Conference on Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry

9316815赫斯岩溶水域研究所建议于1994年2月16-19日在科罗拉多州的科罗拉多州斯普林斯举办一次关于岩溶地质微生物学和氧化还原地球化学突破的会议。这次会议将汇集岩溶和其他具有水文、生物、地质、化学和地貌背景的科学家，重点是微生物在地质和生物过程中的作用，重点是岩溶。专题包括：1)岩溶氧化还原环境，2)微生物在岩溶过程中的作用，3)微生物系统中的能量、化学自养和热力学，4)硫酸盐/硫化物/碳酸盐洞穴作用，5)碳酸盐沉淀的微生物调节，6)喀斯特微生物系统与其他地方和化石记录中的微生物系统的比较。来自世界各地的12名喀斯特和其他科学家应邀发表了主题演讲，并主持了各种会议。会议将持续三天。第一天和第三天将用于主题演讲以及受邀论文和志愿论文。第一天晚上将举行海报会议和招待会。第二天将专门进行实地考察和关于地球微生物学实地和实验室技术的讲习班。主旨演讲人、会议主席和大多数演讲人都被亲自邀请参加会议。这次会议在几个专业媒体上做广告，包括GeTimes、GSA Today、EOS和美国生态学会公报。所有的摘要都将在会议计划中发表。投稿论文计划在《地质微生物学》特刊上发表。会议纪要将提交给各种适当的专业机构。***

9316815 Hess The Karst Waters Institute proposes to sponsor a conference on Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry February 16-19, 1994 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The conference will bring together karst and other scientists with hydrological, biological, geological, chemical and geomorphological backgrounds focusing on the role of microorganisms in both geological and biological processes with an emphasis on karst. Topics to be covered include: 1) Redox Environments in Karst, 2) Role of Microorganisms in Karst Processes, 3) Energy, Chemoautotrophy, and Thermodynamics in Microbial Systems, 4) Sulfate/Sulfide/Carbonate Speleogenesis, 5) microbial Mediation of Carbonate Precipitation and 6) Comparison of Microbial Systems in Karst to those Elsewhere and in the Fossil record. Twelve karst and other scientists have been invited from around the world to give keynote addresses and chair the various sessions. The conference will be three days in length. The first and third days will be devoted to keynote addresses and invited and volunteered papers. On the evening of the first day there will be a post1er session and reception. The second day will be devoted to a field trip and workshops on field and laboratory techniques in geomicrobiology. Keynote speakers, session chairs and most presenters have been personally invited to participate in the conference. The conference is being advertised in several professional outlets including Geotimes, GSA Today, EOS and The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. All abstracts will be published in the conference program. Contributed papers are planned to be published in a special issue of Geomicrobiology. Meeting summaries will be submitted to various appropriate professional outlets. ***