CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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The Conference organizers are planning a four-day program of oral and poster sessions, a micromorphology course and two (mid and post) conference tours.

• November 21-25, 2016 – Micromorphology course with special attention to tropical, arid and volcanic soils and paleosols (lectures in Spanish-III Curso Latinoamericano de Micromorfología de Suelos).


• November 28 - 29. 2016 – Registration, scientific sessions. Conference oral and poster sessions at UNAM, Mexico City.


• December 1st., 2016 – Scientific sessions, Business Meeting of Commission 1.1. Soil Morphology and Micromorphology


• December 2-4, 2016 – Post-Conference excursion.


• Both oral and poster presentations are welcome.

CONFERENCE TOURS:

1. Mid-conference one-day field trip to Cuicuilco and San Gregorio site (South of Basin of Mexico) archaeo-urban soils in archaeological sites. In these sites we can observe:
   • Properties of the paleosols buried beneath the lava flow of Xitle volcano.
   • First urban center in the south of Basin of Mexico
   • Soil diversity and landscape evolution before and after the eruption of the Xitle volcano.
   
   The cost is included in the registration fee.
   
2. Post- conference three-day field trip from Teotihuacan. It includes the visit to Teotihuacan archaeological zone. This excursion covers soil topo-chrono-climosequences, formed from different volcanic materials and the relation with archaeology.
   
   First day. Teotihuacan archaeological zone: Visit to the key section of the Black San Pablo Paleosol – the soil used by the Teotihuacans. Visit to Cerro Gordo and Sierra Patlachique to observe the oldest paleosols in the valley and the intensive erosion processes of the area.
   Second day. Tlaxcala - Barranca Tlalpan: The oldest volcanic paleopedological record in Mexico with the Brunhes-Matuyama boundarie inside the sequence.
   Third day: Tepetates (indurated volcanic materials) at Texcoco and their functioning in the agroecosystems.
   The cost of this three-day excursion is 270 US. The payment should be done by a bank deposit to the account, indicated below, before June, 2016.