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Preface
Development of the whole world is undergoing processes that are governed and influenced by certain laws, many of them having a cyclic nature. The rhythm and the cycles are well known in the nature, but they are also recognizable in the course development of geologic research. Thus, the classical period of the last century has been followed by a maximum volume of research and then, consequently, by a descending fall. Twenty-five years have already passed since, and now there are good grounds to expect a new Renaissance – a period of drastic, turbulent and multiple changes.During the course of time geology science has been changing its role in society and its signifance in economics. The greatest borderlines have collapsed not so much in the very ideas and notions about the entrails of the earth or political maps, rather than in the methodology and interpretation of the data obtained. Nowadays, it is not possible to state certainly if the geological research makes a bigger input into the sphere of natural sciences, or it might be a new discovery for other sciences. It opens unlimited opportunities to the new young researchers and scientists.
This is an absolutely new philosophy of research being applied at scientific universities. Latvia University is joining this approach and is open to all the new scientific ideas, and it is highly pleased to assist the new researchers to express their ideas, discuss them and promote their development. Therefore, the Students International Geological Conference is an event very warmly welcome here, in Latvia.
There is neither a small, nor a big geology, there is only a various scale in carrying out the implementation of our ideas, and a very different scale in which our ideas can be reflected, verified and proved. The above is obviously demonstrated by this compilation of the diverse scientific abstracts.
Valdis Segliņš
Professor, Dr. Geol. University of Latvia
Scientific sessions include: sedimentology; mineralogy and petrography; stratigraphy and palaeontology, quaternary geology and applied geology. Altogether 57 participants from 9 countries – Czech Republic, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine have registered for the Conference, and 42 papers (19 oral and 23 posters) will be presented and discussed. SGC2011. 2nd Students’ International Geological Conference. April 28 – May 01, 2011. University of Latvia. Ratnieki, Latvia. Abstracts. – Riga.: LU Akadēmiskais Apgāds, 2011. – 60 p. ISBN 978-9984-45-346-0