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O. V. Petrov, A. I. Zhamoida, O. L. Kossovaya

III All-Russian conference “Upper Palaeozoic of Russia: regional stratigraphy, palaeontology, geo- and bioevents”

III All-Russian conference “Upper Palaeozoic of Russia: regional stratigraphy, palaeontology, geo- and bioevents” took place in September, 21–28 in A. P. Karpinsky Russian Research Geological Institute (VSEGEI) under the auspices of the Interdepartmental Stratigraphic Committee of Russia. About 110 participants represented more then 70 oral and poster presentation on different topics of stratigraphy and palaeontology. Special session was focused on Lower Palaeozoic. Tree pre-conference field excursions were carried out. The participants visited Lower Paleozoic deposits of the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, Devonian deposits of the Leningrad and Pskov districts and Lower Carboniferous deposits of the Novgorod district. The meeting was supported by Federal agency of Mineral Resources, VSEGEI, and Russian Foundation of the Fundamental Research.
Key words: conference, Palaeozoic, stratigraphy, palaeontology.