6th International Symposium on Lithographic Limestone and Plattenkalk 2014

The meeting is cancelled. We are looking for a new date and a new location.

Whereas Heidelberg could be the location, it is more my uncertain job situation which does not allow to plan a date. As soon as I can plan one year in advance, I will look for a date. Thank you for understanding. CI

Welcome to the Museo del Desierto! Welcome to Saltillo!

Welcome to Mexico! Bienvenidos a todos!

We cordially invite you to the 6th International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones and Plattenkalk, for which the new date for the meeting is 17-19 September 2014.

The Museo del Desierto, where the meeting will take place, is a large Natural History Museum in  Saltillo, the capital of the state of Coahuila in the Northeast of Mexico. It is dedicated to the exploration of the Chihuahua Desert and the protection of this fragile, variable environment, but also to the the exploration of the numerous fossils found in the desert. Besides the discovery of various dinosaurs, this state has become famous for the discovery of ca. twenty Cretaceous Plattenkalk localities in the last decades.

The International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones and Plattenkalk is a multidisciplinary meeting is planned to address aspects of the study of lithographic limestones and plattenkalk deposits across all disciplines, from palaeontology (taxonomy, palaeoecology, taphonomy), to geology (stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeoenvironments), and also mineralogy and petrology of Plattenkalk deposits and related Fossil-Lagerstätten. The meeting is organized in collaboration with the Institute of Earth Sciences of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. We plan fieldtrips to the famous plattenkalk deposits of Vallecillo, but also to other important localities in the region.

Please contact ISLLP2014@geow.uni-heidelberg.de for more information.

We are looking forward to welcoming our colleagues in the beautiful Museo del Desierto in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico!

Christina Ifrim, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Arturo H. Gonzalez Gonzalez and Rosario Gomez