Acraman Workshop 2006

Acraman workshop and field trip August 4-9, 2006

The workshop and field trip:

A large asteroid impacted South Australia at roughly 570-580 Ma. The resulting ejecta has been recognized up to 500 km from the impact site (which is deeply eroded and remote and will not be visited during the field trip). There are large perturbations of the carbon isotope and acritarch records that seem to correlate with the impact, and there are other signals as well.

We will examine the ejecta blanket and its context in cores in Adelaide and in the field in the Flinders Ranges. We will be based at the Wilpena Pound Chalet in the picturesque southern Flinders Ranges, surrounded by classic Proterozoic and Cambrian sedimentary successions. We will take the opportunity of being in the area to demonstrate the GSSP of the Ediacaran Period, the first new period to have been added to the time scale since 1891.

In one and a half days of invited individual presentations speakers will provide an overview of past and present research, and explore research possibilities for the future. We will consider past research in the light of new knowledge and techniques, as well as presenting new research, of which there is a substantial amount. Particular emphasis will be placed on the context of the impact, including its palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental aspects.

Registration

There is no registration. Breakfast and dinner is included in the price of rooms. There will be a small extracharges for lunches and morning and afternoon teas due to devolving costs to participants rather than charge a registration.

Program

Friday August 4: For those attending the Core Library visit - please make your way to the Core Library, 23 Conyngham Street, Glenside (phone 08 8379 9574) and meet at 2pm in reception. For those attending the dinner at Rydges South Park, 7pm in the hotel restaurant, booking under the name of Oliver.

Saturday August 5: Make your way to Wilpena Pound at your leisure. Dinner included in cost of rooms that night.

Sunday August 6: Workshop all day beginning 9am, buffet lunch

Monday August 7: Half day workshop beginning 9am, buffet lunch, half day field trip

Tuesday August 8: Full day field trip, packed lunch; last social group occasion - dinner

Wednesday August 9: Travel home at your leisure (no group breakfast due to the expectation some people would like to leave earlier than others)

Workshop program

George Williams & Vic Gostin: The Acraman-Bunyeroo impact event, South Australia: recognition, magnitude and implications for the Ediacaran environment
Phil Schmidt: The palaeomagnetic correlation of the Acraman impact with the ejecta bearing Bunyeroo Fm and the interpretation of the Acraman magnetic anomaly
Peter Haines: The Sedimentology of the Impact Ejecta Layer
Clive Calver: When did it happen? (provisional title) 30 minutes)
Kath Grey: The Acraman impact and the evolution of the plankton
Sebastian Willman: Biostratigraphy of the Australian Ediacaran – can acritarchs do the job?
Andrew Hill: Did the Acraman impact event affect the long-term carbon cycle?
David McKirdy and Lynn Webster: Biomarker and isotopic anomalies associated with the Acraman Impact Event
Jim Gehling: Ediacaran life in the wake of the Acraman impact
Bruce Runnegar: The context of the Acraman impact
Carol Oliver & Jennifer Fergusson: A second coming: can the Acraman asteroid impact the public?

Equipment

A data projector, screen and pc laptop will be available.

Logistics

Accommodation should have been booked and paid for directly with Wilpena Pound, where a block of rooms have been reserved for the nights of August 5,6,7 and 8. You should mention the Acraman Field Trip. Prices for standard
motel rooms are AUD$128 per night twin share, AUD$193 single, inclusive of
breakfast and dinner; deluxe rooms AUD$135 per person per night twin
share, AUD$205 per night single occupancy inclusive of breakfast and
dinner. Expect the *total* cost of lunches for three days to be around $60
per person. You may go ahead and book directly with Wilpena Pound on 1800
805 802 or via email reservations@wilpenapound.com.au Note that all participant are responsible for their own room, food and incidentals bills.

To view more about the resort go to http://www.wilpenapound.com.au. Internet access is available in reception. Mobiles, unless CDMA equipped, will not work in the area.

The night of August 4 will be in Adelaide at the Rydges South Park Hotel,
where a block of rooms have been similarly negotiated. Rooms cost AUD$120 per room and AUD$15 per person for a full breakfast. There is a 'no-host' dinner at 7pm at the hotel. You may go ahead and book directly with Rydges South Park at reservations_southpark@rydges.com > mentioning the ‘Acraman Group’. To view more about the hotel go to http://www.rydges.com/hotel/0/RSADEL/Rydges-South-Park-Adelaide.htm

Wilpena Pound is the sole available accommodation near the field sites,
but attendees are free to choose other hotels in Adelaide if they wish.

There are multiple vehicle hire companies at Adelaide Airport and should be booked directly. It takes five to six hours to reach Wilpena Pound. Rydges South Park provides free parking for guests, and also a shuttle to and from the airport.

Contact until Saturday morning August 5: Carol Oliver on 0417 477 612 or Malcolm Walter on 0428 111 251

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We will take the opportunity of being in the area to demonstrate the GSSP of the Ediacaran Period, the first new period to have been added to the time scale since 1891. In one and a half days of invited individual presentations speakers will provide an overview of past and present research, and explore research possibilities for the future. We will consider past research in the light of new knowledge and techniques, as well as presenting new research, of which there is a substantial amount. Particular emphasis will be placed on the context of the impact, including its palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental aspects. Registration There is no registration. Breakfast and dinner is included in the price of rooms. There will be a small extracharges for lunches and morning and afternoon teas due to devolving costs to participants rather than charge a registration. Program Friday August 4: For those attending the Core Library visit - please make your way to the Core Library, 23 Conyngham Street, Glenside (phone 08 8379 9574) and meet at 2pm in reception. For those attending the dinner at Rydges South Park, 7pm in the hotel restaurant, booking under the name of Oliver. Saturday August 5: Make your way to Wilpena Pound at your leisure. Dinner included in cost of rooms that night. Sunday August 6: Workshop all day beginning 9am, buffet lunch Monday August 7: Half day workshop beginning 9am, buffet lunch, half day field trip Tuesday August 8: Full day field trip, packed lunch; last social group occasion - dinner Wednesday August 9: Travel home at your leisure (no group breakfast due to the expectation some people would like to leave earlier than others) Workshop program George Williams & Vic Gostin: The Acraman-Bunyeroo impact event, South Australia: recognition, magnitude and implications for the Ediacaran environment Phil Schmidt: The palaeomagnetic correlation of the Acraman impact with the ejecta bearing Bunyeroo Fm and the interpretation of the Acraman magnetic anomaly Peter Haines: The Sedimentology of the Impact Ejecta Layer Clive Calver: When did it happen? (provisional title) 30 minutes) Kath Grey: The Acraman impact and the evolution of the plankton Sebastian Willman: Biostratigraphy of the Australian Ediacaran – can acritarchs do the job? Andrew Hill: Did the Acraman impact event affect the long-term carbon cycle? David McKirdy and Lynn Webster: Biomarker and isotopic anomalies associated with the Acraman Impact Event Jim Gehling: Ediacaran life in the wake of the Acraman impact Bruce Runnegar: The context of the Acraman impact Carol Oliver & Jennifer Fergusson: A second coming: can the Acraman asteroid impact the public? Equipment A data projector, screen and pc laptop will be available. Logistics Accommodation should have been booked and paid for directly with Wilpena Pound, where a block of rooms have been reserved for the nights of August 5,6,7 and 8. You should mention the Acraman Field Trip. Prices for standard motel rooms are AUD$128 per night twin share, AUD$193 single, inclusive of breakfast and dinner; deluxe rooms AUD$135 per person per night twin share, AUD$205 per night single occupancy inclusive of breakfast and dinner. Expect the total cost of lunches for three days to be around $60 per person. You may go ahead and book directly with Wilpena Pound on 1800 805 802 or via email reservations@wilpenapound.com.au Note that all participant are responsible for their own room, food and incidentals bills. To view more about the resort go to http://www.wilpenapound.com.au. Internet access is available in reception. Mobiles, unless CDMA equipped, will not work in the area. The night of August 4 will be in Adelaide at the Rydges South Park Hotel, where a block of rooms have been similarly negotiated. Rooms cost AUD$120 per room and AUD$15 per person for a full breakfast. There is a 'no-host' dinner at 7pm at the hotel. You may go ahead and book directly with Rydges South Park at reservations_southpark@rydges.com > mentioning the ‘Acraman Group’. To view more about the hotel go to http://www.rydges.com/hotel/0/RSADEL/Rydges-South-Park-Adelaide.htm Wilpena Pound is the sole available accommodation near the field sites, but attendees are free to choose other hotels in Adelaide if they wish. There are multiple vehicle hire companies at Adelaide Airport and should be booked directly. It takes five to six hours to reach Wilpena Pound. Rydges South Park provides free parking for guests, and also a shuttle to and from the airport. Contact until Saturday morning August 5: Carol Oliver on 0417 477 612 or Malcolm Walter on 0428 111 251