Conferences/Workshops
2021 - IGCP673
- Cui et al. 2020. A hydrothermal origin of the 87Sr/86Sr anomalies in the Ediacaran carbonates of Saudi Arabia. (DOCX, 17KB)
- Messori, F. et al. 2021. New high precision U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS zircon ages from the Ediacaran in Namibia. EGU Meeting Gather Online, 19 - 30 April 2021
2020 - IGCP673
IGC 2020 - NEW DELHI, INDIA
Abstracts submitted but conference delayed due to COVID-19
- IGC 2020 abstract IGCP673 Patricia Vickers-Rich: FROM WEIRDNESS TO THE MODERN WORLD – 538 MILLION YEARS AGO ON OUR PLANET (DOCX, 0.01 MB)
- IGC 2020 Abstract Patricia Vickers-Rich (DOCX, 0.06 MB)
GSA 2020 Meeting. T31: Precambrian Basin Analysis
ABSTRACT
- Cui et al. 2020. A hydrothermal origin of the 87Sr/86Sr anomalies in the Ediacaran carbonates of Saudi Arabia. (DOCX, 17KB)
- Messori, F. et al. 2020. New high precision U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS zircon ages from the Terminal Ediacaran in Namibia.
2019 - IGCP673
FIELD WORKSHOP: Precambrian-Cambrian boundary, Ediacara biota, Snowball Earth deposits, and the geology of the Nama basin around Aus (Southern Namibia), 4 - 12 March 2019
- Linnemann, U., Vickers-Rich, P., Ovtcharova, M., Gartner, A., Hofmann, M and Zieger, J. 2019. FIELD WORKSHOP: Precambrian-Cambrian boundary, Ediacara biota, Snowball Earth deposits, and the geology of the Nama basin around Aus (Southern Namibia), 4 - 12 March 2019 (PDF, 3.3 MB)
- Appendix 1: Geyer, G. 2005. The Fish River Subgroup in Namibia: stratigraphy, depositional environments and the Proterozoic–Cambrian boundary problem revisited. Geol. Mag. 142 (5), 2005, pp. 465–498. (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Appendix 2. McDoinald, F.A et al., 2010. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PORT NOLLOTH GROUP OF NAMIBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AGE OF NEOPROTEROZOIC IRON FORMATIONS. American Journal of Science, Vol. 310, 862–888. (PDF, 0.9MB)
- Appendix 3: Hoffmann, M. et al. 2013. The Namuskluft and Dreigratberg sections in southern Namibia (Kalahari Craton, Gariep Belt): a geological history of Neoproterozoic rifting and recycling of cratonic crust during the dispersal of Rodinia until the amalgamation of Gondwana. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Appendix 4: Hofmann, M. et al. 2014. The four Neoproterozoic glaciations of southern Namibia and theirdetrital zircon record: The fingerprints of four crustal growth eventsduring two supercontinent cycles. Precambrian Research. (PDF, 7.0MB)
- Appendix 5: Saylor, B. Z. and Grotzinger, J. P. 1996. Reconstruction of important Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary exposures through the recognition of thrust deformation in the Nama Group of southern Namibia. Communs geol. Surv. Namibia, 11 (1996), 1-12. (PDF, 1.8MB)
- Appendix 6: Linnemann, U. et al. 2018. New high‐resolution age data from the Ediacaran–Cambrian
boundary indicate rapid, ecologically driven onset of the Cambrian explosion. Terra Nova.
2019;31:49–58. (PDF, 7.2MB) - Appendix 7: Wood, R.A. et al. 2015. Dynamic redox conditions control late Ediacaran metazoanecosystems in the Nama Group, Namibia. Precambrian Research 261 (2015) 252–271. (PDF, 6.3MB)
- Appendix 8: Vickers-Rich et al., 2013. RECONSTRUCTING RANGEA: NEW DISCOVERIES FROM THE EDIACARAN OF SOUTHERN NAMIBIA. Journal of Paleontology, 87(1), 2013, p. 1–15. (PDF, 4.6MB)
- Appendix 9: Vickers-Rich et al. 2016. THE NAMA GROUP OF SOUTHERN NAMIBIA: The End Game of the First Large, Complex Organisms on Earth, the Ediacarans [IGCP493/587]. 35th International Geological Congress, 2016 Pre-conference Field Guide. (PDF, 23.6MB)
- Appendix 10. Hall, M. et al., 2013. Stratigraphy, palaeontology and geochemistry of the late Neoproterozoic Aar Member, southwest Namibia: Reflecting environmental controls on Ediacara fossil preservation during the terminal Proterozoic in African Gondwana. (PDF, 6.1MB)
SELWYN CONFERENCE, AUSTRALIA
POSTERS
2018 - IGCP673
CHINA (Xi'an) CONFERENCE
- XI'AN CHINA (PDF, 0.81 MB)
- Vickers-Rich, P., et al. 2018. New Discoveries in the late Neoproterozoic of Namibia: New Material-New Analysis. Extended Abstract with Figures. (DOCX, 34MB)
- Vickers-Rich, P., et al. 2018. New Discoveries in the late Neoproterozoic of Namibia: New Material-New Analysis. Extended Abstract. (DOCX, 24KB)
- Vickers-Rich, P. et al. 2018. Neoprotozoic Complex Life On the Arabian Shield: The Ediacarans - Life Before the Arrival of True Animal Diversity. (DOCX, 373 KB)
- Vickers-Rich, P., et al. 2018. New Discoveries in the late Neoproterozoic of Namibia: Implications. Extended Abstract with Figures. (DOCX, 34MB)
- Vickers-Rich, P., et al. 2018. New Ediacaran-aged fossils from Central and Northwestern Iran. Extended Abstract with Figures. (DOCX, 8.6 MB)
- Vickers-Rich, P. et al. 2018. The Importance of Early Childhood Earth Science Education: Understanding of the Planet That We Live On Is a Fundmental Step Toward Sustainability. Extended Abstract with Figures. (DOCX, 12.2 MB)
- Vickers-Rich, P. et al. 2018. New Discoveries in the late Neoproterozoic of Namibia – Insights from Farm Aar. Extended Abstract with Figures. (DOCX, 21 KB)
POSTERS
- Vickers-Rich, P. et al. 2018. New Discoveries inthe late Neoproterozoic of Namibia: New Material - Insights from Farm Aar Namibia (PDF, 3.86 MB)
- Vickers-Rich, P. et al. 2018. New Discoveries in the Neoproterozoic of Iran Iran (PDF, 3.94 MB)
- POSTER When Life got Hard (PPTX, 6.57 MB)
- Vickers-Rich, p. et al. 2018. The Importance of Early Childhood Earth Science Education: Understanding of the Planet That We Live on is a Fundamental Step Toward Sustainability
5th INTERNATIONAL PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONGRESS
- The Fossil Week Abstract Book (pdf 870kb)
2016 - IGCP587
SINGAPORE SCIENCE CENTRE
- Science in the Cafe (PDF, 157kb)
KENYAN WORKSHOP - IGCP587
- Promoting Earth Science in Kenyan Schools (PDF, 5.4 MB)
PALAEO DOWN UNDER 2 Conference - IGCP587
- Laurie, J.R., Kruse, P.D., García-Bellido, D.C. & Holmes, J.D. (editors), 2016. Palaeo Down Under 2, Adelaide, July 2016. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 117, 88 pp.
35th INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
ABSTRACTS
- VICKERS RICH ET AL. New Discoveries in the Late Neoproterozoic of Namibia: New Material - New Analysis. 35th International Geological Congress (docx, 33MB)
- VICKERS RICH ET AL. The Importance of Early Chilhood Earth Science Education: Understanding of the Planet That We Live On Is a Fundmental Step Toward Sustainability. 35th International Geological Congress (docx., 8.8MB)
- VICKERS-RICH ET AL. New Discoveries in the late Neoproterozoic of Iran. 35th International Geological Congress (PDF, 102kb)
FIELD GUIDE
- Vickers-Rich et al. 2016. THE NAMA GROUP OF SOUTHERN NAMIBIA: The End Game of the First Large, Complex Organisms on Earth, the Ediacarans [IGCP493/587]. 35th International Geological Congress, 2016 Pre-conference Field Guide. (PDF, 23.6MB)
- Xiao, S. et al. ICS Report Field workshop on the Ediacaran Nama Group of southern Namibia. Episodes Vol. 40, no. 3 (PDF, 1.7MB)
2015 - IGCP587
- KAUFMAN ET AL. Shuram Anomaly, GSA Abstract 2015 (PDF, 25kb)
2014 - IGCP587
- 2014 Ediacaran/Cryogenian Subcommission symposium/workshop, South China (pdf, 408kb)
- 2014 Mendoza Conference (pdf, 18.9kb)
ABSTRACTS
- VICKERS-RICH, ET AL., New Discoveries of Ediacarans, Namibian Geol Survey Symposium 2014 (PDF, 0.07 MB)
- TRUSLER Reconstructing an Ediacaran Icon Namibian Geological Survey Symposium 2014 (pdf 48kb)
- SHARP Reconstructing Rangea, Namibian Geol Survey Symposium 2014 (pdf 72kb)
- RECONSTRUCTING LIFE FROM THE PAST - International Paleontological Congress, Mendoza 2014 (pdf 57kb)
- NARBONNE & JAMES. Precambrian microbial reefs, Namibian Geol Survey Symposium 2014 (pdf 467kb)
- Kriesfeld Africa - Nemiana , Namibian Geol Survey Symposium 2014 (PDF, 0.07 MB)
POSTER
- VICKERS-RICH, ET AL., New Discoveries of Ediacarans, Namibian Geol Survey Symposium 2014 (PDF, 278 MB)
AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCE MEETING
- AAWG Conference Abstracts 2014 (PDF, 1.69 MB)
- CAAWG Conference, Windhoek, Namibia (JPG, 0.24 MB):
P.V. Rich. The Importance of Early Childhood Education Poster
GEOL SOC. NAMIBIA PALAEONTOLOGICAL SEMINARS
- Namibian Geol Survey Symposium (PDF, 0.96 MB)
- Namibian Geol Survey Symposium attendees June 2014 (PDF, 0.03 MB)
- Namibian Geol Survey Symposium May 2014 (PDF, 0.04 MB)
MENDOZA MEETING
- IGCP Grant Report (PDF, 0.16 MB)
- Mendoza Meeting (PDF, 0.16 MB)
- Sharp 2014 IGCP Grant Report - Argentina (pdf, mb)
RUSSIAN MEETING IN HONOUR OF SOKOLOV
2013 - IGCP587
- Corumbá Meeting 2013 (pdf, 16.9mb)
- Corumbá Meeting 2013, 4th Announcement (Final Information) (pdf, 2.17mb)
- Saudi Meeting Form IV Meeting Report, IGCP 2013 (pdf, 30kb)
- Brazil Meeting Form IV Meeting Report, IGCP 2013 (pdf, 30kb)
2012 - IGCP587
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Winter Enhancement Program (pdf, 109kb)
- Lectures for King Abdullah University - Kaust (pdf, 70kb)
- International Union of Geological Sciences (pdf, 138kb)
- IGCP's 40th Anniversary - English (pdf, 397kb)
- IGCP's 40th Anniversary - French (pdf, 384kb)
- Ascona conference Peter Trusler (PDF, 19.71 MB)
- Charnwood Team Lester 2012 (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Newfound form IV meeting report ICGP 587 2012 (PDF, 0.07 MB)
- Saudi Arabia form IV meeting report IGCP (PDF, 0.03 MB)
- Examples of IGC abstracts (PDF, 0.08 MB)
Scientific reports
- IRSTM Iranian Science Centre workshop 2012 (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Invitation to WEP – Patricia Rich (PDF, 0.11 MB)
2010 - IGCP587
Meeting, India 2010
- Technical programme (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Second circular - colour (PDF, 19.07 MB)
- Second circular - black and white (PDF, 9.76 MB)
- International field workshop on the Vindhyan SG, India (PDF, 2.2 MB)
2008 - IGCP493
IGC Meeting, Oslo 2008
Selwyn Meeting, Melbourne 2008
- Selwyn abstract 2008 draft (PDF, 2.86 MB)
- Selwyn Abstract 2008 Reference (DOC, 0.03 MB)
- Selwyn 2008 (PDF, 2.95 MB)
Swedish workshop on Ediacaran acritrach taxonomy
2007 - IGCP493
Meeting, India 2007
- Contact: vibhutirai@hotmail.com
Meeting, Moscow August 2007
- Contact: mfedon@paleo.ru
- Announcement (PDF, 0.02 MB)
- Second Circular (PDF, 0.03 MB)
- Images
- Information for Participants
- Registration Form (DOC, 0.05 MB)
- Transactions (pdf 82.2mb)
- Program (PDF, 8.72 MB)
- Guidebook Cover (pdf 22.9mb)
2006 - IGCP493
Meeting, Ascona 2006
- Images of the Precambrian (JPG, 0.96 MB)
- Saline Giants Poster (JPG, 0.99 MB)
- Snowball Earth 2006 Conference (PDF, 0.2 MB)
Meeting, Kyoto 2006
- Brochure (PDF, 0.06 MB)
- Program (PDF, 0.09 MB)
- Abstracts
- Leaflet (PDF, 0.36 MB)
- Report (PDF, 0.02 MB)
- IGCP 493 Meeting Form (DOC, 0.02 MB)