Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee I would like to thank you for your response to the Second Announcement. We are looking forward to welcome you all at our traditional meeting of the friends of the Baltic Quaternary organized already since 1966.
The Symposium will start and end in Apatity. The participants of a Field Symposium will be accommodated in the Russ` holiday inn located in picturesque vicinities of city near Imandra Lake. There will be 4 days in the field and one day with paper and poster presentations.
Registration of participants:
Sunday, September 4th between 8:00-20:00 o`clock at the
Geological Institute of Kola Science Centre RAS
Fersman str., 14
184200 Apatity, Murmansk reg., Russia.
Phone: (+7) 81555 79 575
Transport: The Apatity can be easily accessed by the railway transport from Moscow and Saint-Petersburg and by plain via Murmansk from Moskow, Saint-Petersburg, Luleo (Sweden), Tromso (Norway), Rovaniemi (Finland). Transportation of participants from the airport Murmansk will be organized, if the participants will inform the Organizing Committee in advance.
The Geological Institute can be easily accessed by public transport:
from the railway station - buses No. 8, 101, 105 to Lenin Square stop.
The bus ticket costs 10 rubles (about 35 cents). The ticket you can buy in the bus.
On the 4.09. from 17.00pm the challenge bus will carry the participants from the Geological Institute to the Russ` Holyday Inn.
Accommodation:
The registration fee covers accommodation from September 4 (afternoon) to 9 (afternoon) including full board, excursion travel, social program and conference materials. The registration fee does not cover any health or travel insurance. Those needing the reservation of the hotel in Apatity before/after the Symposium are kindly asked to inform the organizers not later than August 15.
All the participants are asked to inform the Organizing Committee about the exact time of arrival and departure, at least a two week beforehand - on August 20 at the latest. We will arrange the transfer from Murmansk and Apatity to Russ` Holiday Inn. We would be also appreciated if you let us know if you have decided to cancel the trip.
This information is urgently needed to solve accommodation and financial problems.
Presentation:
The language of the symposium will be English. Time for every oral presentation will be 15 minutes and 5 minutes for discussion. Slide, overhead and multimedia (Power Points) projectors will be available. Poster boards are 1.2 m high and 1.5 m wide.
Weather in the beginning of September is usually mild and cloudy. However at this time cold days happen and the temperature drops near 0-C and night frosts are possible. Taking into account, that excursions will pass on marks up to 1000 m above sea level (Khibiny and Lovozero Tundras) it is necessary to be ready to low temperatures. The participants have no need for rubber boots, ordinary field clothes will do.
Payment. The registration fee - 290 EURO for participants and 250 EURO for accompanying persons - should be paid in cash at the registration desk.
For any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the Symposium Organizing
Committee:
phone + 7 81555 79575;
e-mail: kolka@geoksc.apatity.ru,
korsak@geoksc.apatity.ru
We are looking forward to meeting all of you soon on the Kola Peninsula.
Yours,
Vasili Kolka
Coordinator of International Field Symposium
Program of the Field Symposium
Day 1st. 5 September 2005. Lovozero area
Locality 1. Glacial landforms of N-W Lovozero Mountains
Korsakova O., Hattestrand C., Kolka V.
Stop 1. The flat plateau-like summit of Alluaiv Mountain (1051 m a.s.l.)
Locality 2. Late Glacial ace-marginal formations in Lovozero area
Yevzerov V., Korsakova O., Kolka V.
Stop. 2. Marginal ridge to the north of Lovozero Mountains
Stop 3. Dump moraine ridge - the inner band of Revdozerskii marginal belt
Stop 4. Dump moraine ridge bordered with the push ridge - the inner band of Revdozerskii marginal belt.
Stop 5. Push moraine ridge - outer band of marginal belt of Revdozerskii marginal belt.
Stop 6. Push moraine ridge - outer band of Kandalakshskii marginal belt.
Day 2nd. 6 September 2005. Paper presentations. Geological Institute of Kola science Centre RAS.
Day 3d. 7 September 2005. Chuna - Kolvitsa - Kandalaksha area.
Locality 3. Paleoseismic dislocations in the area of Imandra and Chunozero Lakes, central part of Kola region.
Nikolaeva S
Stop 7. Paleoseismic dislocation "Chuna"
Locality 4. Vilasselga marginal formations, SW Kola Peninsula.
Kolka V., Korsakova O., Zakharchenko E.
Stop. 8. Glaciofluvial ridge in the valley of Kolvitsa River.
Stop 9. Quarry, opening the glaciofluvial ridge Vilasselga in the valley of Kolvitsa River.
Locality 5. Late Glacial and Holocene evolution of Kandalaksha Bay recorded in bottom sediment lithostratigraphy of raised coastal lakes and shoreline features.
Kolka V., Korsakova O.
Stop 10. Kandalaksha stone labyrinth
Stop 11. The Holocene coastal landforms on the slope of Krestovaja Mt.
Stop 12. Glaciofluvial and glacial forms on the slope of Krestovaja Mt.
Day 4th. 8 September 2005. Khibiny area.
Locality 6. Late Glacial landforms on Southern Khibiny Mountains and Prikhibinskaja plane.
Korsakova O., Hattestrand C., Kolka V.
Stop 13. The top of marginal moraine ridge in Malyi Vud'javr valley.
Stop. 14.The aqueoglacial plain in valley with Malyi Vud'javr lake
Stop 15. Ice-marginal delta in Kukisjok through valley
Stop 16. Rasvumchorr Plateau, Centralny Mine of "APATIT Co".
Stop 17. The quarry striped sediments of glaciofluvial delta in southern piedmont of Khibiny Mountains.
Day 5. 9 September 2005.
The Museum of Geology and Mineralogy, Geological Institute KSC RAS
Polar Alpine Botanical Garden and Institute
