The FirstIn
nternation
nal Sympo
osium of thheInternation
nal Geosc
cience Pro
ogramme ProjectP
60
08
Cretacceous ecoosystems and their response
es to palae
eoenvironmental chhangesinn Asia andd the Westtern Paciffic
Lucknow, In
ndia
Decem
mber 20-27
7, 2013Seccond Circu
ular
Objectivee
The Crretaceous is one of thet greenhhouse perio
ods in the Earth’s hiistory, welll known
for elevvated atmospheric CO2
Clevelss and mucch higher global sea
a level tha
an whatexists today. Knowledge ofo past glo
obal warm
ming eventts and theeir effects on theecosysstem help us betterr understa
and the consequencces of preesent andd future
climaticc changes. Palaeo
obiodiversiity, palae
eobiogeogrraphy, pa
alaeoclimattic andpalaeocceanograp
phic aspe
ects with their ma
any ramifications a
are imporrtant tounderstand the Cretaceou
us Period in its tota
ality. The project IG
GCP 608 aimsatoo the Assia-Pacific Cretaceo
ous marinee and teerrestrial
enhancce undersstanding of
ecosysstems and their responses too palaeoen
nvironmental change
es based on the
study ofo well preeserved geeological reecords of Asia and the Westeern Pacificc regionthroughh a varietyy of litholo
ogical, bio
otic and geeochemica
al proxy data. A div
versifiedmarine and terrestrial fossil record off this regio
on will provvide interesting insig
ghts into
faunal and florall diversity,, their turnover, pattterns of extinction,eand subs
sequent
recoveries. Geocchemical studiesson the Cretaaceous maarine sedim
ments of Western
W
Pacific and Eastern Tetthys can provide useful infformation on temp
peraturefluctuattions, latittudinal tem
mperature gradientss, Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs),(
Oceaniic Red Be
eds (ORBss), ocean acidificatioon etc. Th
he major objectives are to
discusss and deliineate esttablishmen
nt, variations and evvolution off the Crettaceous
terrestrrial and maarine ecosyystems in Asia
Aand thhe Westernn Pacific.
The firsst internattional symposium off IGCP 608
8 schedule
ed to be hheld at thee Birbal
Sahni InstituteI
off Palaeobo
otany (BSIP
P), Luckno
ow is plannned to sha
are state-off-the-art
knowleedge of CretaceousCs Land, Ocean,O
Biosphere and Ecossystems inn eachparticippating counntry in add
dition to presentatiopn of reseaarch resultts on a va
ariety ofmultidissciplinary themestrelated to th
he Cretace
eous Periodd. A special sessionn is alsoplannedd for some seleccted sedim
mentary basinsbin the Indian Subco
ontinent
fundammentally immportant fo
or understtanding th
he Cretace
eous ecossystems off South
Asia. TheT
Sympo
osium will provide a platform to workerss of diversse disciplin
nes andgeograaphical areeas of reseearch activvity to preesent theirr results aand ideas, and to
discusss problemss of Cretacceous terre
estrial and marinemecoosystems.
A postt Sympos
sium five--day field excursio
on to the Cretaceou
us non-maarine to
distributed
shallow
w-marine sequencessd in the ceentral and western ppeninsular India is
proposed. Thesee sequence
es consist of the Baagh Beds withw a prolific marinee faunaand thee overlying
g dinosaur--bearing La
ameta Formmation, whhich in turn is overlainn by theDeccann Trap volcanics andd the interrcalated se
edimentaryy depositss (inter-trap
ppeans)straddling the KT
T boundary.
Venue: Birbal Sa
ahni Instittute of Pallaeobotanny, (BSIP), Lucknow
w
unded by Professor
P
B
BirbalSahhni FRS in 1946, is a well-esta
ablished
The Insstitute, fou
centre for integra
ated reseaarch on palaeobotanyy, palynolo
ogy and alllied earth systemes and coo
ordinates its
i activitie
es with other knowled
dge centers in the areasaofsciencemutual interests. It hass specialisst scientificc groups working on Preca
ambrian,ozoic, Mesozoic, Cennozoic andd Quaternnary megafossils, pa
alynofossilss, fossil
Palaeophytoplankton and organiic matter. Over thee years, BSIP hass hosted several
international & national conferenceces & workshops withw
active participation byresearcchers fromm all overr the glob
be. The BSIP
B
is prrivileged to host the FirstInternaational Sy
ymposiumm of the In
nternation
nal Geoscience Pro
ogramme Project
608.

About the city of Lucknow
w:
Lucknoow is a historically immportant citty well connnected byy Air, Rail aand Road to New
Delhi andaotherr major cities
cof In
ndia. There are manymhistoorical mon
numents
reminisscent of th
he Mougha
al and British periods (Bara Im
mambara, Chota Ima
ambara,British Residencyy, Art Galleery, Roomi Gate, La MartiniereMetc.). Luckknow is a gourmetgcity weell-known forf its Aw
wadhi or Mughlai
Mcuisine besides multi--cuisine fooods forinternational visitors. The city is alsoafamou
us for its unique eembroideryy, donemanually, called Chikankarri. Weather during th
he month ofo Decembber in Lucknow iscold; deelegates are advised
d to carry adequateawinterw
clothhes.
Lucknoow is also knownkfor a number of educational and researchrinnstitutions suchsas
the Uniiversity of Lucknow (adjacent too BSIP), BR
B Ambedkkar Universsity, CSM Medical
Universsity, SG Post-Graduate Institutte of Medical Sciencces, Centra
al Drug Re
esearchInstitutee, Nationa
al Botaniccal Reseaarch Instittute, India
an Institutte of Tox
xicology
Researrch, Centrral Institutte of Medical & Aromatic
A
Plants, In
ndian Instiitute of
Sugarccane Reseaarch, to na
ame a few.
Travel Information
Lucknoow city cann be easilyy reached via
v frequennt domestiic flights frrom Indira Gandhi
Internaational Airpport, New Delhi annd` other major citie
es includding Kolka
ata andMumba
ai (Bombayy) as well as by train. Train reeservation is, howevver, is not easy toobtain and must be made severals
weeks in adv
vance. At the Luckno
ow airport whichw
isabout 15
1 kms froom BSIP, conveyanccce will be mademavailable to brring the deelegatesto the venue of thet symposium and/oor their res
spective pllaces of sta
ay. Delega
ates areadvisedd to reachh Lucknow
w on December 19, 2013 as the Sympo
osium prog
grammeshall sttart at 9:00
0 AM on December 20,
2 2013. Delegate
es particip
pating in th
he postsympo
osium exc
cursion arre requested to bo
ook their ticketstfo
or return journeyfrom New
N
Delhi only.
Transpport Facilitties
Transpport will be provided tot delegate
es from the Lucknow
w airport and railway
y station
to the venue
vof th
he sympossium and too the place
es of their stay. Deleegates will also be
provideed transpo
ortation during the days off the sym
mposium tto facilitatte their
particippation in seessions and all other programm
mes.
Letterss of Invitattion
Letters of Invitattion to atte
end the syymposium will be provided up
pon requeest from
articipate and have allready sub
bmitted the registratio
on form.
delegattes who intend to pa
The invvitation lettters are intended to help deleg
gates in ob
btaining vissa for trav
veling to
India, wherewapplicable, and do not im
mply any commitmencnt for finan
ncial assisttance toattend the sympo
osium.
Passpoorts and Visas
V
Delegaates coming
g from abrroad requirre a valid passportpwiith a minim
mum of six months
validityy, and visa
a as per Governme
ent of Indiia visa po
olicies. A p
photocopy
y of thepasspoort is requirred to be sentsby thee delegatess to the org
ganizers to
o completee certain
formalities at our end.

Accommmodationn
The deelegates will
w be provvided accoommodatioon on payyment basis in hotels/guest
housess. The currrent tariff of hotels in Luckno
ow ranges approximately fromm ~$ 50(Rs.300
00) to ~ $150 ( Rs. 8000). Effo
orts are beeing madee to provide
e accomm
modationto the delegatess in guesst houses of otherr governm
ment reseaarch Institutes at
econommical ratess as BSIP
P has limited accom
mmodationn at its ow
wn guest house.
Delegaates are req
quested too send acccommodation require
ements welll in advance. The
month of Decem
mber beingg a winterr season, the deleg
gates are advised to
t carry
ate winter clothes.
cadequaSympo
osium Feee
Registration Fe
ee for thee Symposium is $ 150 for delegatess and $ 100
1foraccomppanying peersons. Fe
ee for deleg
gates coveers Sympossium mateerial (bag, abstractavolumee and statio
onary); breeakfast, lunch, tea/coffee; Sym
mposium reeception, banquetband dinnner on all days (20-2
22 Decembber, 2013) besides innternal travvel.
Fee forr Post-Sym
mposium Field Excursion
Fee forr the Post--Symposiu
um field exxcursion to central annd westernn peninsula
ar India
is $ 800
0 each for delegatess/ accompa
anying perssons. Coveered in thee fee are air
a travel(Lucknoow-New Delhi-IndoreD
e-New Delhi), hotel accommod
dation, all meals during then in closing ceremon
excursiion days (223-27 Deccember, 20013), and participatiopny. Also
includeed is a visit to the woorld famou
us 5th -6th
h century AD
A Buddhiist rock cu
ut caves(Bagh Caves), a heritagee site withh a Englis
sh speakinng official guide es
specially
requested from th
he Archaeo
ological Su
urvey of Ind
dia.
Suppo
ort Programmme
According to annual funding
g received from UNE
ESCO/IUGSS for IGCP
P 608, finan
ncial
c
r
n and/or acccommodation charge
es for asupporrt may be considered
to cover registration
limited number off participan
nts from deeveloping countries.
c
T considThe
deration shhall besubjectt to: 1. submission annd accepta
ance of abs
stract before the deadline. 2.
particippation in the symposium by the applicant. Financial support dooes not inc
clude
international/dom
mestic trave
el and excu
ursion fee. For financcial supporrt please coontactB(direectorbsip@@gmail.com
m; sunilbajp
pai2001@yyahoo.comm).
Professsor Sunil Bajpai
Abstraact Submis
ssion
Abstraccts of both oral & posster presen
ntations, hiighlighting salient points in not morethan 20000 words,, typed in doubledspa
ace in Time
es New Ro
oman, 12 p
point fontmentioning the tittle, name(ss) of the auuthor(s) witth their affiiliation (s) and e-mail ids
should be sent too Professorr Sunil Bajp
pai (sunilbajpai2001@@yahoo.coom) and Prof.
G.V.R. Prasad (gguntupalli.vvrprasad@gmail.comm), before OctoberO331, 2013.
Particippants are requestedrt mentionton the namee of the delegate (in mmulti-authooredpapers) who wish
hes to makke an oral presentatiopon.
Publicaation
An absstract volumme and field excursio
on guidebo
ook will be published for particip
pants.

The prroceedingss of the symposiumsm are prop
posed to beb publish
hed as ann edited
volumee of a peer--reviewed, international scientiffic journal.
Prograamme andd ScheduleeItinerarry for IGCP 608 first meeting in
n India
19 Deceember, 20133:
Arrival of participants
p20-22 December,
D
2
2013:
Scientific sessions of thet symposiium; business meeting
23-27 December,
D
2
2013:
Post-sympoosium field excursion
20th December,, 2013

Inaauguration ofo IGCP Symposium att BSIP, Luccknow
Sciientific sesssions
21st December,D
2013 Sciientific sesssions, BSIP
P, Lucknownd
22 December, 2013 Sciientific sesssions, BSIP, Lucknow;
Deeparture for Indore in th
he afternoonn
23rd December,, 2013 Post-symposiuum field exccursion; staay at Zeerabbad
Vissit to sections around ZeerabadZ
24thh December,, 2013 Vissit to sections around Zeerabad
Z;
Vissit to the Baagh Caves
25th December,, 2013 Deeparture for Godhra (affternoon); sttay at Godhhra
26th December,, 2013 Vissit to Rahiooli section; stays at Ganddhinagar (AAhmedabad))th
27 December,, 2013 Vaaledictory att Gandhinag
gar (Ahmeddabad)
Schedule
The schedule to thet IGCP 608
6 First SymposiumS
m is as folloows.
31 Julyy 2013: Sub
bmission ofo the Registration Foorm (extended date)
30 Sepptember, 20013: Request for Acccommodatiion
31 Octoober, 2013
3: Submisssion of the Abstract
31 Octoober, 2013
3: Submisssion of requuest for financial support
30 Novvember, 20013: Annou
uncement ofo detailed Symposia
a Programmme
Websitte link: wwww.bsip.res..inSECOND CIRCULARFirst Symposium of theInternational Geoscience Programme (IGCP 608):
Asia Pacific Cretaceous Ecosystems
REGISTRATION FORM
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Tel: +91- 0522 -2740008, 2740011, 2740413, 2740399
Fax: +91-0522 -2740485, 2740098
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