[Aqualist] INQUA Field Meeting on sub-aerially exposed continental shelves

[Tim Barrows]

From: Wyss Yim <wwsyim at hku.hk>

1st announcement
International field meeting on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves 
since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition

Date - 14th-19th August, 2006
Venue - Exmouth and Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Organizer - Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology
Background -
This field meeting is the Year Two event of a 3-year project (2004-2007) 
supported by INQUA through the Commission on Coastal & Marine Processes. In 
Year One a 5-day international workshop was held in the Hong Kong SAR, 
China. The project is aimed at the study of terrestrial deposits in 
sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene 
climatic transition (MIS 13). An important focus is the role of 
sub-aerially exposed continental shelves in carbon storage and the likely 
contribution of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Abstracts on all 
aspects of continental shelf sciences are welcomed for oral/poster 
presentations and possible topics covered may include:

                Land-sea correlation

                Sea-level changes

                Landslide deposits

                Fluvial and deltaic deposits

                Aeolian deposits

                Karst deposits including coral reefs and speleothems

                Land bridges as migration routes

                Stratigraphy and geochronology

                Palaeopedology and production of greenhouse gases

                Palaeo-flora and palaeo-fauna

                Tectonic stability and instability

If you would like to receive a copy of the first circular please contact 
Lindsay Collins (l.collins at curtin.edu.au) or Wyss Yim (wwsyim at hku.hk)