| The 7th International Jurassic Congress will be held in Poland,
a country located right in the centre of Europe, on the crossroads of religions, cultures and empires, and blessed or tormented with a changing fate throughout her history. Poland is also located in a geological crossroads – where three major structural units (the East-European Craton, the Palaeozoic West-European Platform and the Alpine Orogenic Belt) meet. Similarly, the Jurassic System in Poland is very diverse: from siliciclastic continental and marginal-marine deposits, through thick epicontinental carbonates to the deep marine facies of the Tethys. This unique position resulted in mixing of Boreal and Mediterranean faunas, crucial for understanding Jurassic palaeobiogeography and biostratigraphy. Research on the Jurassic System has a very long tradition in Poland, which is the homeland of many classical works on Jurassic stratigraphy, facies and palaeobiology. |
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Kraków (Cracow) is an ideal place for the Congress. This magnificent city, the old capital of Poland, has been recognised by UNESCO as a gem of the world’s cultural heritage. Field trips through the Polish Uplands and Carpathians (also across the border into Slovakia with the help of our Slovakian colleagues) will show both the most interesting Jurassic successions and the beauty of Poland – a country rich in culture, with magnificent natural landscapes and friendly people. |
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Organizing Committee:
Andrzej Wierzbowski (Chairman)
e-mail : Andrzej.Wierzbowski@uw.edu.pl
Roman Aubrecht, Andrzej Boczarowski, Ewa Głowniak, Jan Golonka, Jacek Gutowski, Michał Krobicki, Marek Lewandowski, Bronisław Matyja, Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Alfred Uchman, Jarosław Zacharski. |
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
CALLOMON, John H. - UK
CECCA, Fabrizio - FRANCE
ELMI, Serge - FRANCE
ENAY, Raymond - FRANCE
FÜRSICH, Franz T. - GERMANY
HALLAM, Anthony - UK
JENKYNS, Hugh - UK
KUTEK, Jan - POLAND
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MORTON, Nicol - FRANCE
PÁLFY, József - HUNGARY
PAVIA, Giulio - ITALY
RICCARDI, Alberto - ARGENTINA
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Jingeng - CHINA
SMITH, Paul L. - CANADA
WARRINGTON, Geoff - UK |
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