Date

Second Announcement
Third Russian Conference on Geocryology
Moscow State University
31 May - 3 June 2005

Application and Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 October 2004

For further registration information and abstract details, please go to:
http://www.geol.msu.ru/deps/cryology/fe.htm


The 3rd Russian Conference on Geocryology will be held at Moscow State
University 31 May - 3 June 2005.

The organizing committee invites geocryologists, glaciologists,
geographists, geophysicists, pedologists, climatologists, ecologists,
engineers, and all concerned Russian and foreign scientists to
participate in this conference.

The registration fee for foreign participants is $200 USD.

CONFERENCE TOPICS
- Physics, chemistry, thermophysics, and mechanics of frozen soil
- Lithogenous geocryology
- Soil's cryogenous
- Dynamic geocryology
- Regional and historical geocryology
- Cryology of planets
- Permafrost engineering
- Permafrost geoecology
- Problems of oil and gas deposits exploration in permafrost regions
- Gas and gas hydrate in Earth cryolithosphere

GENERAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairman - E.D.Ershov
Representative of Chairman - V.V.Baulin, V.P.Melnikov, R.V.Chjan
Academic Secretary - N.I.Trush, E.M. Chuvilin, L.A. Suhodolskaya

For further information including registration and abstract details,
please go to:
http://www.geol.msu.ru/deps/cryology/fe.htm

or contact:
Dr. Evgeny Chuvilin
E-mail: chuvilin [at] geol.msu.ru

Application and Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 October 2004