Call for papers 1st IGCP 464 'Continental shelves during the
last glacial cycle' annual conference 25-28 Oct. 2001, Hong Kong
Dr. Yim
wwsyim at hkucc.hku.hk
Wed Jun 6 10:33:04 EST 2001
Dear Colleague
The first circular of the first IGCP 464 annual conference is shown below.
Hoping to see you in Hong Kong.
Sincerely
F.L.Chiocci, A. Chivas and W.Yim
International Geological Correlation Program
Project No 464
“Continental Shelves during Last Glacial Cycle”
(newsletter no. 2)
1st Annual Conference (Asian Venue)
25-28 October, 2001/ University of Hong Kong
1. Conference Introduction
The newly approved IGCP project 464 (http://www.uniroma1/igcp464.html)
starts its activity this year with the first annual conference.
The aim of the project is the definition of the palaeoenvironmental
evolution of the continental shelves, leading to their present
morphology, stratigraphy and sedimentology. The geological approach to
the environment and to its global changes is in fact based on a complete
understanding of the long-term cyclicity of natural systems. On the
continental margins the leading factor is undoubtedly the very rapid
changes in sea level that brought it from ca. -125m during the Last
Glacial Maximum (ca. 20ka BP) to its present position in little more
than 10,000 years at an average rate of 1m/century. The project will
therefore be focused especially on the Last Glacial Maximum and to the
following sea-level rise. In fact the LGM is a key event in
Pleistocene/Holocene evolution, as it represents the main and latest
extreme in sea-level and climatic trends at a global scale. The
conditions at the LGM on continental shelves and their effects on
coastal plains and continental slopes will thus be the "starting point"
of the most recent and continuing environmental cycle.
All researchers interested in the evolution of the continental shelves,
the processes that led to their present form and applications of this
knowledge are welcome to participate.
The Conference will be held in Hong Kong, where during the last decade
impressive infrastructural engineering works have been carried out on
shelf areas. The Conference will be organized by Associate Prof. Wyss
Yim who successfully led the former shelf project 396
(http://www2.env.uea.ac.uk/gmmc/igcpmain.html) and who has been among
the most enthusiastic supporters in preparing a follow-up proposal.
2. Sponsors
The Croucher Foundation
The Dr Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund (decision pending)
UNESCO/International Union of Geological Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Supporting bodies –
INQUA Commission on Sea-level Changes & Coastal Evolution
INQUA Committee on Economic Deposits
Shelf Carbon Working Group, INQUA Commission on Global Carbon
3. Conference Themes
In the conference, academic exchange and discussion will be focused on
the following scientific aspects:
(1) Depth of eustatic minimum: position of sea level at LGM,
similarities and differences among tidal/non tidal, high/low wave
energy, tropical/temperate/periglacial,
(2) Paleogeography: formation of continental land-bridges, narrowing or
closure of straits and seaways, changes to littoral dynamics, sea/land
ratio, etc.
(3) Paleoclimate: indications on paleo-rainfall/paleohydrology (i.e. why
river courses did not cut incised valleys down to the LGM depth?),
paleo-wave climate (i.e. why lowstand deposits are more redistributed
along the coast than transgressive and highstand deposits),
paleoconditions on high- and low-latitude shelves (i.e. water
temperature and coral reefs, paleomonsoon, de-glaciation patterns),
paleo-morphology (i.e. shelf morphology evolution during sea level fall,
lowstand and rise)
(4) Stratigraphy: possible definition of a sea-level fall/lowstand
limit, application of sequence-stratigraphic concepts to the last
eustatic cycle, is the actualism applicable to continental shelf study?
(5) Heritage on human culture: witnesses of environmental changes and
shelf narrowing on human pre-history (disappearance of flat coastal
areas suitable for cultural/population transmigrations, constant
flooding situation, abrupt sea-level rise in enclosed basins such as the
Black Sea)
(6) Applications: Carbon Cycle, control on global climate, coastline
changes controlling sediment re-distribution, neotectonics,
hydrogeological indications, long-term littoral budget, shelf mineral
resources, engineering geology, coastal management.
As this is the first meeting of the IGCP 464, the following
organizational aspects will be included in two business meetings:
(1) establishment of office bearers
(2) establishment of working groups
(3) definition of national/regional correspondents
(4) definition of achievable intermediate goals
4. Conference format
The IGCP464 conferences will emphasize poster presentation as a tool to
exchange information among participants as it is possible that some
researchers from hosting countries will attend only one meeting. To
avoid the loss of this valuable information, selected posters from each
meeting will be retained on the IGCP464 web page. Therefore, ALL
PRESENTERS, INCLUDING THOSE FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS, WILL BE REQUESTED TO
PRODUCE A POSTER. The poster should be prepared as Corel Draw or Word
file saving them as HTML. Posters not prepared electronically may be
photographed and inserted in the web page as raster files of low
resolution. The HTML files should be recorded on floppy disk (if
possible) or in CD ROM and given to the organizers at the conference.
5. Abstract submission
An abstract of minimum one, maximum two pages should be submitted by 1st
September, 2001. The abstract must be sent to Wyss Yim via electronic
mail as MSWord (or RTF) file with the following format:
(1) Layout: A4 paper (210mm x 297mm), left and right margins 3.8 cm, top
and bottom margins 4.8 cm, line spacing 14 pt
(2) Font: Times New Roman, (but the Title size 12; affiliation,
bibliogrpaphy and captions size 9)
(3) Title: Centred capital, bold font size 12
(4) Authors: Centred, not capital font size 10
(5) Affiliations: Centred not capital font size 9
(6) Text: justified to the left; new paragraph indent 0.5 cm font size 10
(7) Bibliography cited in the abstract: (Yim, 2000, Yim and Tovey, 2001,
Yim et al., 2002) font size 10
(8) Bibliography list: Author Surname, Author Initials, (year)..
title
.
,
..journal
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vol
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.pages
(9) Figures (if necessary) and tables: with captions (fontsize 8) should
be left-right centred and of legible quality.
Those abstracts not sent by Email, should be prepared according to the
above described format and sent via regular mail (1 hard copy paper plus
floppy disk version) to Dr Wyss Yim, Department of Earth Sciences, The
University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China to arrive
by the deadline of 1st September, 2001.
6. Language
The language used at the conference is English.
7. Presentation
(1) Oral: 15-20 minutes, plus 5 minutes of discussion. The conference
room is equipped with a multimedia projector, a 35-mm slide projector
and an overhead projector. Please inform Wyss Yim if you have any
additional requirements.
(2) Poster: For each poster, two floor-standing boards of 1m (width) x
2m (height) are available. The text should be concise and informative.
Illustrations should be of good quality and clearly labelled. Attendance
of the presenting author is required at the scheduled time for questions
and discussions.
8. Financial Assistance
There are limited project funds available to partially support
attendance by some participants from developing countries. Preference
will be given to younger scientists who present a paper at the
conference. Persons wishing to receive such support should approach
Francesco L. Chiocci or Allan Chivas with information about the nature
of the contribution they wish to make at the meeting. An early
submission of the intended abstract will assist in reaching a decision
concerning financial assistance.
Some countries have a national IGCP fund to support attendance at IGCP
conferences by their scientists and graduate students. Intending
delegates should ascertain if their national IGCP Committee distributes
travel grants.
9. Registration fee and payment
The conference registration fee is HK$1,000 (US$130). This fee covers
the cost of the abstract volume, lunches, refreshments, reception,
conference dinner and the 1-day field excursion. For accompanying spouse
the registration fee is HK$800 (US$105).
Payment should be made by overseas bankdraft either in the Hong Kong
currency or US dollars payable to ‘The University of Hong Kong’ and send
to Wyss Yim to arrive by 1st September 2001. After this deadline, the
registration fee is HK$1,150 (US$150) and HK$900 (US$115) for
accompanying spouses.
10. Accommodation
Participants requiring accommodation will either be housed in the
University Guest House or a nearby hotel in twin bedded double rooms.
Both are located within walking distance of the university campus. Cost
is in the region of HK$400-500 per room per day (single or double
occupancy). Before booking your accommodation with us please check to
see if economical air fare-hotel packages are available in your country.
If available, please ask to stay at the Century Harbour Hotel located in
the Western District of Hong Kong Island as this is within walking
distance of the university campus. If you would like to share the room
you are booking through us or wish to have a single room please indicate
this in your registration form.
11. Timetable
1st September, 2001: Early registration and Abstracts deadline
10th October, 2001: Second Circular (final program) will be sent
12. Field excursion
A full-day field excursion to Lantau Island is planned. This will
include a ferry trip from Hong Kong Island to Lantau Island, a visit to
the Po Lin Monastery and a study of the drowned and partially drowned
landslide deposits in Tai O Bay.
13. Programme
Wednesday 24 October Arrival in Hong Kong and registration Welcoming Reception
Thursday 25 October MORNING: Opening; Initial business meeting (outline
of the scope of the project, potential working groups, goals, training
programs) AFTERNOON: Oral and Poster Sessions
Friday 26 October ALL DAY: Field excursion to Lantau Island
Saturday 27 October MORNING and AFTERNOON: Oral and Poster Sessions
NIGHT: Conference dinner
Sunday 28 October MORNING Business Session (establishment of working
groups, achievable goals for the forthcoming year, networking,
establishment of scientific co-operation for research projects,
training, etc.)
14. General Information on Hong Kong
(1) No visa is required for entry for the majority of countries. If in
doubt please contact the Chinese Embassy in your own country for further
details. If a letter of invitation is needed please contact Wyss Yim.
(2) General information on the Hong Kong SAR can be found at
http://webserv1.discoverhongkong.com and http://asiatravel.com/hkinfo.html.
(3) In October the average temperature is 25°C and the average rainfall
is 144.8 mm. Typhoons are generally rare.
(4) The electrical supply is 220V, 50Hz AC.
15. Related Conference
Participants may be interested in attending a related conference in Hong
Kong immediately following the IGCP464 Conference. The 5th International
Conference on the Cenozoic Evolution of the Asia-Pacific Environment
(CEAPE) will be held at the University of Hong Kong on 29th October to
1st November, 2001. If you would like to attend this conference please
contact Wyss Yim for a second circular as soon as possible.
16. Contacts
Associate Prof. Wyss Yim
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China; Fax: +852 2517 6912, Email: wwsyim at hku.hk
Prof. Allan R. Chivas
School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong
NSW 2522, Australia; Fax: +61 2 4221 5703, Email: toschi at uow.edu.au
Prof. Francesco L. Chiocci
Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Universita’ di Roma "La Sapienza"
P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy; Fax: +39 06 4458 5080, Email:
francesco.chiocci at uniroma1.it
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IGCP #464 1st Annual Conference REGISTRATION FORM
Please complete and return this form together with your abstract to Wyss Yim
Registration fees should be paid by overseas bankdraft and posted to
Wyss Yim to arrive by 1st September 2001
Surname___________________________ Other names________________________________
Title* Professor / Dr / Mr / Mrs / Miss Gender* Male / Female
Address
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Phone __________________________ Fax _______________________
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Provisional title of paper for oral presentation -
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Provisional title of paper for poster presentation -
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Accommodation* Own arrangement [ ] Required [ ]
Accommodation required* Single room [ ] Twin bedded room [ ]
I am accompanied by my spouse* Yes [ ] No [ ]
For participants wishing to shara a twin-bedded room please name your
roommate if known
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I have enclosed a bankdraft for HK$ /US$*
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Signature ____________________________ Date returned
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Dr Wyss W.-S. Yim
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road,
Hong Kong SAR, China
Tel: 852-2859 2829/2859 1084 (messages)
Fax: 852-2517 6912 E-mail: wwsyim at hku.hk
Department Web page http://www.hku.hk/earthsci/rock.html
IGCP 396 Web page http://www2.env.uea.ac.uk/gmmc/
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