PAGES Russia

High Latitude Paleoenvironments 2002

The first conference organized and supported by PAGES in Moscow—"High Latitude Paleoenvironments"—was held in May 2002 and brought together more than a hundred research scientists from Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Estonia, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, and Georgia.

In addition to 21 PAGES SSC members from 14 countries, scientists from USA, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, and Israel attended the conference. 82 posters and 15 oral papers were presented and discussed. A special issue of "Palaeo3" presenting a selection of papers from the conference is underway.