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FORUM FOR YOUNG PERMAFROST SCIENTISTS

- The Past, Present and Future of Geocryology - Yakutsk, Russia, August 2-15, 2010

The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite young researchers, as well as university and post-graduate students to the Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists which will be held in Yakutsk, eastern Siberia, from August 2 to 15, 2010. This Forum will be one of the events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute.

ORGANIZER

Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russia
Sakha (Yakutia) Ministry of Science and Professional Education
Yakutian Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Yakutsk University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs

Rudolf V. Zhang, Director, Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Mikhail N. Zheleznyak, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk University

Members

Anna Urban
Yana Stambovskaya
Leonid Gagarin

EVENTS

The Forum will include two events:
1. Geocryological Conference (August 2-5, 2010)
2. Geocryological Field Workshop (August 6-15, 2010).

1. GEOCRYOLOGICAL CONFERENCE

The conference will be held at the Melnikov Permafrost Institute in Yakutsk from August 2 to 5, 2010.
Themes:
•    Regional and historical geocryology
•    Periglacial processes and forms
•    Hydrology and hydrogeology in cold regions
•    Permafrost changes and landscape dynamics
•    Climate change and engineering structures on permafrost
Languages: Russian and English
Paper presentation: oral and poster
Excursion: A local sigh-seeing tour will be offered during the conference.
Proceedings: Conference proceedings will be published before the conference. Authors are requested to submit papers on the conference themes before May 1, 2010.

2. GEOCRYOLOGICAL FIELD WORKSHOP

The field workshop will be held from August 6 to 15, 2010 and will focus on ground ice, thermokarst and thaw depressions (alases). Participants will travel in central Yakutia to examine permafrost conditions, hydrogeology, and frost-related processes and forms in this area. Lectures and tutorials will be given by the Permafrost Institute senior scientists.

REGISTRATION FEES

Conference                 US$20
Field workshop            US$250

CONTACT ADDRESS

Yana Stambovskaya or Anna Urban
ul. Merzlotnaya 36
Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Yakutsk, Russia 677010

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Phone: 7-4112-334 696 (Yana Stambovskaya), 7-4112-334 761 (Anna Urban)
Fax: 7-4112-334 476

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

If you are interested in this Forum, please fill in this form and return it by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or fax to 7-4112-334 476 (attn Stambovskaya & Urban)
before April 1, 2010

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