Catastrophes conference 2002, Brunel Univ.; West London

>Members of the list may be interested in the following conference
>announcement.
>Further details are available from Suzanne Leroy at Brunel University, UK
>(suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk)
>
>
>  An international conference on
>
>            "Holocene environmental catastrophes and recovery"
>                              2-7 Sept. 2002
>
>at Brunel Univesity, west London.
>
>Co-sponsored by Brunel University, INQUA and PAGES.
>
>The four main themes are:
>1 - Geological catastrophes and their impact on society e.g.
>megalandslides, earthquakes, tsunami, fires, volcanic eruptions
>2 - Environmental causes of civilisation collapse
>3 - Biological impacts on societies: extinctions, epidemies, plague,
>haemorrhagic fever
>4 - Climatological impacts on society, e.g. historical droughts.
>
>An informal pre-conference fieldtrip is planned that will examine
>evidence for past environmental catastrophes in the Scottish Highlands
>(post-glacial large-magnitude earthquakes; glacial megafloods;
>Storegga-Slides tsunami event; human impacts of Icelandic volcanic
>catastrophes; environmental
>disturbances in Loch Ness).
>Preliminary dates for the fieldtrip are 26 to 31 August 2002. More
>details to follow.
>
>see for more information:
>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/Catastrophes/
>
>
>contact: Prof. Suzanne A. G. Leroy,
>Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University,
>Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, (West London), UK.
>suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk,
>direct: +44-1895-20 31 78; fax: +44-1895-20 32 17, secr: +44-1895-20
>3215
>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/newweb/peoplesub.html
>
>
>
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>Dr. Philip E.F. Collins
>Environmental Change Research Group
>Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
>Brunel University
>Uxbridge UB8 3PH
>United Kingdom
>
>Tel: +44 (0) 1895 274000 (Switchboard) ext 2381
>Fax: +44 (0) 1895 203217
>Email: philip.collins@brunel.ac.uk
>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/philsub/phil.html
>
>Please consult our website:
>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/Catastrophes/
>for the conference on "Holocene environmental catastrophes and
>recovery", 2-7 Sept. 2002.
>