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The 7th Baltic Stratigraphic Conference will take place on May 17–18, 2008 in Tallinn, jointly organized by the Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology; Institute of Geology, University of Tartu; and the Geological Survey of Estonia.

The 7th Baltic Stratigraphic Conference is an International Year of Planet Earth event aiming to contribute to two of its scientific topics: Earth & Life – the origins of diversity and Climate Change – the 'stone tape'. Moreover, the 7th Baltic Stratigraphic Conference has a special session of the IGCP Project 503: Ordovician Palaeogeography and Palaeoclimate.

All contributions related to geology and stratigraphy of the Baltic region are most welcome. Depending on the interest and number of papers, different sessions will be organized. The topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to:

* Regional stratigraphical schemes, correlation and stratotypes
* Regional aspects of the international timescale
* Biostratigraphy and paleontology
* Biodiversification
* Sequence stratigraphy
* Quantitative stratigraphy
* Quaternary geology
* Ordovician paleogeography and paleoclimate (IGCP 503 session)
* Volcanic ash layers and their utility for stratigraphy, facies analyses and diagenetic history research