XIV ECROFI

Venue and Date
The XIV European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions meeting will be held in Nancy,
France from July 1 to 4, 1997. The meeting will take place at the School of Mines, 
Parc de Saurupt, 54000 Nancy.

Phone : 33 3 83 58 42 32
Fax : 33 3 83 57 97 94
The School of Mines is located near the city center, the railway station, hotels and 
bus facilities (see joined map).


Public transportation
Nancy is served by motorway, rail and air transportation. Nancy is connected 
to Paris by train and it takes around 3h.

Time table for July 1st

Paris : gare de l¼Est		Nancy
	8h18			11h23
	10h50			13h31
	11h52			14h37
	13h05			16h13
	13h48			16h28
	15h56			18h34
	16h18			19h26
	16h48			19h30
	17h49			20h31
	18h47			21h41
	19h45			22h33 Last train

Nancy is also connected to Strasbourg and Luxembourg by train.

Airport (Metz-Nancy-Lorraine) is located at 40 minutes from Nancy Center. Transfer by 
shuttle from the airport to Nancy center (railway station) is possible and costs 
around 40 FF. 

Nancy has a city bus system serving the entire town. Bus schedules and maps will be 
available to the participants at the conference. Bus nƒ4 goes from downtown to the 
School of Mines. From downtown to School of Mines, take the direction of 
Vandoeuvre CHU Brabois, stop at ´ Garenne ª or ´ Clemenceau ª. From School of Mines 
to downtown, take the direction of Nancy Beauregard, stop at ´ Maginot ª.


Registration
The registration service will be operative on Tuesday, July 1st from 17h00 to 20h00 
and on Wednesday, July 2nd from 8h00. Registered participants may pick up their 
badge, the final programme and the abstract book at the registration desk, (main 
entrance of the School of Mines).

Scientific program
A provisionnal program is attached to this circular. 

An overhead projector and two 24-36 mm slide projectors will be available for oral 
presentations. Slides must be numbered and arranged in their correct sequential 
order. Place appropriate number in the top right hand corner, corresponding to the 
projection position, with L (left) or R (right) if you use two slide projectors 
simultaneously. Speaker name must be marked clearly on each slide. Please take your 
slide sets to the projectionist and report to the session chairmen at least 15 
minutes before the session begins. Check the final program (distributed at the 
symposium) for the exact time of your presentation. The time for oral presentation is 
15 minutes (+ 5 minutes of discussion). You are kindly requested to adjust your oral 
presentation to time requirements and to follow strictly the instructions of the 
chairmen.

A slide room will be available to all speakers. 

Poster session will be located in the hall of School of Mines. Each poster booth will 
consist of a wood board or a grid. The limit for poster size is 90 cm (width) x 
160 cm (height). The space for mounting the poster will be marked with the same 
number as appears in the final program. 

A business meeting of the IMA Commission for fluid inclusions will take place on 
Thursday, July 3rd at 19h00.


Publications
Papers can be submitted for publication in the European Journal of Mineralogy. A 
block of page will be reserved in an issue for publications of papers (maximally 12 
printed pages) which meet the standards of the journal. The deadline for 
submission is 15 August 1997. Manuscript must be sent to E.A.J. Burke, Chief editor 
of EJM, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 
HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


Visit of Laboratories
A visit of the laboratories (Raman spectroscopy, Laser Ablation Optical Emission 
spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infra Red spectroscopy) will be organized on the 
evening of July 2nd and will be matched with cheese and wine tasting party.


Field trip
An alpine fissure minerals field trip in the Mont Blanc massif and DauphinÈ region 
is planned from July 5 to 8. First, the excursion will be devoted to the visit of 
Chamonix area : general presentation of the Alpine fissures and their crystals with a 
full day in high mountains, Aiguille du Midi (3842 m), Pointe Helbronner (3462 m). 
Secondly a tour in the Bourg d'Oisans region will consist of visits of outstanding 
collections of minerals (Grenoble and Bourg d'Oisans museums) and field excursion. 
Reservations are closed.


Social events and meals
A welcome party will be offered to all participants on the evening of July 1st at 
19h00 at School of Mines.

A social dinner will be organized on the evening of July 4th and will take place 
at Stanislas Square in the Grands Salons de l¼Hotel de Ville  at 19 h 30. 

Daily lunch as well as morning and afternoon coffee breaks will be served at the 
Symposium. 


Accompanying member program
An historic and artistic tour will be organized in Nancy. Wednesday 2nd July, 14h30 -
17h30, Historic Nancy, popular art and regional museum and old city monuments, 
Thursday 3rd July, 14h30 -17h30, museum and 1900 district with historical 
buildings of the "Art Nouveau".


Climate
The climate in Nancy in July is relatively warm (20-25ƒC day, 10-15ƒ night). However, 
the temperature could change and a rainy day could occur.


Currency
The french currency unit is the French Franc. International credit cards (Visa, 
Mastercard, American Express) are usually accepted in hotels, shops and banks. Most 
currencies can be exchanged at banks which are opened daily.


Student residence
Student dormitory has to be paid in cash on arrival. The price for one night is 
around 80 FF.  Breakfast is not included and will cost around 20 FF. Note that bath 
towels are not provided. 


Useful phone numbers  
Airport (Metz-Nancy-Lorraine) : 03 87 56 70 00
Train : Information : 08 36 35 35 35		Schedule : 08 36 67 68 69
Taxi : 03 83 37 65 37


Correspondence 
All correspondence should be addressed to : 
XIV ECROFI 
CREGU, BP 23, 
54501 Vand¶uvre-lËs-Nancy Cedex France
phone : (33) 3 83 44 19 00	
fax : (33) 3 83 44 00 29
e-mail : ecrofi@cregu.cnrs-nancy.fr 

Organizing committee 		
M.C. Boiron, M. Cathelineau, J. Dubessy, 
J. Pironon and B. Poty (CREGU-CNRS)
G. Giuliani (ORSTOM-CRPG)
J. Leroy (UniversitÈ Henri PoincarÈ) 
Ch. Marignac (CRPG- Ecole des Mines, INPL)

Registration fees	
Participant			1800 francs
Student				1300 francs
Accompanying person	  	700 francs