Conference Announcement
Earth Cryosphere Assessment: Theory, Applications, and Prognosis of Alterations
Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Council of Earth Cryology
Tyumen City, West Siberia
29-31 May 2006
Abstract Submission Deadline: Saturday, 25 February 2006
For further information, please contact:
David Gilichinsky
Russian Academy of Sciences
E-mail: dgilichin [at] issp.serpukhov.su and
gilichin [at] online.stack.net
or contact:
Elena Spirina
E-mail: lena [at] issp.serpukhov.su
The annual International Permafrost Conference will be held in Tyumen
City, West Siberia on 29-31 May 2006. The conference will be focused on
Russian and International Permafrost Association activities in the
framework of the forthcoming International Polar Year.
Major topics of the conference include:
- trends and prognosis of cryolithozone alterations
- dynamics of surface glaciation
- geoecological problems of northern territories
- cryogenic processes and formations as alteration indicators
- informational models and geoinformational systems in assessment of
cryosphere alteration
- physicochemical and thermophysical basics of soil cryogenesis and
hydrate formation
- permafrost soils: processes, properties, and dynamics
- influence of modern environment and climate alterations on ground
waters
- stability of engineering structures; principles and approaches to the
management of foundation grounds; technical melioration of grounds
- line structures in permafrost regions
- economic, social, and biomedical problems of cold regions
Round table discussions are scheduled for the projects of the Russian
Academy of Sciences including "Natural Processes in Earth Polar Regions:
Prognosis for Future Decades" and "Natural and Anthropogenic Factors of
Dynamics and Stability of Cryogenic Geosystems." There will also be a
round table entitled "From Science to Practice" that will focus on the
problems and original solutions in applied geocryology.
The official languages of the conference are Russian and English.
For further information, please contact:
David Gilichinsky
Russian Academy of Sciences
E-mail: dgilichin [at] issp.serpukhov.su and
gilichin [at] online.stack.net
or contact:
Elena Spirina
E-mail: lena [at] issp.serpukhov.su