Minerals and Fossils Explained
5th – 16th of March, 2012
| Fossils Explained | Minerals Explained |
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5th of March 2012 |
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| Taphonomy and exceptional biotas
Taphonomy Fossil–Lagerstätten The Ediacaran biota The Burgess Shale biota The Lady Burn Starfish Beds |
Rock-forming minerals I: silicates Alpha–quartz (silica) Opal (Silica) Alkali feldspar (Part 1) Alkali feldspar (Part 2) Plagioclase feldspars |
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7th of March 2012 |
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| Palaeozoic invertebrates
Trilobites Graptolites Brachiopods Palaeozoic crinoids Eurypterids |
Rock-forming minerals II: silicates Olivine Group The amphiboles The micas The garnets Kyanite |
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9th of March 2012 |
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| Mesozoic invertebrates
Belemnites Post-Palaeozoic nautiloids Bivalves Rudists Sea urchins |
Rock-forming minerals III: non-silicates Calcite The dolomite group Baryte Gypsum Fluorite (fluorspar) |
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12th of March 2012 |
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| Cenozoic invertebrates
Gastropods Barnacles Bryozoans Benthic foraminifera Palaeontology of amber |
Some ore minerals
Hematite Galena Sphalerite Pyrite Azurite and malachite |
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14th of March 2012 |
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| Vertebrates
Anaspid fishes Ichthyosaurs Theropod dinosaurs Azhdarchid pterosaurs Sabre-toothed cats |
Native minerals
Graphite Native copper Silver Sulphur Gold |
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16th of March 2012 |
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The Online Event closes |
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Why don’t you arrange a column on Precambrian fossils?
I agree, a column on Precambrian fossil will be intereted
I agree that Precambrian fossils are worthy of detailed study. We will be covering just a small aspect in our online event, that of the Ediacaran Biota, but we look forward to further debate and discussion online.
Clay minerals are the very most essential and common minerals. Please take an appropriate measure for those who wish to look over the precious matter through geological viewpoint.
Thank you.
Thanks, yes indeed. Clay minerals are significant. We will be happy to take discussion as appropriate.
Will trace fossils be discussed?
Trace fossils are of great significance, but they will not be discussed directly during the event. However, I am sure that they will appear in discussion.
This can of worms should be opened as it is possible now to relate certain individual trace fossils to particular fossil species, thereby removing the need for obscure morphological terms that were not necessarily part of an approved geological degree course.
Please discuss the remote sensing sensors which are playing an important role in mineral study.
regards
will be open for articles submission?
Not in this case, as the main articles will come from Geology Today. Howvere, we look forward to seeing your discussion.
Do you have any topic related to anthrpology and fossils?
Not in this event, but it is of interest, of course.
maybe a column on evolution and mass extinction will positively augment the programme.
This is certainly something we would entertain for a future event.
will the plant fossils be discussed?
Thanks for your interest. Plant fossils will not be covered in this event, but we look forward to including them in a future one.
Great initiative Peter, I am looking forward to the event!
Hennie Smit
Thanks Hennie, nice to hear from you. You are very welcome.
Peter
If it is possible to add collection of gems. Both common gem minerals and rare ones.
Gems will not be covered, though the magazine itself has carried an article on Sri Lankan gems quite recently. Thank you for your interest.
Will there be anything covering micro / macro fossils?
Microfossils are not covered in this event, though are of great interest.
A great initiative, looking forward to it all very much
What an event. Its really nice to have my lovely fossil grains in focus somewhere under the sun. Wish to have a nice event.
Dr. Saad Kamel
Sebha, Libya
..I am excited and waiting to go thro’ an online conference experience on a very interesting topic on minerals and fossils. It will be good to begin with the latest and globally accepted version of Geological Time scale with finer details…
It is wonderful interesting idea to held a conference online in particular for people coming from the Middle East whose have troubles with funding for ticket and subsistences.Congratulations in advance and ready tp help in at any time.
Prof.Dr. AbdelMoneim Mahmoud
Ain Shams University
Cairo,Egypt
Thanks for your comment; I look forward to your participation.
Ia there any slot for Palynofossils
Palynofossils are not covered in this online event, but it is something we will be interested in seeing for the future.
At what time will the program start on the internet for each day. Kind regards
Dear Kelechi Anyanwu,
Thank you for your interest. Blog posts featuring each day’s content will be published around 10am CET.
A wonderful initiative…eagerly waiting for the conference…
All the best wishes…….
Dear Pete,
In the program of 9th of March 2012 of Fossils Explained, there are bivalves and rudists….In that way it seems that the rudists are a different group and not bivalves!. It would be better to put rudists and “other bivalves”.
Cheers
Beatriz
Yes indeed Beatriz, thanks for your comment. The articles have already appeared in Geology Today under these titles, which explains the disparity.
Best wishes
Peter
Great, Congratulations on hosting such a marvelous event on line its really a great service to the advancement of geological sciences. It would heve been more valuable if gems mineral been added. I request you to hold a complete separate session online on these. what will be the time according to AST or GMT???
Dear Ishaq Ahmad,
Thank you for your interest in the Geology Today online event. Blog posts with the relevant content will be published around 10am CET.
Gems would be of great interest; again, this is something we will consider for the future.
Excellant idea of online conference. I am eagerly waiting for the same. Will Radioactive minerals be included?
Not specifically, in this case. There are so many minerals to cover, we have started with some of the classics. We will certainly be interested in these groups as a whole.
it is very nice to have chance online for geologist to discuss such things, while they they contribute even from field work locations any where good luck.
i hope clay minerals have to be discussed in details especially kaolin which i think it king of industrial minerals.
thanks very much
Kaolin is not discussed in this event, but is clearly of great importance! I hope that we will be able to cover this mineral in a future issue of the magazine.
Concerining benthic foraminifera, will agglutinated forams be covered?
The foraminifera article will cover a range of benthics.
Looking forward to some discussion of aggluts; they’re a fascinating group.
An excellent initiative,congratulation while eagerly waiting for the events
Concerning the Bivalves and Rudists….. I think that Paleontologists would not think that they are of different groups. So, its OK.
Indeed, and the articles themselves will provide much information, so it will be clear then.
This is a great event, and I would like to mention it to my professors as an extra academic work. Do we get any certification on attending this online thing..??
Dear Arnold Fernandes
Thank you for your interest in the Online Event. I am afraid we do not offer certificates of attendance.
Will tetrapods be part of the discussion?
Some aspects of Tetrapod palaeontology will be covered in the final day of the event, and we will be delighted to host discussion then.
Looking great here. The rock forming minerals part is especially interesting and hopefully will help me with my current mineralogy course in Uni
Great – exactly what we would hope. Enjoy it!
Please will the program take into considerations students in other disciplines apart from Geology, but who may be interested in fossils and its role in oil and gas formation.
I`m sure this will be a great event, personally I look forward to update my knowledge, I wonder if Coltan will be addressed this time.
this event is going to be a beauty to watch, i will advise the economic importance of this fossils should be well stipulated
You are very welcome; the mineral groups covered are those in the programme – I’m sure there will be something of interest for you.
Quite interesting for waiting for !
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Geology is exciting.
Iam very glad to hlod such nice and very iimportant confierence .
ihope that the discriptiveand qualitative models of ore deposits included in this sessions particularlly the massive sulfide ores.
in fossils index fossils
I am sure you will find something of interest.
You say , you will cover topics ranging from arthropods over various groups of vertebrates to palaeoecology …. but I think you missed ( Ostracode ) which is a highly benefit for paleoecology investigation .
You say , you will cover topics ranging from arthropods over various groups of vertebrates to palaeoecology …. but I think you missed ( Ostracode ) which is a highly benefit for paleoecology investigation .
Ostracods are of particular interest; they are not covered in this event, but we would hope to cover the group in a future issue of Geology Today.
Pl update the informations as discussed will be shared by us
Before it’s too late… I just want to thank you for an excellent on-line event! It has been great to have had this possibility to read the interesting papers that have been published and even though I’m not a trained geologist, I’ve really enjoyed reading all of them. I teach geology at my university (on a very basic level though) and I’m always trying to deepen my knowledge and this on-line event or conference has been great for me, I would probably not have had the opportunity to go to a real geology conference. And as many other people already have said, I’m looking forward to the next event, it has been an interesting experience and many people I’ve talked to have found the idea interesting. Well done!
Best regards,
Lena Johansson Westholm
I think that Geology Today has achieved an important goal: to spread geological knowledge through interesting topics; making available well written articles for anyone who wants to learn about it. Thank you for this forum, I’ll be eagerly waiting for the next event.
Juan Castaneda