PREFACE

This thematic issue of The Canadian Mineralogist stems from the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Pan-American Conference on Research on Fluid Inclusions (PACROFI), which was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on July 7–11, 2002. At this meeting, there were 60 oral and poster presentations given by some 70 registrants from four continents and 10 countries. The success of the meeting reflected several factors, including the congenial atmosphere fostered by all attendants, and the generous financial and in kind support graciously provided by the Mineralogical Association of Canada, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, and Petroleum...