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Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain,
October 17-24th, 2019
Organized under the support of
The International Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy
The International Subcommision on Cambrian Stratigraphy
 
General Information
The International Meeting on the Ediacaran System and the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition (IMECT 2019) is open to presentations on all aspects of the Ediacaran System and its boundaries, including organisms and their interpretation, litho/bio/chrono/chemo- and event stratigraphy, sedimentology, geomicrobiology, (bio)geochemistry, geochronology and geodynamics. Field trips will provide opportunities to visit key outcrops of the Ediacaran and Ediacaran–Cambrian transition in the Central-Iberian Zone of the Iberian Massif.
 
Particularly welcome are contributions dealing with the nature of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. In Spain, Brasier, Perejón & San José (1979. Estudios Geológicos 35, 379-383) described stratigraphical overlap of what was then considered pre-Cambrian and Cambrian faunal elements. Afterwards, the stratigraphical distribution of early skeletal fossils and trace fossils in this Ediacaran back-arc setting episodically affected by pulses related to the Cadomian Orogeny has brought this topic into sharp focus. A surge of recent publications from various continents have further raised the question if there is a sharp divide between organisms typical of respectively the Ediacaran and Cambrian or a more gradual transition and overlap.
 
Another topic of recent interest and debate is the number and nature of Ediacaran glaciations. In addition to the well-established probably regional ~580 Ma Gaskiers glaciation, a range of other putative Ediacaran glacial events, likely of regional extension, have been reported. A recent addition to an upper Ediacaran glaciogenic event is the peri-Gondwanan ~565 Ma “Weesenstein-Orellana glaciation” (Linnemann et al. 2018. International Journal of Earth Sciences 107, 885-911) with outcrops in the Central Iberian Zone.
 
Time line

Registration payment and abstract submission scheduled to open February 2019. Those who have indicated interest in attendance will be contacted when registration system is open. Bank account details and credit card procedure will also be posted on our web page. www.geoparquevilluercas.es/imect2019/

  • Registration payment deadline: June 30, 2019.
  • Abstract Submission deadline: May 30, 2019.
  • 3rd circular with final arrangements: September 01 2019.