IGCP 506 in Bucharest

International Scientific Committee of the 8th IGCP 506 Symposium in Bucharest
- Nicol Morton - Former Chairman of ISJS, Co-leader of IGCP 506, Vogüé, France;
- Josef Palfy - Chair of ISJS, Budapest, Hungary;
- Jingeng Sha - Vice Chair of ISJS, Leader of IGCP 506, Nanjing, China;
- Steven Hesselbo - Secretary General of ISJS, Oxford, UK;
- Alberto Riccardi - IUGS President, C-leader of IGCP 506, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina;
- Paul Olsen - Co-leader of IGCP 506, New York, USA;
- Grzegorz Pienkowski - Co-leader of IGCP 506, Warsaw, Poland;
- William Wimbledon - Co-leader of IGCP 506, Bristol, UK;
- Yongdong Wang - Co-leader and Secretary of IGCP 506, Nanjing, China;
- Mircea Sandulescu - Member of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania;
- Theodor Neagu - Member of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.

Organizing Committee
- Mihai E. Popa, University of Bucharest;
- Iulia Lazar, University of Bucharest;
- Ioan I. Bucur, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca.

Together with: Mircea Visan, Andreea Zaharia, Bogdan Savescu, Andreea Parvu, Adrian Munteanu, Alina Floroiu, Mihaela Gradinaru, Andrei Gruia, and Iulia Marcu (University of Bucharest).

Participants of the 8th IGCP 506 meeting in Bucharest (29 august 2009). From left to right, first row: Iskra Lakova (Bulgaria), Andreea Zaharia (Romania),
Adrian Munteanu (Romania), Iulia Lazar (Romania), Ioan I. Bucur (Romania), Mihai E. Popa (Romania), Karen Bacon (Ireland), Grzegorz Pienkowski (Poland), Artur Kedzior (Poland); second row: Assanee Meesook (Thailand), Michal Krobicki (Poland), Andrzej Wierzbowski (Poland), Akira Ishida (Japan), Keisuke Ishida (Japan), Alina Floroiu (Romania), Mihaela Gradinaru (Romania), Jozsef Palfy (Hungary), Petr Skupien (Czech Republic); third row: Dan Grigore (Romania), Robert Tomas (Romania). Higher resolution image here.

Participants of the 8th IGCP 506 meeting in the Danube Gorges, next to the Trescovat lava dome (Permian, Danubian Units, 1 september 2009). From left to right: Michal Krobicki (Poland), Andrzej Wierzbowski (Poland), Akira Ishida (Japan), Assanee Meesook (Thailand), Grzegorz Pienkowski (Poland), Mihai E. Popa (Romania), Keisuke Ishida (Japan), Jozsef Palfy (Hungary), Karen Bacon (Ireland), Petr Skupien (Czech Republic), Ioan I. Bucur (Romania), Artur Kedzior (Poland). Higher resolution image here.

Field trip map of the 8th IGCP 506 meeting. For details, see the abstracts and field trip guide here (13,5 MB).

Abstracts and field trip volume (13,5 MB). The volume includes the meeting's schedule, list of participants, abstracts, and the field guide. Additional information regarding the Lower Jurassic Steierdorf Formation (Resita Basin, Getic Nappe) can be found here.

Papers related to the IGCP 506 meeting in Romania
- Sauropod tracks in Anina, discovered during the meeting.
- News in Episodes related to the meeting.
- News in Przeglad Geologiczny related to the meeting.
- News in Revue Roumaine de Geologie.

Links
- Vertebrate burrows of the Steierdorf Formation
- Tetrapod tracks of the Steierdorf Formation
- The Lower Jurassic Steierdorf Formation (Resita Basin, Getic Nappe)
- IGCP 506 website
- Dilcher-Popa field laboratory in Bigar, Caras-Severin County.
- University of Bucharest website
- Czech villages of the South Carpathians website
- Iron Gates Natural Park website