European Union of Geosciences - 10th Strasbourg Meeting EUG 10

Europe’s largest biennial gathering of earth scientists, is set to take place in Strasbourg, France, from 28th March - 1st April 1999.

Over five days some 3,000 geoscientists will discuss the latest research findings in topics ranging from planetary evolution and climate change, through mineral formation and exploration, to the deep sub-sea floor biosphere and the origins of life itself. Since its first meeting in 1981 EUG has grown steadily in size and significance to become one of the world’s leading scientific conferences. Interdisciplinary symposia at the 1999 event include: Orogeny and crustal evolution through time; Climate - past and present; Life on Earth - origin and evolution; Sedimentary basins - the record of tectonic and magmatic processes; Magma and fluids in the mantle; Continental-Ocean transition zones and oceanic lithosphere; Lithospheric properties and processes; Mineral deposits - geology and genesis; Geosciences, environment and society; Polar Earth sciences.

A limited number of press places to attend EUG10 are available on request from the conference organisers (see ’contacts’ below).

A press conference will take place at the conference site at the start of the meeting at 11 am on Sunday 28th March.

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Press contacts:

Roland Schlich
Conference Organiser, EUG Office
+33 (0)3 88 45 01 91 or +33 (0)3 88 41 63 93
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 or
Andrew Smith
Head of Communication and Information, ESF
+33 (0)3 88 76 71 32,
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Notes for editors:

1. Founded in 1981, membership of the European Union of Geosciences has grown from 500 to more than 3000 scientists today. It is now one of the world’s largest scientific unions in the Earth Sciences. EUG10 will be held at the Palais de la Musique et des Congres, Place de Bordeaux, 67082 Strasbourg.

2. The European Science Foundation is the European association of 65 major national funding agencies devoted to scientific research in 22 countries. The ESF assists its member organisations in two main ways: by bringing scientists together in its scientific programmes, networks, exploratory workshops and European research conferences, to work on topics of common concern, and through the joint study of issues of strategic importance in European science policy.

ESF has a long connection with the earth sciences and more than 10 current ESF programmes and networks will be represented at EUG10.

Issued 22.3.99

For further information contact: Andrew Smith

Category: Media Centre, Press Releases 1999