1.     Organization

(1) Sponsors

National Natural Science Foundation of China

International Commission on Stratigraphy

International Association of Sedimentologists

Geological Society of China

Paleontological Society of China

China Association of Sedimentologists

Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry

China University of Geosciences

Yangtze University

Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Center of Central South China)

(2) Organizer

State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (CUG, Wuhan)

(3) Co-organizers

Yangtze University

Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Center of Central South China)

 

2.     Academic and Organizing Committee

(1) Academic Committee (in alphabetical order)

Chairman: Shucheng Xie

Members: Natsuko ADACHI, Daniel ARIZTEGUI, Karim BENZERARA, David BOTTJER, Jian CAO, Daizhao CHEN, Jitao CHEN, Zhong-Qiang CHEN, Dupraz CHRISTOPHE, Julie COSMIDIS, Mara DIAZ, Jan-peter DUDA, Yoichi EZAKI, Maria FARIAS, Xiqiu HAN, Zuozhen HAN, Zhiliang HE, Mingcai HOU, Andreas KAPPLER, Kurt KONHAUSER, Hongwei KUANG, Jeong-Hyun LEE, Chao LI, Jianbo LIU, Yongqin LIU, Johanna MARIN-CARBONNE, Isabel MONTANEZ, Maria MUTTI, Zhijun NIU, Nora NOFFKE, Jörn PECKMANN, Chelsea PEDERSON, Edoardo PERRI, Hairuo QING, Pamela REID, Joachim REITNER, Robert RIDING, Monica SANCHEZ-ROMAN, Longyi SHAO, Bing SHEN, Xuefa SHI, Pablo SUAREZ-GONZALEZ, Jun SUN, Elizabeth TROWER, Emmanuelle VENNIN, Pieter VISSCHER, Fengping WANG, Hongmei WANG, Jian WANG, Xiaomei WANG, Gangjian WEI, Rachel WOOD, Shenghe WU, Jiaxin YAN, Shouye YANG, Kefu YU, Changmin ZHANG, Xingliang ZHANG, Deshun ZHENG, Chuanming ZHOU, Guangyou ZHU 

 

(2) Organizing Committee (in alphabetical order)

Chairman: Zhong-Qiang CHEN

Secretary in general: Yu PEI

Members: Zhihui AN, Xi CHEN, Long CHENG, Daoliang CHU, Qian FANG, Xueqian FENG, Dongjing FU, Jianxiang HOU, Jun HU, Limin HU, Xianyu HUANG, Yuangeng HUANG, Fei LI, Tao LI, Yang LI, Mu LIU, Tao LIU, Xiting LIU, Genming LUO, Jinxiong LUO, Mao LUO, Zhengyi LYU, Qian NI, Zhanfeng QIAO, Xincheng QIU, Xuan QIU, Zhen QIU, Jun SHEN, Yuefeng SHEN, Haijun SONG, Qiliang SUN, Yadong SUN, Dongjie TANG, Li TIAN, Man TONG, Chuanshang WANG, Xiangdong WANG, Hao YANG, Jianghai YANG, Zongjun YIN, Xuelian YOU, Hao YUN, Lei ZHANG, Wenfeng ZHOU, Ruiwen ZONG

 

3.     Preliminary Schedules and Important Dates

 

(1) Preliminary Schedules

21st-24th October, 2024: pre-conference field excursions

25th October, 2024: all day-registration

26th October, 2024: opening ceremony, plenary talks, oral presentations and poster presentations

27th October: mid-conference activities

28th October: oral presentations, poster presentations and round-table meetings

29th October: closing ceremony, plenary talks, oral presentations, poster presentations and round-table meetings

30th October-3rd November, 2024: post-conference field excursions and International Course on Carbonate Microfacies (Flügel Course)

 

(2) Important dates

10th December, 2023: release of 1st circular, opening for session proposals and round-table meeting proposals

15th March, 2024: deadline of proposals for sessions and round-table meetings

15th April, 2024: release of 2nd circular, opening for registration and abstract submission

1st September, 2024: deadline for abstract submission

15th September, 2024: deadline for early bird registration

30th September, 2024: deadline for regular registration

10th October, 2024: release of 3rd circular

 

4.     Scientific Program

Biosedimentology is rapidly growing at the interface between biology and sedimentology during critical periods of the evolution of Earth's life, which is supposed to be the subject of this conference. Emphasized in particular are microorganism’s involvement in sedimentary processes, biomineralization process and mechanism, and their contributions to carbon neutrality and habitable earth. Tentatively, the following themes are suggested, and related session proposals are encouraged.

 

(1) Precambrian biosedimentology

(2) Phanerozoic biosedimentology

(3) Geomicrobiology and biomineralization

(4) Biosedimentology and climate

 

5.     Mid-Conference Activities (One Option for Each Participant)

(1)   The Permian-Triassic boundary microbialites in the Chongyang area, Hubei Province (Leader: Hao Yang)

The lower part of the microbialite succession across the Permian–Triassic boundary at Chongyang, Hubei Province (Wang et al. 2019)

 

(2)   The Permian-Triassic succession at the Xiandao Lake area, Yangxin County, Hubei Province (Leader: Yuangeng Huang)

The Permian-Triassic boundary succession at the Xiandao Lake section, Yangxin County, Hubei Province (left) and the Xiandao Lake (right)

(3) Burrows (trace fossils) and trace-making bivalves on the bank of the Yangtze River and Top Sightseeing Attractions in Wuhan (Leader: Xueqian Feng)

Photos showing the bivalves and their burrows in the muddy sediments on the bank of the Yangtze River (left), the sightseeing sites along the Yangtze River (upper left) and the Yellow Crane Tower Park nearby the Yangtze River (lower left) 

(4) The biosedimentology lab at the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, and sightseeing at CUG campus (Leaders: Xincheng Qiu and Man Tong)

Photos showing the laboratory building of the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, CUG (upper part), the CAMECA NanoSIMS 50L facility (lower left ) and Atom Probe LEAP 6000 XR instrument (lower right)

Yifu Geological Museum (left) and Petrified Wood Forest in CUG Campus (right)

 

6.     Pre- and Post-Conference Field Excursions

(1) Pre-conference field excursions

1, Middle Proterozoic–Palaeozoic marine deposits and Dajiuhu National Wetland Park in the Shennongjia Forestry District and Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous region, Hubei Province (Leaders: Li Tian and Xianyu Huang) (21st-24th Oct., 2024)

Photos showing the landscape of the Shennongjia National Forest Park (upper part), landscape (lower left) and geomorphological map (lower right) of the Dajiuhu area 

2, The Upper Permian bioherms, Lower Triassic microbialites and giant oolites in the Lichuan area, Hubei Province (Leaders: Lei Zhang, Zhengyi Lyu and Xiangdong Wang) (22nd-24th Oct., 2024)

Field photos showing the Lower Triassic stromatolites cropping out at the Daxiandong quarry near Lichuan city (upper part), close-up of stromatolites (lower left) and giant ooids associated with microbialites (lower right) (Fang et al., 2017) 

3, Tonglushan Ancient Copper Mine Site, Huangshi National Mine Park, and the Permian-Triassic and Triassic-Jurassic boundary sections in the Huangshi area, Hubei Province (Leader: Jianghai Yang) (23rd-24th Oct., 2024)

Photos showing the Tonglushan ancient copper mine site more than 3000 years ago (from Hubei Institute of Geosciences) (left), and the Huangshi National Mine Park with the deepest iron pit of 444 meters (right) 

(2) Post-conference field excursions

1, Ediacaran–Cambrian marine successions in the Three Gorges area, western Hubei Province (Leaders: Xueqian Feng, Dongjing Fu, Qian Fang and Hao Yun) (30th Oct.-2nd Nov., 2024)

Photos showing cap dolomite of the Doushantuo Formation, Ediacaran (upper left), the Dengying Formation carbonates, characterized by thick-bedded dolomites covered by green vegetation in the Three Gorges area (upper right), water highway in the Three Gorges area (lower left) and the Great Dam at the Three Gorges (lower right)

Exceptionally preserved Ecdysozoans of the Burgess Shale–type Qingjiang biota (Cambrian) in the Changyang area, Yichang City (Fu et al. 2019)

2, Cambrian and Ordovician marine successions in the Jingzhou area, western Hubei Province (Leaders: Jinxiong Luo and Tao Li) (30th Oct.-2nd Nov., 2024)

Photos showing the columnar stromatolite of the Sanyoudong Formation, Cambrian (upper left), Gushen Cave (upper right), Jingzhou Museum famous with Chu Kingdom Culture (lower left) and Ancient City Wall since ca. 2800 years (lower right)

3, Lower Triassic Nanzhang-Yuan'an marine reptile fauna, and two Ordovician Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) in the Yichang City, Hubei Province (Leaders: Zhijun Niu, Chuanshang Wang and Zhihui An) (30th Oct.-1st Nov., 2024)

The Nanzhang-Yuan’an marine reptile fauna from the Zhangjiawan section (Cheng et al. 2015, 2019)

 

Photos showing the Ordovician Dapingian GSSP (left) and Hirnantian GSSP (right) 

 

7.     International Course on Carbonate Microfacies (Flügel Course)

This is a five-day short course on the analyses of carbonate microfacies and diagenesis. Examples from almost all geological time slices and depositional environments are presented and discussed in microscopy exercises using thin sections (Leading Lecturer: Prof. Axel Munnecke) (30th Oct.-3rd Nov., 2024).

An Ordovician batman (by Axel Munnecke)

 

8.     Registration Fees

(1) Early bird registration

Non-student participant 2500 CNY ¥/350 USD $, student participant 1500 CNY ¥/200 USD $.

(2) Regular registration

Non-student participant 3500 CNY ¥/500 USD $, student participant 2500 CNY ¥/350 USD $.

 

9.     Conference Venue

The First International Conference of Biosedimentology is preliminarily planned to be held in the New Beacon Luguang International Hotel, Wuhan, China. More information can be found in the second circular.

 

10.  Accommodation

The New Beacon Luguang International Hotel (http://en.ulashotel.com/) is about 2.5 km to the Nanwangshan campus of CUG, 25 km to the Weilaicheng campus of CUG and about 5-minute walk to the shopping center. The cost is around 50 USD $ per night for a standard double-bed or single-bed room with standard facilities.

Photos showing the hotel panorama (upper left), conference hall (upper right), a standard single-bed room (lower left), and a standard double-bed room (lower right)

 

11.  Contact

Contact

Yu Pei, Tel: +86-18062791378; Email: peiyu@cug.edu.cn

 

Postal Address

State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Postcode 430078

 

 

 

12.  Attachment 1 for Session Proposals

Primary   convener		Title
Email		Affiliation
Co-convener   1		Title
Email		Affiliation
Co-convener   2		Title
Email		Affiliation
Co-convener   3		Title
Email		Affiliation
Session   title
Theme
Session   summary (No   more than 250 words)

Please submit it to the email address (peiyu@cug.edu.cn) before the deadline (15th, March, 2024).

 

  

 

 

13.  Attachment 2 for Round-table Meeting Proposals

Primary convener		Title
Email		Affiliation
Co-convener 1		Title
Email		Affiliation
Co-convener 2		Title
Email		Affiliation
Co-convener 3		Title
Email		Affiliation
Round-table meeting title
Round-table meeting summary (No more than 250 words)

Please submit it to the email address (peiyu@cug.edu.cn) before the deadline (15th, March, 2024).