Congratulation on success of the 1st International Palaeogeography Conference

On September 14th–17th,2013,the 1stInternational Palaeogeography Conference(IPC)was successfully held by China University of Petroleum(Beijing)(CUP),in Changping,Beijing,China.Totally 109 registered palaeogeographers and experts of related disciplines from 36 affiliations,including universities,academic institutions and petroleum industries,from Ireland,the UK,Poland,the Netherlands,Germany,France,India,Australia,the USAand China,and the staff from the Editorial Office of the Journal of Palaeogeography(JOP)attended this conference.The conference had totally received 61 abstracts,41 of which came along with full-text manuscripts and these 41 attendees gave oral presentations in the conference.There are 28 abstracts related with"Lithofacies palaeogeography and