IGCP 653 - Morocco 2018: Workshop and Fezouata field excursion

Lieu University Cadi Ayyad
Commence le 12 / 02 / 2018 - 09:00
Se termine le 16 / 02 / 2018 - 21:00

A regional workshop and field excursion of IGCP 653: The Onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event will be organized at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrake 

​sh, Morocco, on February 12-16, 2018.

February 12-13, 2018, an IGCP 653 workshop at Marrakech University, similar to the workshop that took place at Nanjing, May 15-16, 2017 (link), will be organized for students from Morocco, but all Moroccan scientists and participants from IGCP 653 are welcome. 

After the workshop, a three-day field trip is organized February 14-16, with geological excursions to some of the classic sections of the Lower Ordovician Fezouata Fossil-Lagerstätte, allowing participants to observe the geological context of the exceptional Fezouata Biota.

Download the First Circular here.  Further information will be available at on the IGCP 653 project website.

Contact: k.elhariri@uca.ac.ma