic events and the
evolution of early metazoan life.
(Registration 8-9am; Symposium 9am-5pm)
Presenters:
Prof. Malcolm Walter, Macquarie Univ (Plenary address)
Dr. Jim Gehling, South Australian Museum
Assoc. Prof Malcolm Wallace, Melbourne University
Estee Woon, Melbourne University
Prof. Patricia Vickers Rich, Monash University
Jon Giddings, Melbourne University
Assoc. Prof. Rick Squire, Monash University
Dr. Galen Halverson, University of Adelaide
Dr. Kath Grey, Geological Survey of WA
Dr. Wolfgang Preiss, PIRSA
Prof. Paul Hoffman, Harvard University
Dr. Clive Calver, Geological Survey of Tasmania.
Followed by
Symposium Conveners: Assoc. Profs Stephen Gallagher and Malcolm Wallace, The University of Melbourne
Cost (includes Lunch, morning and afternoon tea, Abstract volume, and GST)
Full delegate: $120
Retired delegate: $50
Student delegate: $20
Download registration form here, and return it now!
Contact:
Assoc. Prof. Stephen Gallagher
Past Chairman, Geological Society of Australia, Victoria Division
GPO Box 2355
Melbourne
Victoria 3001
