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This two-day workshop aims to provide a forum for palaeontologists to discuss and evaluate the recent and new biostratigraphic findings in al Jabal al Akhdar area and adjacent areas. The workshop will be held in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Bremen, Germany. There will be a full-day fieldtrip visiting the Jurassic-Cretaceous in the Osnabruck Hills. For further details and a registration form please see the Second Circular or contact the LBG or NARG Coordinators:

VENUE:

The workshop takes place in the Department of Geosciences of the University of Bremen:

--Way description how to get to the university campus

--Campus map, the conference takes place in the GEO buidling which is located in the centre of the map, west (left) of the roundabout

If you need any help / lost your way / need information during the workshop, you may contact Sebastian Lüning from the Organizing Committee on his mobile phone.
Dialling from Germany: 0172-40 38 59 2
Dialling from abroad: 0049-172 40 38 59 2

FEES:

Registration fee: € 140,00
Geological excursion: € 50,00

SPONSORS:

The workshop received generous sponsorship by the companies REMSA and Wintershall.

ACCEPTED PRESENTATIONS:

(all abstracts are on abstract page)

The Dynamic Stratigraphy of Cyrenaica: An Implication of the Mediterranean Tectonics (by Ahmed S. El Hawat) .

The stratigraphic positions of Wadi Dukhan and Al Uwayliah Formations, north-east Libya – A review (by Ahmed Tmalla).

Biostratigraphic review of the Al Athrun and Apollonia formations, Cyrenaica, NE Libya, based on calcareous nannofossils (by Ali Ahmed El-Mehaghag and Ali Daw El-Mehdawi)

Biostratigraphic analysis of the upper part of Apollonia Formation in Northeastern Libya (by Ali A. El-Mehaghag and Akmal M. Marzouk)

Palynological Contribution to the Stratigraphy of the Al Faidiyah Formation, Al Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya (by Ali Daw El-Mehdawi & Salah Yousef El Beialy)

Palynological Analysis of the Upper Cretaceous Al Hilal Formation, Ras Al Hilal area, Al Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya (by Ali Daw El-Mehdawi)

Biostratigraphic and sedimentological analyses of the Al Abraq Formation in Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya (by Ali A. El-Mehaghag, Ahmed M. Muftah, Salem Bushiha and Abuessoud A. Addaloush)

Biostratigraphic evaluation of Tukrah Formation in Cyrenaica, NE Libya (by Ali A. El Mehaghag, Ahmed M. Muftah and Sami Daw)

Biostratigraphic analysis of Al Faidiyah Formation in Northeastern Libya (by Ahmed M. Muftah and Ali. A. El-Mehaghag)

An Early–Middle Miocene dinoflagellate cyst biozonation for the Gulf of Suez, Egypt (by Soliman, A.; Head, M.J.; El Beialy, S. & Piller, W.)

Cenomanian-Turonian biostratigraphy in North Western Desert, Egypt (by Safaa A. Sharabi)

Subsurface Upper Cretaceous successions in the North Western Desert, Egypt, in relation to global sea level changes and sedimentation (by Safaa A. Sharabi)

Palynological age dating and facies analysis of the Nubian Group, SE Sirte Basin, Libya (by Sadeg M. Ghnia, Nuri Fello, Sebastian Lüning)

Some remarks on the Upper Cretaceous Microbiostratigraphy of NE Libya (by J. Salaj)

Microfacies and palaeoenvironment of the Algal Limestone Member of the Al Bayda Formation, Al Jabal Al Akhdar, NE Libya (by Ahmed M. Muftah and Hassan S. Hassan)

New contribution to the biostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous Al Baniyah and Al Majahir Formations, Al Jabal al Akhdar, NE Libya (by Ahmed M. Muftah, Ali A. El-Mehaghag and Ali M. Karbub)

Bank - basin model for the Paleogene of NE Libya (by Hamed O. Elwerfalli and Dorrik A. V. Stow)

The Biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous Sarir Group of the Maragh Low and Western Cyrenaican Platform, Libya   (by P. H. Swire, I. A. Rabti and M. Y. Baair)

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:

Tuesday, 13th September 2005:

9:00 Welcome

9:15 Introduction to the Geology of Cyrenaica

10:00-12:00 Oral and poster presentations, program to be announced shortly. Abstracts accepted and under review are listed here.

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-17:00 Oral and poster presentations, program to be announced shortly. Including keynote lecture by Dr. Christian Scheibner (Univ. Bremen): Early Tertiary larger foraminifera of the Tethys.

Wednesday, 14th September 2005:

9:00-12:00 Oral and poster presentations, program to be announced shortly. Including keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Jochen Kuss (Univ. Bremen): Systems tracts and distribution patterns of the microbenthos of the Mid Cretaceous Levant Platform. 2nd keynote by Dr Martina Bachmann: Early Aptian global change - Tethyan carbonate platform response

12:00-13:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Documentary film about the geology of Morocco

15:00-16:30 Closing Session: Discussion of exploration and research strategies for Cyrenaica and neighbouring areas; proposal of future studies; discussions of collaborations

Thursday, 15th September 2005:

8:00-19:00 Geological excursion to the Jurassic / Cretaceous of the Osnabrück mountains

EXCURSION DETAILS:

The excursion on Thursday, 15th September, leads to the Jurassic and Creatceous of the Osnabrück mountains, about 100 km south of Bremen. We will visit selected outcrop localities showing the typical facies development of the Mesozoic epeiric sea in this region. Interested participants may want to sample some of the limestone and marl lithologies to compare the fossil content with the age-equivalent Tethyan flora and fauna in Cyrenaica.

Excursion to be led by Ass. Professor Dr. M. Bachmann and Dr Sebastian Lüning

ACCOMMODATION:

***** Park Hotel Bremen about EUR 180,-/night, incl. beakfast

**** Atlantic Hotel (near University)

*** Ibis Hotel (2x in Bremen) (EUR 59-79 / night, plus EUR 9,- breakfast)

** City Hotel Bremen (EUR 35-60 / night)

* G-U-Z Haus Bremen (from EUR 33/ night)

For other hotels and price categories see also central hotel online booking system of hrs (select english in upper right part of the webpage and enter Bremen as city)

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