1st SaltAges Conference

31st March - 4th April 2025

Krakow, Poland

The 1st SaltAges conference gathered researchers and innovators from Europe and beyond to:

· assess the consequences of salt giant formation on biota, biogeochemical cycles, global and regional climate and ocean circulation;

· investigate the interaction between salt giants, climate and plate tectonics;

· clarify the relationship between local and regional tectonics and marine gateway restriction;

· review the role of evaporites in the evolution of human civilization; and

· identify the importance, environmental effects and geohazards associated with their exploitation.

Conference programme

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

Field guide

The conference took place from 31st March to 4th April 2025, with the first three days devoted to scientific sessions and round-tables, followed by two days of fieldtrips to Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Ponidzie region (NE of Kraków) at the northern rim of the Carpathian foreland basin.

The conference was organized by the COST Action SaltAges CA23124 - Social, biological and climatic impacts of salt ages, the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environmental Protection of AGH University, the Polish Association of Salt Mining, and Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Conference sessions

S1. Climatic and biological impacts of marine gateway reconfigurations

Conveners: Iuliana Vasiliev, Francesca Bulian, Darja Dankina

S2. Salt and humans

Conveners: Ivana Pandzic, Oscar Fernandez-Bellon, Geanina Butiseacă

S3. Modelling evaporitic systems

Convener: Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, Leonardo Pereira Muniz, Marta Adamuszek

S4. Salt deposition through Earth's history

Conveners: Dan Palcu, Anneleen Foubert, Hana Jurikova

S5. Education and Public Engagement

Conveners: Marija Bošnjak, Efterpi Koskeridou

Venue: Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Kraków, 30 Mickiewicza street, A-0, room 133, 30-059 Kraków