Int'l Summer School Glacial Megaflood Landforms and Sediments, spring 2021, Suwalki, NE Poland

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UPDATE 2020-03-20

Due to the Corona situation the summer school can not take place in May and will likely be postponed until spring 2021.
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The International Summer School on Glacial Megaflood Landforms and Sediments is dedicated to PhD students and early career researchers whose research are related with the Quaternary geology and glacial geomorphology. The School focuses on the Late Pleistocene glacial megaflood-related landforms and sediments and is based on lectures and discussions during the field trips and courses. Post-school publications in an international periodical journal on Earth sciences are expected, and details will be given in the 2nd circular.

Program outline:
Day 1. Opening ceremony and introductory lecture.
Day 2. Preliminary lecture, keynote lectures, participant presentations.
Day 3. Field trip and courses: landforms and sediments of subglacial megafloods. Poster session.
Day 4. Field trip and courses: megaflood-related proglacial landforms and sediments.
Day 5. Final lecture. Closing ceremony and departure from SuwaƂki.

Registration fee (covering workshop materials, overnights, full-board catering, conference dinner and two field trips):
550 EURO (for foreign participants) and 2400 PLN (for participants from Poland). Please visit https://issgmls.umk.pl/ to register and for detailed information.

Download the first circular here: