A request for confirmation of contact details and other information was mailed to all Voting and Corresponding members of the STS in August 1998. An asterisk against a name in the above list indicates that no answer was received; in these cases the address given is the last one notified to the Secretary and is not necessarily correct. The members concerned are asked to contact the Secretary with confirmation of their contact details as soon as possible.

Distribution of Albertiana and items such as ballot papers, is based upon the information supplied to the Secretary. Incorrect records may result in these items being delayed, misdirected or lost; therefore it is in members' interest to ensure that the contact details held by STS are correct.

To assist in the maintenance of accurate membership records and contact details ALL Voting and Corresponding members of STS are asked to advise the Secretary immediately of any errors in their details as given in the above list, and to notify him promptly of any changes which occur. PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CLEARLY:
 

NAME:

TITLE:

FULL POSTAL ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NUMBER*:

FAX NUMBER*:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

ACTIVE IN TRIASSIC STUDIES ?  YES / NO (delete as appropriate)

STAGE BOUNDARY(IES) WORKED ON ?
 
 

* PLEASE INCLUDE FULL NATIONAL CODE(S)

Please post, FAX or e-mail any corrections or changes to your contact details to:

Dr G. Warrington
Secretary-General, Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy
British Geological Subvey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)115 9363407
FAX: +44 (0)115 9363437 or 9363200
e-mail: gwar@wpo.nerc.ac.uk

The special publication announced by Spencer Lucas in his report to the STS business meeting in Halle (see Abbreviated Minutes of that meeting elsewhere in this issue of Albertiana) has appeared as part four of volume 143 of the Elsevier journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (November 1998). This issue, entitled The Permian-Triassic boundary and global Triassic correlations, was edited by Spencer Lucas and Yin Hongfu. The articles, which include four (by Kozur, Lozovsky, Mei et al. and Yin & Tong) on Permian/Triassic boundary topics, and four (by Dobruskina, Khuc & Huyen, Lucas and Tong) on Triassic topics, comprise some 185 pages and are listed in the "New Triassic literature" section of this issue of Albertiana.

Dr. Jens Lorenz Franzen from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main is the first recipient of the Friedrich von Alberti Prize. This prize has been established by the Friedrich von Alberti Foundation, in which 20 quarry companies are involved (see Albertiana 20: 64). Dr. Franzen received the prize of DM 20,000.- for his scientific work on the famous Messel Fossillagerstätte and it preservation as well as for his work on the evolution of man. In addition he also received a facsimile edition of von Alberti's famous monograph in which he established the Triassic System. The Friedrich von Alberti Prize will be given yearly, alternatingly to professional and "amateur" palaeontologists. In addition the Friedrich von Alberti Foundation supports young scientists, particularly from Baden-Württemberg. A young Ph.D. student received financial support to present his results at an international congress in Prague.
 

A four day workshop focusing on the Lower-Middle Triassic boundary will be held from June 7th to June 10th in North Dobrogea, Romania, an area where fossil-rich marine deposits spanning the Lower-Middle Triassic boundary are particularly well developed. The workshop, recom mended and supported by the Subcomission of Triassic Stratigraphy of the IUGS, aims  to present and evaluate the candidature of the Desli Caira section as GSSP for the Lower-Middle Triassic boundary and to give to the participants the opportunity to discuss multidisciplinary aspects concerning the considered time-interval (including bio and physical stratigraphy, paleogeography, paleoceanography and paleoclimatology).

The workshop will begin on Wednesday 7 June, 2000 at Tulcea, with one day of oral presenta tions and will continue with three days of field trips to representative Lower to Middle Triassic sections  within the North Dobrogea area.
Further information concerning the program, accommodations, and costs (costs will be kept to a minimum) will be included in a first circular, and on the Internet, which will be released in April, 1999.

If you are interested in participating, please contact one of the organizers,
 
 

Eugen Gradinaru   Faculty of Geology and Geophysics  University of Bucharest  1, Bd. Nicolae Balcescu  70111 Bucharest; Romania

Viorel Atudorei  University of New Mexico  Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences  Northrop Hall, 200 Yale Blvd. NE  Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA

• 6-9 September - V International Symposium: Cephalods present and past - Vienna, Austria

• 14-17 September - The biology and evolution of bivalves - University of Cambridge, UK

• 15-25 September - The continental Permian of the southern Alps and Sardinia (Italy): regional reports and general correlations - Brescia, Italy, with field trips (Sardinia and southern Alps)

• 26 September-2 October - VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems - Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 13-17 October 1999 - Seventh International Symposium on Fossil Algae - Nanjing, China

• 11-14 October - Carpathian Geology - Smolenice, Slovak Republic

• 24-30 June - 10th International Palynological Congress, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

• 30 July - 3 August 2000 - Sixth Quadrennial Conference of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany (IOPC-VI) - Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China

• 6-17 August - 31st International Geological Congress - Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Everybody will, or at least should know the name Friedrich von Alberti, who is the founder of the Triassic System and after whom this newsletter has been named. Fewer will have read or maybe have even ever seen his classical work "Beitrag zu einer Monographie des Bunten Sandsteins, Muschelkalks und Keuper, und die Verbindung dieser Gebilde zu einer Formation" that appeared in 1834 and in which the Triassic was established. The original edition is very hard to find and the few libraries which hold a copy have it usually safely stored in their old book department. Therefore, the Friedrich von Alberti Stiftung (see also Albertiana, 20: 64) took the laudable initiative to publish a facsimile edition of this classical monograph. The book contains the original monograph of 366 pages in which von Alberti gives a detailed description of the Triassic in its type area together with two enclusures. In addition, a 49 p. biographical note on the author with several illustrations is included. The book is very well produced and nicely bound in an old-style hard cover. For the  price of DM 59,80 (= less than US $ 40.-) it is a real bargain that belongs on the bookshelf of every Triassic worker. The book can be ordered from:
 
 

Alberti-Stiftung                                                 c/o Bürgermeisteramt Ingelfingen   Schloßstraße 12   D-74653 Ingelfingen

Germany Goldschneck Verlag W. K. Weidert  Postfach 1265   D-71399 Korb  Germany

A book with 12 contributions on the palynolgy and organic petrology of Permian, Triassic and Tertiary coals and lignites form India has been published by R.S. Tiwari, former director of the Birbal Sahni Institute in Lucknow. The 273 page book is entitled: "Coaliferous fuel resources of India: parameters of studies in palynology and biopetrology".  It can be ordered for US $ 30.- from:

The Director of the Birbal Sahni Institute
53, University Road
Lucknow - 226 007, India

From 1993 onwards Albertiana is published twice a year. Contributions should be sent to the editor. In order to facilitate the production of this newsletter and reduce typing errors, authors are kindly requested to submit their contributions on 3½ inch MS-DOS formatted floppy discs together with a printed hard copy.

Text files should preferably be in WordPerfect 5.1, 6.1, 7.0 or any other kind of word-processing program that can be converted into WordPerfect 6.1 (e.g. Word 6.0 or 7.0); no higher versions! Authors are kindly requested to follow the layout instructions! If you think that this is too much work, do not expect that the editor does it for you!  Manuscripts not prepared according to these guidelines can be rejected.

The normal type face is univers 10-point with line spacing 1. The layout of contributions should be in accordance with that of those in the present issue. Titles and author's names are set in univers 14-point bold; paragraph headings are set in univers 10-point bold and centered. References should be cited following the examples in this issue. Reference lists are set in univers 9-point with line spacing 0.9. Do not capitalise authors' names (except for the first letter and the initials) but either use 'small capitals' or the normal typeface. Do not use 'tabs' or extra spaces in reference lists but 'indent + margin release'. Journal titles should be abbreviated.

Illustrations can be submitted on disc, preferably in a format that can be directly implemented in Word- Perfect 6.1 (e.g., BMP, TIF). CorelDraw files can be read and printed but the lettering of *.cdr files looses much quality when they are converted and integrated in a *.wpd file. Provide good clean printed copies of your illustrations. Please design, save and print your illustrations so that they fit on a page (centered, with at least 2.54 cm wide margins left and right, and 4 cm margins at the top and bottom). Computer-made reductions often result in "blurry" lettering (we do not have a post script printer at hand!). Reductions by xerox automatically lead to loss of quality!

Because the mailing costs of floppy discs are now six times higher than the costs of the discs themselves (at least in Germany), floppies cannot be returned. Files can also be submitted as attachments with e-mails. E-mails can be sent to the editor: kerp@uni-muenster.de. Sorry, but BinHex-encoded files (MacIntosh) can not be read! Those who do not have the possibility to submit a manuscript in electronic format, are kindly requested to send smooth and clearly typed manuscripts in a 12-point typeface (sans serif) with single line spacing.

Tables and schemes should be in camera-ready format, clearly drawn or printed; only originals can be accepted, poor xerox copies cannot be accepted. Tables and figures can not be reduced. They should be drawn to fit on a page with a maximum width of 15.92 cm. Large tables should be printed on white paper, centred on the page with left and right margins of at least 2.54 cm and upper and lower margins of at least 4 cm. Due to time constraints it is not possible to redraw or retype tables and schemes; tables made on non- electronic typewriters can not be accepted.

Special attention should be paid to grammar and syntax. Because the editor's administrative assistance has been reduced to virtually zero, linguistic corrections will be minimal. In case of doubt, send your manuscript to a colleague for proof reading. References should be in the format used in the 'New Triassic Literature'. The use of names of biostratigraphic units should be in accordance with the International Stratigraphic Guide:

• "The formal name of a biostratigraphic unit should be formed from the names of one, or preferably no more than two, appropriate fossils combined with the appropriate term for the kind of unit in question."
• "The writing and printing of fossil names for stratigraphic units should be guided by the rules laid down in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. The initial letter of generic names should be capitalized; the initial letter of the specific epithets should be in lowercase; taxonomic names of genera and species should be in italics. The initial letter of the unit-term (Biozone, Zone, Assemblage Zone) should be capitalized; for example, Exus albus Assemblage Zone."
• "The name of the fossil or fossils chosen to designate a biozone should include the genus name plus the specific epithet and also the subspecies name, if there is one. Thus Exus albus Assemblage Zone is correct. After the first mention, the genus name may be abbreviated to its initial letter if there is no danger of confusion with some other genus beginning with the same letter; for example, Exus albus may be shortened to E. albus. On the other hand, the use of the specific epithet alone, in lowercase or capitalized, in italics or not (albus Assemblage zone, Albus Assemblage zone, albus Assemblage zone, or Albus Assemblage zone), is inadvisable because it can lead to confusion in the case of frequently used species names. However, once the complete name has been cited, and if the use of the specific epithet alone does not cause ambiguous communication, it may be used, in italics and lowercase, in the designation of a biozone; for example, uniformis Zone."