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GENERAL SCHEDULE

SOIL MICROMORPHOLOGY COURSEAugust 29 – September 3, 2022 (from Monday to Saturday) (optional)

THE CONFERENCE – September 4–8, 2022:

  • September 4 (Sunday) – registration at the conference venue (in the afternoon) and ice-breaking party, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University
  • September 5 (Monday) – registration, opening session, plenary sessions, poster session 1, afternoon: Old Town guided walking
  • September 6 (Tuesday) – Plenary sessions, poster session 2, IUSS Business Meeting, Banquet
  • September 7 (Wednesday) – Mid-conference trip (genesis and functioning of loess soils in Kraków and its close vicinity, visit in the Soil Museum)
  • September 8 (Thursday) – Plenary sessions, summary and closing ceremony

POST-CONFERENCE TRIP – September 9–11, 2022 (from Friday to Sunday) (optional)

Route: Kraków – Sandomierz – Kielce – Kraków Polish Upland tour with emphasis to micromorphology of: soils developed from loess, gypsum and carbonate rocks; paleosols in Quaternary sequences; fossil Lower Jurassic Podzols; Technosols in metal mining areas.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

  • micromorphological aspects of soil-forming processes
  • micromorphology of paleosols
  • micromorphology of anthropogenic soils
  • micromorphology of soils affected by human
  • influence of soil organisms on micromorphological features of soils
  • application of micromorphological studies in the analysis of Quaternary deposits
  • application of micromorphological studies in archaeology
  • the latest research techniques used in soil micromorphology
  • directions of soil micromorphology development in the near future