These lakes are in the lower White River Floodplain (maps)
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PAGES Floodplain Lake Workshop Sept 16. to 19. 2010
hosted
by the Department
of Geosciences, University
of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
USA Deadlines: June 1st, Travel support application. Send abstract, CV and letter of application to shausman@uark.edu June 30, 2010: Registration, abstract and special rate for accommodation at the Cosmopolitan Hotel ($79) Workshop output: If you want to publish in a special issue in Journal of Paleolimnology, bring a print out of your draft of manuscript for to the workshop and send a email to shausman@uark.edu.
Sonja Hausmann, Peter Gell or Roland Hall Overview In recent decades, most paleolimnological research has focused on lentic (lake) systems, because these environments accumulate sediments rather consistently over time. However, most of human society is located adjacent to lotic (river) systems, and so it is increasingly important to refine our understanding of the human and environmental factors shaping riverine systems. Unfortunately, fluvial systems rarely accumulate sediment in a way to preserve continuous records of water quality and ecological conditions. Evidence of the river dynamics is preserved within the floodplain, including in wetlands and oxbow lakes. In many instances these systems preserve sediment archives containing useful and decipherable information of river conditions that may span centuries to millennia. Floodplain lakes and wetlands raise a new suite of challenges for paleolimnological research. The biological indicators represent a mix of internal lacustrine and external river-derived forms and so the proxy record needs to be inferred in terms of the history of connectivity between the two environments. Also, river flow is commonly episodic, providing pulses of sediment that may dilute atmospheric radioisotopic signatures required for adequate dating control of sediment cores. Despite these challenges, several studies worldwide have successfully explored the limnological history of floodplain wetlands and their associated rivers. These outcomes are of considerable value to managers of these systems. Objectives This workshop aims to bring together key researchers from across the globe working on river histories based on the sediment records derived from floodplain and fluvial lakes. Specifically, the objectives of the workshop are to:
Relevance to PAGES Many symptoms of human-environment interactions are focused on rivers and this conference will be among the first for PAGES to use lessons of the past to understand the ecological condition of rivers and their trajectory of change. The conference will also be directly relevant to the Cross Cutting themes of Proxy Development and Chronology. In particular, this conference provides a great capacity for outreach of hydroclimatology to knowledge users such as water managers. A workshop on floodplain lakes also has close relevance to the Land Use and Climate Impacts on Fluvial Systems (LUCIFS) working group and represents an early opportunity for integration within Focus IV, Human-Climate-Environment interactions. This workshop originated at the PAGES OSM in Corvallis (July 2009) and is directly relevant to the water theme and Limpacs working group of Focus IV . The organizing committee are the leaders of both the theme (Gell) and the working group (Hall) and Hausmann.
Output As the group is yet to meet, the main output will be explored at the meeting on Sunday morning. A special issue of Journal of Paleolimnology would be the most efficient output from meeting one with the group, possibly, working towards a special DPER volume over the two years following the meeting. A brief workshop report will be submitted to PAGES News. If you want to be considered for the special issue you need to bring a draft of your manuscript to the workshop and contact Sonja Hausmann.
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Pre workshop fieldtrip Come one day early to explore on Wednesday Sept 15 the artisan community Eureka Springs an Victorian style town. Cost $30 Thursday Sept 16 Arrival in Fayetteville, AR. The airport code is XNA. 7 PM to 9 PM Reception in the Gallery Underground catered by the Brick House Kitchen and cash bar Friday Sept 17 Coffee and a little something will be available in the mornings Welcoming Related PAGES Focus IV human-climate-ecosystem interactions working groups: > HITE (Human Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems) > LIMPACS (Human Impacts on Lake Ecosystems) > LUCIFS (Land Use and Climate Impacts on Fluvial Systems) > IHOPE (Integrated History of People on Earth) Sessions Break Sessions Lunch in the Cosmopolitan (included in registration) Sessions Dinner in the Cosmopolitan (included in registration) Saturday Sept 18 Coffee and a little something will be available in the mornings Sessions Brown bag lunch and stroll over the farmers market Sessions Explore Dickson Street Nightlife and Bars in Fayetteville, Arkansas Sunday Sept 19 2010 Coffee and a little something will be available in the mornings Output
Noon: Departure to the field trip or home Post workshop field trip White River National Wildlife Refuge
was established in 1935 for the protection of migratory birds.
The refuge lies in the floodplain of the White River near where it meets
the mighty Mississippi River. Long and narrow, three to ten miles
wide and almost ninety miles long, the refuge is one of the largest remaining
bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi River Valley. The refuge's
fertile forests and three hundred lakes are interlaced with streams, sloughs,
and bayous. The result is a haven for a myriad of native wildlife and
migratory birds.
We leave for the fieldtrip
on Sunday noon. 5h drive and return on Monday evening. The National Wildlife
Refuge will take us with boats (see above) into the cyprus wetland
on Monday. We will return the same day. Costs: $100 for the bus. $85
accommodation and breakfast.
Sign up early the maximum number for the postworkshop fieldtrip is 40. Venue The workshop will be held in the Cosmopolitan Hotel in downtown Fayetteville in Northwest Arkansas, USA. Fayetteville is a college town in the Ozarks. You will probably arrive at the Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) which is around 40 min away (see map) from the Cosmopolitan Hotel. One way taxi fare is around $50. We can coordinate your transport to the hotel if you inform Lisa Milligan with your arrival time. The central venue of the workshop location will allow you to experience the farmers market at Saturday during lunch time and In order to provide a cultural experience the workshop includes a reception in the Gallery Undergound (2 min walking distance from the hotel, see map). For your room reservations call or email Mimi Minton at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and ask for the PAGES Floodplain rooming block in order to receive the $79.00 group rate. Mimi Minton Director of Sales & Marketing The Cosmopolitan Hotel 70 North East Avenue Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-442-5555 phone or toll free 866-384-4087 (inside US only) 479-442-2105 fax Email: mimi.minton@cosmopolitanventures.com and ask for the PAGES Floodplain rooming block in order to receive the $79.00 group rate. For emails write PAGES Floodplain in the subject line and provide the following:
Abstracts Abstract can be typed using any word processor, but should be saved in a pdf format and sent to Lisa Milligan The title should be typed in upper case, using Times New Roman, 12 point font; it should not exceed 180 characters. Leave one blank line after the title. Authors’ names should follow, typed using Times New Roman, 12 points font. Each name should be followed by a numerical superscript to point to correct address entry. Leave one blank line after the authors’ names. Addresses should follow, typed using Times New Roman, 10 points, italic font. Each address should start with the corresponding numerical superscript of the author. The last line of the address sections should be the e-mail of the first or the presenting author in round brackets. After the e-mail address, leave one blank line. The text of the abstract should be typed using Times New Roman, 12 points font, left justified, no indentations. Margins should be set at 3 cm at each side (up, down, left and right). The body of the abstract should not exceed 2500 characters. Any tables or figures should be inserted in the body of the abstract. In any case, abstracts should not exceed one letter size page (21.59x27.94 cm). Only one page abstracts in a pdf format will be accepted. One image can be included. Registration We would like to thank the University of Arkansas and PAGES for financial support Press release up |
