The GEOTRACES Mediterranean Planning Workshop

Since the inception of the international GEOTRACES Programme, a strong interest has developed in carrying out GEOTRACES-related activities on trace elements and their isotopes (TEI) in the Mediterranean Sea, due to the proximity and importance of the ocean-land-atmosphere domains, as well as the variety and intensity of exchanges between these domains. This interest has already led to several discussions and deliberations (see Background on the GEOTRACES in the Mediterranean webpage for more information).

The GEOTRACES Mediterranean Planning Workshop goals are:

A) to plan a GEOTRACES section in the Mediterranean,
B) to support the coordination of future GEOTRACES Mediterranean process studies, networking and funding activities,
C) to generate an implementation plan for GEOTRACES in the Mediterranean.

This workshop is an exciting opportunity to launch GEOTRACES activities in the Mediterranean and we hope that you will be able to join us and contribute to this effort.

The Organizing Committee: Angelos Hannides, Laurent Coppola, Cécile Guieu, Catherine Jeandel, Pere Masqué.

The workshop is hosted and co-sponsored by l'Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer.

Funding by the following sponsors is gratefully acknowledged (see funding information for details):