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11th International Symposium on the Ordovician System

Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) May 9 – 13, 2011

– with field trips in Portugal and Spain –

SECOND CIRCULAR &

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PAYMENT

This second circular provides additional details of the 2011 Ordovician meeting, including deadlines, committees, selected venue, hotel information and registration form

DEADLINES Payment of registration fees: 1 March, 2011 Short papers or abstracts submission: 1 March, 2011 Submission of corrected manuscripts for publication: 8 April, 2011 Distribution of Third Circular: 15 April, 2011

www.igme.es/isos11

International Commission on Ordovician Stratigraphy (ICS-IUGS)

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Organizing Committee Chairman: - Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco, Spanish Research Council, Madrid (Spain) Executive Secretary: - Isabel Rábano, Geological Survey of Spain and SEDPGYM, Madrid (Spain) Members: - Amelia Calonge, University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) - Diego García-Bellido, Spanish Research Council, Madrid (Spain) - Andrea Jiménez-Sánchez, University of Zaragoza (Spain) - Luis Mansilla Plaza, University of Castilla-La Mancha and SEDPGYM, Almadén (Spain) - José M. Piçarra, National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, Beja (Portugal) - Artur A. Sá, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real (Portugal) - Enrique Villas, University of Zaragoza (Spain) Scientific Committee - F.G. Aceñolaza (Institute of Geological Correlation CONICET-UNT, Tucumán, Argentina) - R. Arenas Martín (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) - Chen X. (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaentology ChAS, Nanjing, China) - V.S. Carlotto Caillaux (INGEMMET, Lima, Peru) - R.A. Cooper (GNS Science, Avalon, New Zealand) - A.V. Dronov (Geological Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia) - O. Fatka (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) - S.C. Finney (University of California, Long Beach, USA) - J.-F. Ghienne (Strasbourg Institute of Physics of the Globe, Univ.-CNRS, France) - M. Ghobadi Pour (Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran) - G. Gutiérrez-Alonso (University of Salamanca, Spain) - D.A.T. Harper (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) - O. Hints (Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) - B. Lefebvre (Lyon 1 University, France) - Li J. (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaentology ChAS, Nanjing, China) - S.A. Leslie (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA) - M. Mergl (University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic) - C.E. Mitchell (University of New York State, Buffalo, USA) - A.W. Owen (University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK) - I.G. Percival (Geological Survey of New South Wales, Londonderry, Australia) - N.V. Sennikov (Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia) - Th. Servais (Lille 1 University & UMR 8157 CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) - T. Vandenbroucke (Lille 1 University & FRE 3298 CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) - Zhang Y. (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaentology ChAS, Nanjing, China) Institutional support - Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME–Geological Survey of Spain) - Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geológico y Minero (SEDPGYM–Spanish

Society for the Preservation of the Geological and Mining Heritage) - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation). - Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Spain) - Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, EUP Almadén (Spain) - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) - Universidad de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real (Portugal)

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- Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC–Spanish Research Council). - City Council of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) - City Council of Arouca (Portugal) - City Council of Mação (Portugal) - Arouca European and Global Geopark (Portugal) - Museu de Arte Pré-Histórica e do Sagrado do Vale do Tejo, Mação (Portugal). - Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG–National Laboratory of Energy and Geology,

formerly Portuguese Geological Survey), Portugal - Fundación Almadén Francisco Javier de Villegas (Spain) - Cabañeros National Park (Spanish Ministry of Environment) Presentations and Topics Oral and poster presentations are planned on the following topics:

1. Global chronostratigraphy, stage subdivisions and the development of global chronozones 2. Regional chronostratigraphic schemes 3. Ordovician climate and chemostratigraphy 4. Sea-level or water-depth curves for the Ordovician 5. Palaeogeographic base maps and plate tectonics 6. Palaeobiogeographical provinces in the Ordovician 7. Ordovician palaeontology and biostratigraphy 8. Ordovician magmatism 9. Ordovician and related petroleum systems 10. Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of Ordovician basins 11. Geological heritage and dissemination of the world Ordovician geosites (SEDPGYM

session) 12. Open session

Participation is open to all persons interested in one or more of these broad topics, and we particularly encourage the participation of young scientists. The oral technical sessions will consist of talks scheduled for 15 minutes inclusive of questions, that will be arranged in parallel sessions on May 9th to 11th (Monday to Wednesday) in the Renaissance building of the Cisnerian University (Rectorate, Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso), in the historic quarter of the city (Plaza de San Diego). Posters will be displayed there during Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th. Format for oral contributions: · TOTAL time allocated, including questions, is 15 min. You should therefore prepare a 12 min talk to allow time for questions - Session Chairs will be strict! · No need to send presentations in advance, but instead bring them on a USB storage device. · Please load your presentation onto the computers during the breaks in the programme, preferably well in advance so that potential technical issues can be dealt with before the sessions. · We only provide PC’s for presentations. · The PC’s will be desktop computers operating under Windows and will have PowerPoint 2002 installed. For anyone using a more recent version, we recommend that you save down to version 2002, to ensure compatibility. · For Mac users, please save your presentations as a .ppt file. · If you wish to use your own portable computer, we will allow this under special circumstances (if you cannot save to PowerPoint), but in this case we insist you contact us beforehand (isos11@igme.es). · Please try to keep your file size reasonable (<20Mb).

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Format for posters: · Maximum poster size is A0 in portrait setting (we cannot display landscape posters). · Do not use fonts smaller than 18 pt. · Please prepare your poster so that it is understandable for the entire audience. · We will provide pins and poster boards will be labelled. · Posters should be up by the morning of Tuesday 10th. Keynote speakers - Jean-François Ghienne (Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, UMR 7516 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, France): “The Late Ordovician glacial record: state of the art”. - Peter Van Roy (Department of Geology and Soil Science, Ghent University, Belgium): “New insights from exceptionally preserved Ordovician biotas from Morocco”. Programme May 3rd−8th: Pre-Symposium field trip. Ordovician of Portugal. Departing from Madrid and ending in Alcalá de Henares. Co-leaders: A.A. Sá, J.M. Piçarra, N. Vaz, A. Sequeira & J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco. May 9th: Registration, opening, introduction and first day of technical sessions at the University and City Council. Ice-breaker party in the evening. May 10th: Second day of technical sessions followed by a walking tour through the city. May 11th: Third day of technical sessions, closing ceremony and conference dinner. May 12th−13th: Symposium field trip (covered by the registration fee). Ordovician stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Ciudad Real province, starting and ending in Alcalá de Henares. Co-leaders: J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco, L. Mansilla Plaza, I. Rábano & D. García-Bellido. May 14th−16th: Post-Symposium field trip. Ordovician of the Iberian Range (NE Spain). Starting and ending in Alcalá de Henares. Co-leaders: E. Villas, E. Vennin, A. Jiménez-Sánchez, J.J. Álvaro, S. Zamora & J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco. Field Excursions Participants will need to arrange for appropriate valid insurance coverage of illness, accidents, property and third party liability throughout the duration of the field excursions. A “Release of Liability” shall be signed by all participants prior to departure of the field trips (see Forms). Such insurance can be conveniently arranged by special travelling insurance or by the corresponding addition to home insurance for the duration of the excursion. Pre-Symposium field trip. May 3rd−8th. Ordovician of Portugal. Co-leaders: A. Sá, J.M. Piçarra, N. Vaz, A. Sequeira & J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco. Price: 850 Euro (the fee covers all meals, accommodation –in shared double rooms– and transportation during the excursion). This field trip is restricted to a maximum of 50 participants. This pre-Symposium field trip is planned to visit important Ordovician localities in central and northern Portugal, ending in NW Spain on the last day. Starting from Madrid, an evening trip by coach will carry participants to the Amêndoa-Mação syncline, where the following day (Wednesday 4th) outcrops and fossil localities ranging from the Floian to the Hirnantian will be visited, including

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shallow water sandstones and shales, ooidal ironstones and glaciomarine diamictites. The next day (Thursday 5th) will be entirely devoted to the study of the classic Ordovician sections of Buçaco syncline (Rio Ceira, Favaçal, Ferradosa), known since the middle of the 19th Century, that represent the most complete Ordovician sedimentary record in Portugal, and includes 14 formations of Early (Sarnelha and Armorican Quartzite), Mid (Brejo Fundeiro, Monte da Sombadeira, Fonte da Horta and Cabril) and Late (Carregueira, Louredo, Porto de Santa Ana, Ferradosa, Ribeira do Braçal, Ribeira Cimeira, Casal Carvalhal and Vale da Ursa) Ordovician ages. On Friday 6th, the excursion will move to the Arouca Geopark, where Darriwilian slates of the Valongo Formation have been quarried for decades providing some of the world’s largest trilobites in the famous “Valério’s quarry” and geosite museum. Also in the Geopark, older strata of the Santa Justa Formation will be visited, with the interesting occurrences of typical trace fossils (Cruziana ichnofacies), as well as other Palaeozoic attractions. After visiting the famous wine caves in the monumental city of Oporto in the late evening, the activities for the last day in Portugal (Saturday 7th) will be centred on the Valongo anticline, with classic sections through the Santa Justa (Armorican Quartzite), Valongo and Sobrido formations, the last of which exposes spectacular outcrops of Hirnantian glaciomarine diamictites. In the late evening of the same day, the excursion will move to NW Spain for the last night. In the morning of Sunday 8th and before leaving for Madrid, the participants will have the opportunity to study an Ordovician-Silurian section located in the Sil river canyon. Its most prominent features is the large thickness (over 200 m) of a single unit of Katian limestones contemporaneous with the Boda Event, and the famous Homerian locality of Salas de la Ribera, bearing graptolite synrhabdosomes.

Departure by bus from Madrid at 2:00 pm on Tuesday 3rd May from the Spanish Geological Survey (23, Rios Rosas Street: metro stop Rios Rosas, on Line 1, exit “Rios Rosas impares”). Return to Alcalá de Henares in time for the meeting, on the evening of Sunday 8th May.

Symposium field trip. May 12th−13th. Ordovician stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Ciudad Real province. Co-leaders: J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco, L. Mansilla Plaza, I. Rábano & D. García-Bellido. Beginning and end of the excursion in Alcalá de Henares. Transportation, meals and accomodation for one night –in shared double rooms– are covered by the registration fee of 11th ISOS. The excursion will demonstrate the Ordovician stratigraphy and palaeontology characteristic of the southern part of the Central Iberian Zone, which strongly recalls some of the places already visited in Portugal during the pre-Symposium field trip. On the first day a Lower Ordovician succession will be studied in the Estena river section within the Cabañeros National Park, including the Toledanian Unconformity above Lower Cambrian rocks, and a thick development of sandstones of Floian age, representative of the Armorican quartzite Group. Outstanding ichnological sites with the giant horizontal burrows –which serve as the logo for the Symposium, and a large slab covered with Cruziana are of particular interest. In the early evening, participants will be able to collect abundant fossils from lower Oretanian (mid-Darriwilian) shales near Navas de Estena. From the Toledo Mountains the excursion will move to the Almadén region (2½ hour bus ride), for dinner and accommodation. Almadén is home to the most famous mercury mine in the world, which dates back more than 2,200 years and accounts for one third of the cumulative world mercury production. The first Spanish School of Mines was opened here in 1777, and from this mining district the first stratigraphic and palaeontological studies on the Ordovician of Spain were initiated in 1855 with collaboration from the famous authors Casiano de Prado, Édouard de Verneuil and Joachim Barrande. The programme for the second day will start with a visit to the Almadén Mining Park, including the underground mine, where Cinnabar and native Hg stratabound orebodies are distributed throughout the Criadero Quartzite, one of the most distinctive Palaeozoic formations of the Iberian Massif which spans the Ordovician-Silurian boundary. From Almadén the excursion will move on to the Campo de Calatrava region, with the opportunity to collect fossils in diverse localities within Darriwilian shales and Katian sandstones and limestones. Post-Symposium field trip. May 14th–16th. Ordovician of the Iberian Range (NE Spain). Co-leaders: E. Villas, E. Vennin, A. Jiménez-Sánchez, J.J. Álvaro, S. Zamora & J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco. Price: 290 Euro (the fee covers all meals, 2 nights accommodation –in shared double rooms–, and transportation

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during the excursion, but not the accommodation for May 16th). The field trip will require a minimum of 12 participants, and is restricted to a maximum of 50. This post-Symposium field trip will visit important Ordovician localities in the Iberian Range, both in its Castilian and Aragonian ranges. On Saturday 14th some Middle and Upper Ordovician formations of the Sierra Menera, Nevera and Tremedal inliers of Guadalajara and Teruel will be visited, focusing the study on the development of Late Ordovician sedimentation affected by global events (Boda warming and Hirnantian glaciation) and in part, by active synsedimentary tectonics. The Ordovician-Silurian transition and Llandovery graptolitic shales will also be examined. On Sunday 15th, the excursion moves to the Eastern Iberian Chain in Aragón, in order to make a detailed study of the entire Upper Ordovician sequence near Fombuena and Luesma. Very fossiliferous late Sandbian ironstones and marls, as well as late Katian carbonate sedimentation –with strong lateral facies changes– will be sampled and their facies analyzed in detail, also with regard to the Hirnantian glaciation. Planed activities for Monday 16th will focus on some of the Lower Ordovician formations pre-dating the Armorican Quartzite in the Western Iberian Chain, visiting some fossil localities of Tremadocian and Floian ages. Dinner and accommodation will be in Albarracín and Daroca, both historic towns and very picturesque, with Moorish and medieval walls.

Departure from Alcalá de Henares to Albarracín in the early morning of May 14th; return to Alcalá de Henares (or to Madrid if it is decided by the participants) in the late evening of May 16th. Publication of Meeting Contributions A refereed proceedings volume will be edited by Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco, Diego García-Bellido and Isabel Rábano in a monographic series of the Geological Survey of Spain (Cuadernos del Museo Geominero) and presented at the time of the Conference together with the rest of the registration package. Instead of short or extended abstracts, participants are encouraged to send short papers with text up to 4 pages long (DINA-4 size) and with no more than 3 B&W figures, one of which may be a plate. Detailed guidelines for authors are available below and in the Symposium’s web page (www.igme.es/isos11). No papers will be accepted unless at least one author is formally registered the Symposium. All the papers accepted by the scientific committee and published in the Symposium volume, will be freely accessible through the Geological Survey of Spain’s web page. As an example of the availability of the publication series to be used for the ISOS book, please see the papers from the last Trilobite Conference held in Spain http://www.igme.es/trilo08/, under “Conference Volume”. FORMAT FOR SHORT PAPERS Send by 1 March 2011 to isos11@igme.es, indicating “Abstract” or “Short paper” as the subject of the e-mail message, and should include: Data for contact author: Name: E-mail: Fax No: Specifications for submission of abstracts or short papers:

1. Text shall be written in English. 2. Use the format below, following all specifications regarding page size (A-4), margins (2 cm

on all 4 sides), letter set (Arial 10, single spacing and justified on the left). 3. At least one of the authors must be formally registered as a participant in the meeting.

Abstracts not complying with this prerequisite will not be published. 4. Indicate initials and last names of authors. For example: J. Smith, P.J. Silver, etc. 5. Short papers can only have a maximum of 4 pages of text and captions, plus 3 figures (only

one of them may be a full size photographic plate).

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6. Title must be centred and capital letters, followed by authors, keywords and the body of the text (Introduction, ..., Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References).

7. Figures have to be in B&W or gray scale, and shall be submitted as TIFF files at 300 dpi. Maximum size is 135mm by 187mm. Please, indicate where they should be located within the text.

8. Figures should be included in the text as follows: Fig. 1, 2...; Pl. 1, fig. 1, 2...) 9. Maximum size of the sent messages must not exceed 10 Mb. Submission of Word DOC text

and illustrations, when exceeding this size shall be sent as separate messages, indicating its parts (e.g. Part 1/2, Part 2/2...).

Content All short papers submitted to the meeting will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and may be rejected if not complying with the meeting's topics and/or if the content doesn’t reach a minimum standard quality.

CAPITALIZED TITLE OF ABSTRACT OR SHORT PAPER

Author1 and Author2

1 Postal address. e-mail 2 Postal address. email

Keywords:

INTRODUCTION

OTHER CHAPTERS

CONCLUSIONS

Acknowledgements

REFERENCES

Fortey, R.A. 1990. Cladistics. In D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (eds.), Paleobiology: a synthesis. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, 430-434.

Holloway, D.J. and Lane, P.D. 1998. Effaced styginid trilobites from the Silurian of New South Wales. Palaeontology, 41 (5), 853-896.

Whiteley, T.E., Kloc, G.J. and Brett, C.E. 2002. Trilobites of New York. An illustrated guide. Cornell University Press and Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York, 203 pp. + 175 pls.

Venue As indicated in the First Circular, Alcalá de Henares is a remarkable and celebrated city, located approximately 30 km northeast of Madrid and only 19 km from the International Airport of Madrid-Barajas. Its Historic Quarter is today one of the most beautiful and best Renaissance and Baroque urban centres preserved in Europe, and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998. Alcalá was an important city for the so-called Three Cultures, where Christians, Jews and Muslims have lived peacefully together for centuries. It has a university founded in 1499 by the Cardinal Cisneros, editor of the first polyglot Bible. Alcalá, birthplace of Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote”, is the capital for culture and tourism of the Madrid region. Besides the great historical value of the city, one of its advantages is that the congress and accommodation facilities will be close together.

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The websites infospain or turismoalcala also have comprehensive lists of touristic information about the city. The selection of Spain for this Symposium is a good opportunity to learn about the geology of the Iberian Peninsula, which comprises the most extensive outcrops of Ordovician rocks in Europe. These are representatives of a special high-palaeolatitudinal domain related to the southern polar margin of Gondwana, and this is also the first time that the region is the focus for an official Symposium of the Ordovician Subcommission. Travel Travel from Madrid city is provided by train with departures every 7 minutes. The train station and the various available hotels are all within walking distance of the Historic Quarter, where the meeting will take place.

At present, the best public transport from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Alcalá includes travelling to Madrid’s Nuevos Ministerios or Atocha-Renfe train stations by subway (there are conections by Metro Lines 8, 6 and 1) or bus, and later catching the local train to Alcalá de Henares (45 min).

Arriving by plane: Direct travel from the Madrid-Barajas Airport to Alcalá de Henares is not yet available by train. There are several available options: • Taxi to Alcalá de Henares (19 km) is the fastest way (20 min, about 30-40 Euro). • Metro (subway) to Madrid (2 Euro), and then combine with a direct train to Alcalá de Henares

(2.80 Euro) as is explained below. • Bus Aeropuerto–Canillejas, either “Especial” (12 min) or numbered as 101 (20 min). From

Canillejas, change to bus “Continental, Línea 233” to Alcalá de Henares (20–25 min). Alcala’s Central Bus Station is in downtown (see map).

• EMT direct bus service “Aeropuerto to Madrid”, either green colour (to Colón terminal, 25 min) or yellow colour (Airport Express service 24 h). Near Colón lies the “Recoletos” train station (Cercanías Renfe, ressembling a subway exit). The express bus ends in the main train station Atocha-Renfe, also conecting Alcalá by the “Cercanías Renfe” (commuter or “suburban”) trains.

Metro plus train (recommended route): This is the usual way and cheapest of all possible combinations. • Underground exit Aeropuerto T4 or Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 belong to Line 8 (pink line), and

should be taken all the way to station Nuevos Ministerios (45 min from T4, 8th stop; 35 min from the other, 7th stop). Fare for Single Metro ticket+airport supplement: 2 Euro (there are automatic machines operating at the entrance of Metro which take cash and credit cards).

• In the arrival station Nuevos Ministerios, you must change to “Cercanías Renfe” for Alcalá de Henares:

· direct line C7, towards Alcalá de Henares, or · direct line C2, towards Guadalajara.

• If you are already in Madrid and not coming from the airport by metro, you can take the “Cercanías” train in other alternative stations following the axis Chamartín - Nuevos Ministerios - Recoletos - Atocha Renfe, using the same lines indicated above to reach Alcalá de Henares. “Cercanías Renfe” train tickets cost 2.80 Euro.

• Get off the train at Alcalá de Henares station (confirm with posted signs). There, you will find a taxi rank next to the station, or you can go by foot along the “Paseo de la Estación”, to reach the different hotels (see map).

Transportation websites: - Metro Madrid (subway): http://www.metromadrid.es/en/index.html

Schematic Map of the Subway Network (PDF format: Airport in the NE corner): http://www.metromadrid.es/export/sites/metro/comun/documentos/planos/Planoespsincorte08.pdf

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- Cercanías Renfe timetables, to reach Alcalá de Henares from the several Madrid-east stations (Chamartín, Nuevos Ministerios, Recoletos, Atocha Renfe):

http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/cercanias/madrid/index.html General Info Suburban rail lines Schematic Map of the Cercanías Renfe Network: http://www.it.uc3m.es/cgarcia/planos_madrid/plano-cercanias-renfe-madrid.html

- Tourist Transport Season Ticket (Abono Transporte Turístico): http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CambiarIdioma?xh_TIPO=8#touristpass - Taxi Alcalá de Henares: www.alcalaradiotaxi.com - Express Bus, Airport-Atocha Renfe - Bus Airport T1-T4 to “Intercambiador” Avenida de América (transfer station), Line 200, line

diagram and departure timetable - City Bus, Airport T1-T2 to Canillejas, Line 101 - Bus “Intercambiador” Avenida de América and Canillejas to Alcalá (Brihuega street bus station, see

map), Continental Auto company, Line 223 - Bus Canillejas to Alcalá de Henares: Line 233

Arriving by car: Leaving Madrid by highway A-2 (Zaragoza direction), take exit number 23 from Madrid, sign “Alcalá - Loeches (M-300)” to the city centre or directly to your hotel (more instructions in the web pages of each hotel).

Driving from Barcelona/Zaragoza to Madrid direction on highway A-2, take exit 36 “Alcalá de Henares - Via de servicio”, drive parallel to the main lanes for about 2 km and go straight through the centre of town or directly to your hotel (more instructions in the web pages of each hotel).

Accommodation Participants are expected to book their own accommodation in Alcalá de Henares or Madrid. Rooms will not be booked through the registration. Alcalá de Henares is not a large city, and much of the accommodation available is within walking distance of the Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso (old Cisnerian University and Rectorate), Plaza de San Diego. A selection of hotels, apartments and hostels in the Historic Quarter, near the conference location, as well as additional accommodation options outside the historical centre is provided below and is also available on the Conference’s web site. Their prices are considerably cheaper than in Madrid. All the hotels below have en-suite bathrooms, except otherwise stated. Several of these hotels offer special discount prices to ISOS participants, but most of them are also available through tour-operators or the internet (but compare prices!). In order to get the discount prices, participants need to identify themselves as such and use the acronym “11 ISOS” in email or phone communications. Important notices: when sharing a double room, please specify whether occupants want double or single beds. On the other hand, a passport and credit card will be required in advance at hotel receptions in order to formalize reservations.

• Downtown hotels, in close vicinity of the place of meeting; numbers correspond to their location in the map.

1 - PARADOR de Alcalá de Henares**** Colegios 3 & 8 (17th Century Santo Tomás Dominican Convent and Hostería del Estudiante), tel +34 918 880 330, fax +34 918 880 527 Contact for 11 ISOS: José I. Herrera, recepcion.alcala@parador.es www.parador.es/es/tratarFichaParadorCabecera.do?parador=114 www.parador.es/recursos/doc/Fichas_paradores/Descripcion/Ingles/1420489613_25112009155146.pdf Prices (VAT and breakfast buffet included): - standard double bed (“matrimonio”) or twin beds room: 164.00 € per night - double room, single utilization: 137.00 € per night

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Schematic map of downtown Alcalá de Henares, with venue, transport and accommodation locations. 2 - Hotel Rafaelhoteles FORUM ALCALÁ**** Bulgaria 2, tel. +34 912 918 500, fax +34 912 918 550 Contact for 11 ISOS: Luis Valverde, l.valverde@rafaelhoteles.com; forumalcala@rafaelhoteles.com http://www.rafaelhoteles.com/hotel.php?lng=es&hotel=af Prices (VAT and breakfast buffet included): - double room (May 8/9 to 11/12 and 17/18): 95.04 € per night - double room (May 13/14): 84.24 € per night - double room, single occupancy (May 8-11): 86.40 € per night - double room, single occupancy (May 13): 84.24 € per night 3 - Hotel Husa EL BEDEL*** (Adjacent to the symposium location) Plaza de San Diego 6, tel. +34 918 893 700, fax +34 918 893 716 Contact for 11 ISOS: Zoilo Santos, elbedel@husa.es www.husa.es (reservation centre) Prices (VAT and breakfast included): - standard double bed (“matrimonio”) or twin beds room: 95.00 € per night - double room, single utilization: 85.00 € per night 4 - Residencia SAN ILDEFONSO (University hotel, within the grounds where the symposium will take place, discount rates indicated) Plaza de San Diego s/n, Patio de Filósofos, tel. +34 918 788 146, fax +34 918 788 063 Contact for 11 ISOS: Ana García, sanildefonso@crusa.es http://www.crusa.es/ildefonso/eildefonso.htm Prices (VAT and breakfast included): - single room: 48.60 € per night - double room, single utilization: 52.65 € per night - standard double bed (“matrimonio”) or twin beds room: 59.40 € per night

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5 - Hotel CIUDAD DE ALCALÁ** Cánovas del Castillo 4, tel. +34 918 824 745, fax Contact for 11 ISOS: Ana M. Cablanque, hotel@ciudaddealcala.es Web page is under construction, alternative info: http://maps.google.es/maps/place?cid=278023600652606574&q=hotel+Ciudad+de+Alcal%C3%A1&hl=es Prices (VAT and breakfast included): - single room: 38.00 € per night - standard double bed (“matrimonio”) or twin beds room: 49.00 € per night - triple room: 69.00 € per night 6 - Hospedería LA TERCIA** (1702 building, formerly “San Justo y Pastor” College) La Tercia 8, tel. +34 918 796 800, fax +34 918 796 662 Contact for 11 ISOS: Lara Tercero, hospederialatercia@gmail.com www.latercia.com Prices (VAT and breakfast included): - standard twin (“matrimonio”) single bed room: 80.00 € per night - large double-bed and Suite rooms: 80–90.00 € per night - extra bed: 15.00 € per night 7 - APARTAMENTOS ALCALÁ (Picturesque location) Mayor 74, 2º B (bureau), tel. +34 918 796 191, +34 669 074 746 Contact for 11 ISOS: Marián, info@apartamentosalcala.com www.apartamentosalcala.com Prices: (VAT included, no breakfast): - Single or double apartment, 40.00 € per night 8 - Hostal CERVANTES** Imagen 12, tel. +34 918 831 277, fax +34 918 830 502 Contact for 11 ISOS: Jesús Barbas, hotel@hcervantes.es www.hcervantes.es Prices (VAT included, no breakfast): - double room: 64.80 € per night - single room: 54.00 € per night 9 - Hostal COMPLUTENSE** Encomienda 9, tel.: +34 918 823 469, +34 639 388 370 Contact for 11 ISOS: consultas@hostalcomplutense.com www.hostalcomplutense.com Prices (VAT included, no breakfast): - single room: 30.00 € per night - standard double bed (“matrimonio”) or twin beds room: 40.00 € per night - triple room: 50.00 € per night 10 - Hostal CUATRO CAÑOS** Divino Figueroa 10, tel. +34 676 123 365, fax +34 918 835 076 Contact for 11 ISOS: J. Carlos Fernández, info@hostalalcala.com www.hostalalcala.com/hostal/index.php Prices (VAT included, no breakfast): - single room: 34.00 € per night - standard double bed (“matrimonio”) or twin beds room: 39.00 € per night - triple room: 49.00 € per night - extra bed: 10.00 € per night 11 - Hostal JACINTO** Paseo de la Estación 2 -1st floor, tel: +34 918 891 432 / +34 676 123 365, fax: +34 918 798 650 Contact for 11 ISOS: J. Carlos Fernández, info@hostalalcala.com; hostaljacinto@hostalalcala.com www.hostalalcala.com/hostal_jacinto/index.php Prices (VAT included, no breakfast): - single room (w. shower): 25.00 € per night - standard twin (“matrimonio”) or double bed room (w. bath): 44.00 € per night

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- standard twin (“matrimonio”) or double bed room (w. shower): 32.00 € per night - extra bed: 10.00 € per night 12 - Hostal & Hotel-Apartamentos DON JUAN I** Don Juan I 9 & 11, tel. +34 918 833 484, tel/fax +34 918 827 063 Contact for 11 ISOS: Javier, contacte@hostaldonjuani.com www.hostaldonjuani.com Prices (VAT included, no breakfast): - standard twin (“matrimonio”) or double bed room (hostal): 45.00 € per night - single room (hostal): 38.25 € per night - single room (hostal), shared bathroom: 24.90 € per night - single or double apartment, 55.00 € per night - triple apartment: 69.00 € per night - quadruple apartment: 87.60 € per night - single or double room in apartment building: 55.00 € per night 13 - Apartamentos Turísticos SOLFICUS Don Juan I, 12 Contact for 11 ISOS: Elena López, reservas@solficus.com Prices (VAT included, no breakfast): - single apartment, 59.00 € per night (70.80 € in double occupancy).

• Other hotels of interest (outside the map, but in a 2-3 km radius from the symposium venue) Hostal BARI** (1.5 km northeast of the conference hall) Vía Complutense 112, bari@hostalalcala.es www.hostalbari.com Hotel Partner CISNEROS*** (1.5 km south of the conference hall) Paseo de Pastrana 32, info@cisneroshotel.com www.cisneroshotel.com Hostal EL VAL*** (2 km east of the conference hall) Zaragoza 4, reservas@hostalelval.com www.hostalelval.com

• Hotels in the residential area of La Garena, 3-4 km west of the conference hall, but 400-800 m from the La Garena train station (one station before Alcalá de Henares).

Hotel CAMPANILE Madrid Alcalá de Henares*** Fausto Elhuyar 3, madrid.alcala@campanile.com www.campanile-madrid-alcala-de-henares.es/en/index.aspx Hotel KRIS Alcalá*** Fausto Elhuyar 9, reservas@krishoteles.com www.krishoteles.com/hoteles/k_alcala/alcala.htm Hotel IBIS Madrid Alcalá La Garena** Via Complutense close to the Centro Comercial La Dehesa, h3119@accor.com www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3199-ibis-madrid-alcala-de-henares/index.shtml

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Accompanying persons The Tourist Office in Alcalá de Henares will provide a special programme for accompanying persons for either 24 or 48 hours, visiting the main museums and monuments of this World Heritage City. The city of Madrid is also very accessible, with its commercial and historic center (Puerta del Sol) only 45 minutes away by train. Accompanying people need not register for the Symposium, but if they want to attend the Symposium dinner or any of the Symposium field trips, they will need to make reservations and pay the respective fees for those events.

Expected weather The dates selected in late spring are ideal for Alcalá de Henares, when fair weather and daily temperatures ranging from 20 to 28°C (lows between 10-15°C) are typical. Such conditions will probably also apply to the field trip destinations as well. Letters of Invitation/Visa help Those participants requiring an official invitation from the Organizing Committee for visa purposes, or requests for funding to the appropriate bodies, must write to isos11@igme.es indicating their name, passport number, title, sex, length of stay in Spain, nationality, affiliation and current postal address. Please, indicate as well if a title of the presentation needs to be included in the letter. Registration Fees 1. General participants: 250 Euro (290 Euro after 1 March).

Student participants: 200 Euro (240 Euro after 1 March). The registration fee covers the costs of publication, conference bag, coffee breaks, symposium excursion (full accommodation and meals) and social activities.

2. Conference dinner (May 11th): 50 Euro. 3. Pre-Symposium field trip (May 3rd–8th): 850 Euro (the fee covers all meals, 5 nights of

accommodation, and transportation during the excursion, but not the first day’s lunch or dinner and accommodation for May 8th).

4. Symposium field trip (May 12th–13th): included in the regular registration fee for formal and student participants; 160 Euro for accompanying persons.

5. Post-Symposium field trip (May 14th–16h): 290 Euro (the fee covers all meals, 2 nights of accommodation, and transportation during the excursion, but not the dinner and accommodation for May 16th)

Conference dinner and all field trips are also available for accompanying people at the prices indicated (2–5). Payment of fees must be made by International Money Transfer before March 1st. Later payments –and on-site registration– will be increased by 40 Euro per item, including all field trips, but excluding the conference dinner. Remember: 1.- Payment of registration fees should also include fees for accompanying persons’ field trips and the conference dinner. 2.- Graduate and PhD students have to provide documentation of their position (e.g., PDF file of the university identity card; letter from the supervisor or other appropriate proof) with their request for a special discount student fee. 3.- Add up all your registration costs (registration fee, conference dinner and field trips, where applicable) and also include the cost of all bank charges for the money transfer. The entire amount

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should be sent as a single money transfer. We should receive the full cost of your registration without deduction of bank charges, which are your responsibility. 4.- Do not forget to send an e-mail message with your bank name, date of transaction and amount of the transfer to isos11@igme.es. 5.- Participants are responsible for booking their own accommodation. Important: After March 1st 2011, the registration fee and field-trip fees will each increase by 40 Euro. Places on the pre- and post-Symposium field trips for both formal participants and accompanying persons will be allocated in strict order of receipt of payment of field trip and registration fees. If you want to come on these trips, remember that numbers will be limited to 50. Deadlines Payment of registration fees: 1st March Short papers or abstracts submission: 1st March Submission of corrected manuscripts for publication: 8th April Distribution of Third Circular: 15th April Contact Isabel Rábano Museo Geominero Instituto Geológico y Minero de España Ríos Rosas 23, E-28003 Madrid, Spain isos11@igme.es Phone: 34-91-3495819 Fax: 34-91-3495830 Web page: www.igme.es/isos11

We look forward to seeing you in the Iberian Peninsula!!

Renaissance façade (built in 1550s) of the Cisnerian University, where the symposium will be held.

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Registration form and payment data, 11th ISOS, 2011

Fill in this form on your computer and send it back as a Word DOC file to isos11@igme.es or by fax: 00 +34 913 495 830.

A Word DOC version of this form is available at: www.igme.es/isos11

First name, middle initial and Surname: Affiliation and postal address:

E-mail address:

Fax (country code) + number: 00(+ )

Title(s) of the abstract or short paper(s) you will present. A) B)

Format: A) Talk Poster B) Talk Poster ... Symposium topic number(s) of your contribution(s), from 1 to 12: A: B: Participation in: Pre-Symposium field trip Post-Symposium field trip Mid-Symposium field trip (included in the registration) Participation in the conference dinner: (Additional accompanying person ) Payment data*: Registration fee (250 Euro; indicate if student rate is applicable** ): _________ € Pre- Symposium field trip (850 Euro x _ person/s***): _________ € Mid-Symposium field trip**** _________ € Post-Symposium field trip (290 Euro x _ person/s*****): _________ € Conference dinner (50 Euro x _ person/s): _________ €

Total amount: _________ € * Please, check payment instructions below, and remember to send us a message with bank, date and amount of the transfer. Conference dinner and all field trips are also available for accompanying people at the prices indicated.

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** Please, include proof of student status (university ID card, ISIC card…). *** The fee covers all meals, 5 nights of accommodation, and transportation during the excursion, but not the first day’s lunch or dinner and accommodation for May 8th. **** Included in the regular registration fee for formal and student participants; 160 Euro for accompanying persons. ***** The fee covers all meals, 2 nights of accommodation, and transportation during the excursion, but not the dinner and accommodation for May 16th.

Date Signature

Numbers for the pre-Symposium and post-Symposium trips are limited to 50 people, so please book (and pay!) early if you want to confirm your attendance to these trips. Participants are responsible for booking their own accommodation either in Alcalá de Henares or Madrid during the time of the meeting. Please note that titles of your presentations will be included in the programme and published in the Symposium volume only if the registration fee has been paid. Payment of fees must be made by International Money Transfer before March 1st. Later payments –and on-site registration– will be increased by 40 Euro per item, including field trips but excluding the conference dinner. Please send payments (including any possible bank charges at the receiving end) to the following account: Account name: SEDPGYM (if possible with mention of “isos11”) Account number: 3025-0006-21-1433240078 Bank: Caja de Ingenieros; Carranza 5, 28004 Madrid, Spain. IBAN code: ES76 3025 0006 2114 3324 0078 SWIFT/BIC code: CDENESBB