Date

FIRST CIRCULAR

Call for Papers & Provisional Registration

The Fourth International Meeting on Global Continental Palaeohydrology
GLOCOPH 2000

HYDROLOGICAL CONSIQUENCES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES GEOLOGIC AND HISTORIC
ANALOGS OF FUTURE CONDITIONS

Moscow and Central Part of Russian Plain
August 20-28, 2000

Commission on Global Continental Palaeohydrology (GLOCOPH),
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), INQUA/GLOCOPH
Corresponding Commission, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Geographical
Society, Russian Fund on Basic Research, Institute of Geography RAS

Introduction

The INQUA Commission on Global Continental Palaeohydrology(GLOCOPH),
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) and GLOCOPH
Corresponding Commission together with Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian
Geographical Society, Russian Fund on Basic Research, Institute of Geography
RAS take the pleasure in announcing the Forth International Meeting which
will be held at Hotel of Russian Academy of Sciences "Uzkoe", Moscow and in
the central part of forest-steppe zone of Russian Plain (Seim river basin,
500 km to the south from Moscow) in August 20-28, 2000.

The Meeting is open to scientists with interest in environmental changes and
palaeohydrology in the last 20,000 years.

The official language of the Meeting is English.

Objective

The main objective of this Meeting is to provide a forum for presentations
and discussions on recent developments in Palaeohydrology research on
global, regional and local scales of different natural zones of the World
with emphasis on hydrological consequences of global climate changes in
geological and historical periods as analogs of future conditions.

Themes

The general themes of the Meeting are:
* main features of global climate changes and environmental changes during
last 20,000 years
* global, continental and regional hydrological response to global climate
changes
* palaeohydrological changes in temperate zone
* palaeohydrological changes in glacial and periglacial regions
* palaeohydrology of the late Pleistocene drainage system of northern Asia
* palaeohydrological changes in arid and semi-arid regions
* flood reconstruction based on natural proxy and historic data;
* hydrogeomorphological response to climate change in relation to human
activity

Call for Papers

Participants wishing to present a paper/poster are requested to submit a
title. Extended Abstracts (up to 4 pages, A4 size, double spaced, including
illustrations and references) in English should be sent by November 30,
1999. Details will be given in the Second Circular.

Program

The Meeting will include:
* three days of paper and poster sessions
* sub-commission and working group meetings
* a four days of post-conference field excursion to Seim river basin
* a program for accompanying participants

Important deadlines

 30 June 1999:  receipt of the Provisional Registration Form.

30 September 1999: Second Circular with accommodation fees and future
details.
30 November 1999: receipt of Abstracts and Registration fee.

Registration fees

The registration fees before 30 November 1999 are:
Regular: $200
Accompanying: $100
Student: $100
The CIS participants: reduced fee.

Persons registering after 30 November, 1999 will be required to pay extra
$50.

Details for payment will be given in the Second Circular.

Conference Venue

The Meeting will be held at the Hotel of the Russian Academy of Sciences
"Uzkoe", located in southern-western part of Moscow.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be available at the Hotel of the Russian Academy of
Sciences "Uzkoe", ($40-50 per day). Single and twin rooms are available.
Moscow hotels ($50-100 per day) will be also available.

Excursion
* a cultural visit to downtown Moscow will be offered during the conference
* a four-day post-conference field excursion to Seim river basin is planned
on the subject "Palaeogeographical and Palaehydrological Reconstructions
in a Plain Rivers".

Organizers

Dr.Alexander Georgiadi
Dr.Andrey Chepalyga

Laboratory of Hydrology
Institute of Geography
Russian Academy of Sciences
GLOCOPH 2000
Staromonetny per., 29
109017 Moscow, Russia
Fax: (095) 959-00-33
E-mail: geography [at] glasnet.ru, georg [at] ipcom.ru
Dr.Georgiadi A.G.
Dr.Chepalyga A.L.

Postal address from February 5 to September 21, 1999:
Dr.Georgiadi A.G.
Meteorological Research Institute
Korea Meteorological Administration
460-18, Shindeabang-dong, Tongjak-ku, Seoul, 156-720
Korea
Tel: +82-2-842-0940-747
Fax: +82-2-834-5922
E-mail: georg [at] chaos.metri.re.kr

Local Organizing Committee:

Kotlyakov V.M., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Georgiadi A.G., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Belyaev A.V., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Chepalyga A.L., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Glazirin G.E., Hydrometeorological Institute, Tashkent
Grosswald M.G., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Kislov A.V., Moscow State University
Klige R.K., Moscow State University
Koronkevich N.I., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Rudoy A.K., Tomsk State Pedagogical University
Velitchko A.A., Institute of Geography, Moscow
Yamskikh A., Krasnoyarsk State University, Moscow

Registration Form for The Fourth International Meeting on Global Continental
Palaeohydrology

GLOCOPH 200

(Please return before 30 June 1999)
Please send Registration Form
by e-mail to georg [at] chaos.metri.re.kr
by mail to
Laboratory of Hydrology
Institute of Geography
Russian Academy of Sciences
GLOCOPH 2000
Staromonetny per., 29
109017 Moscow, Russia
Dr.Georgiadi A.G.
Dr.Chepalyga A.L.

Name: Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms. __________________________________________________

Affiliation ______________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

        ___________________________________________________

Fax: _________________________ Phone _____________________________________

E-mail ___________________________________________________________________

Paper: Oral presentation _______________ or Poster _______________________

Tentative Title ___________________________________________________________

Are you interested of field excursion: YES/NO