27th BCRA Cave Science Symposium, Oxford, 2016

Gina

New member
2nd Circular & Call for Abstracts - 27th British Cave Research Association Cave Science Symposium

Symposium - Saturday 22nd October, 2016
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Call for Abstracts

The response to the first call for abstracts has been very positive and it already looks like we will have a fascinating collection of talks on archaeology, biospeleology and hydrology. We still welcome further presentations on these topics in addition to speleogenesis and palaeoclimate, though all submissions related to caves and karst will be considered.

Abstracts should be submitted by 31st August, 2016, by email to the lecture secretary, Gina Moseley (g.moseley[-at-]bcra.org.uk). Please include all authors with their affiliations, an email address for the primary author, and an abstract prepared in Word no longer than one page of A4 at single spacing, arial, font size 11.

Registration

Registration will take place on the day. A small admission charge will be requested to cover refreshments though entry will be free to speakers, students, and BCRA members. Donations to help finance the meeting will also be accepted.

Lunch and Evening Meal ? Saturday 22nd October, 2016

Suggestions for places to go for lunch will be provided in the third circular in mid-September, 2016.

Following the symposium, we will head for an informal evening pub meal at The Royal Oak (https://www.theroyaloakoxford.co.uk/), half a mile from the symposium venue. It?s a favourite of the Oxford-based Earth Scientists! The Symposium is tentatively scheduled to finish at 5.30pm, and the meal will be booked for 6.30pm. If you are interested in attending the meal please email Gina Moseley. Meal selections will be chosen at a later date when the winter menu is available.

Venue, Accommodation and Travel Information

The venue is located in the University Science Area on South Parks Road, around the corner from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The address is Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK.  (https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/)

View on Google Maps http://tinyurl.com/hcrx8yk

Oxford is easily accessible by road and rail and is just over an hour?s travel from London?s Heathrow Airport. Parking is hard to find in Oxford so it would be wise to use the Park and Ride services (https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/park-and-ride). Visitor parking at the department is for people with disabilities only and is by prior arrangement.

There are a number of Hotels and Guest Houses within easy walking distance of the Department. Please see the Oxford City website for more details.
(http://www.oxfordcity.co.uk/oxford/home_accommodation.html)

Important Dates

31st August, 2016 Abstract deadline. Send to Gina Moseley
22nd October, 2016 Cave science symposium

Symposium Organisers

Please contact Stacy Carolin (?stacy.carolin[at]earth.ox.ac.uk) for details of the venue and local facilities in Oxford. Contact Gina Moseley (g.moseley[at]bcra.org.uk) for details of the programme and for enquiries concerning oral or poster presentations.


All are welcome, and we look forward to seeing you at the Symposium.
 

Gina

New member
THIRD CIRCULAR -
27th British Cave Research Association Cave Science Symposium

Symposium - Saturday 22nd October, 2016
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Field-trip - Sunday 23rd October, 2016
Box Mines, Wiltshire

The British Cave Research Association is pleased to give the final details of its one-day annual Cave Science Symposium to be held on Saturday 22nd October, 2016 in Oxford, UK. Whether you are an academic, an amateur scientist, or a caver wanting to find out more about the karst environment, you should find something of interest at the Symposium. A provisional programme of presentations is attached and the BCRA AGM will be held from 12.00 until 1.00pm. For any further information, please contact the lecture secretary, Dr. Gina Moseley by 19th October at: g.moseley[at]bcra.org.uk

CAVE SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM, 22nd OCTOBER, 2016

REGISTRATION
Registration will take place on the day between 9.00 and 9.30 am in the Earth Science Department building main atrium. The main rotating glass door to the building faces South Parks Road and is clearly marked with signs. The admission charge, to include morning and afternoon refreshments, will be ?5, with free entry to speakers, students and BCRA members. Donations to help finance the meeting will also be accepted.

LAB TOUR
There will be the possibility to join a short tour of the geochemistry laboratories after the close of the main symposium on 22nd October, 2016. Please email Gina Moseley by 8th October, 2016, if you would like to join the tour.

VENUE & TRANSPORT
The venue is located in the University Science Area on South Parks Road, around the corner from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The address is Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK. (https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/)

The event is being hosted by Prof. Gideon Henderson and Dr. Stacy Carolin. View on Google Maps http://tinyurl.com/hcrx8yk

Oxford is easily accessible by road and rail and is just over an hour?s travel from London?s Heathrow Airport. Parking is hard to find in Oxford so it would be wise to use the Park and Ride services (https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/park-and-ride). Visitor parking at the department is for people with disabilities only and is by prior arrangement.

LUNCH
There are many options for places to eat in the vicinity of the Department of Earth Sciences.
Possible lunch options include:
-Caf? in the Natural History Museum
-Jimbob's at the Pavilion in University Parks
-King?s Arms pub down Parks Road
-Several international street food stands at Gloucester Green market

EVENING MEAL
Following the symposium, we will head for an informal evening pub meal at The Royal Oak (https://www.theroyaloakoxford.co.uk/), half a mile from the symposium venue. It?s a favourite of the Oxford-based Earth Scientists! The Symposium is tentatively scheduled to finish at 5.20pm, followed by a short lab tour at 5.30pm, and the meal at 6.30pm. If you are interested in attending the meal please email Gina Moseley (g.moseley@bcra.org.uk) by October 8th and she will send you the menu as soon as it becomes available. Examples of the food that the Royal Oak serves and their prices are available on their website, though note that this is the summer menu and will change by the date of the meal.

ACCOMMODATION
There are a number of Hotels and Guest Houses within easy walking distance of the Department. Please see the Oxford City website for more details. (http://www.oxfordcity.co.uk/oxford/home_accommodation.html) Alternative accommodation may be found at Booking.com or Airbnb.com

FIELD TRIP
Box Mines, Wiltshire, In memory of Charlie Self
Sunday 23rd October, 2016.
The field trip to Box Mines is now full. Please direct any questions related to the field trip to Dr.Trevor Faulkner (t.faulkner[-at-]bcra.org.uk).

IMPORTANT DATES
8/10/16 - Register for the short geochemistry laboratory tour
8/10/16 - Register for the evening meal
19/10/16 - Contact Gina Moseley with inquiries relating to the symposium
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23/10/16 - Field-trip to Box Mines, Wiltshire
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME, 22nd October, 2016

0900 Doors open, registration, book stall, coffee
0930 Welcome and housekeeping - Host

Session 1. Archaeology & Palaeontology
0940 Mammal faunas of Britain 45-20 ka BP: a new look - Rob Dinnis
1000 Why are millipedes better preserved than vertebrates in the Red Hills Road Cave, Jamaica? - Steve Donovan
1020 The Dark Side Neolithic. Balkan Cave Archaeology 2016 season and the excavations in Mala Pecina cave - Konstantinos Trimmis

1040 Coffee

Session 2. Analytical methods
1105 Advances in U-Pb speleothem chronology using laser ablation MC-ICPMS techniques: applications in quantifying long-term rates of landscape change - Chris Smith
1125 TBC - Chris Day

1145 Open discussion of morning presentations
1155 Pause
1200 BCRA AGM

1300 Lunch

Session 3. Hydrogeology & Speleogenesis
1400 Malham Spring tracer test - John Gunn
1420 Weakly cavernous carbonate aquifers: karst and groundwater protection - Lou Maurice
1440 Why we should thank a meteorite for the caves at Assynt? - Trevor Faulkner
1500 Gull Caves: implications for landscape evolution - Andy Farrant

1520 Coffee

Session 4. Speleothem Records
1545 Interpolation of climate of the Northern Hemisphere in the Eemian interglacial based on data extracted from speleothems - Jakub Bernadic
1605 Semi-arid Iranian stalagmite captures shift in climate during the penultimate glacial-interglacial transition - Stacy Carolin
1625 The UK speleothem archive - Dan Awcock

1645 Open discussion on afternoon presentations
1700 Summing up and work carried forward
1710 Details for Sunday visit to Box Mines - Trevor Faulkner
1720 Close
1730 Short lab tour
1830 Evening meal at The Royal Oak
 

rhychydwr1

Active member
"The field trip to Box Mines is now full."  Gott in Himmel  :eek:  22 miles of passages are now full of explorers  :eek:
 
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