Dear Colleagues, I wanted to draw your attention to the "GV and Sediment Meeting" to be held in Hamburg, Germany on September 23-28, 2012. You can see the main sessions and themes at the following website
http://www.gv-hamburg2012.de/ In particular I wanted to encourage people interested in climate, all climate tectonic interactions to submit an abstract to the following special session that we are organizing at this event. We encourage submissions from him number of disciplines, sedimentologists, paleoceanography, climatologists, climate modelers and all those interested in the geological evolution of the Asian continent. Please feel free to share this information with friends and colleagues. best regards Peter Clift ================== 5.3 Evolution of the Asian monsoon Conveners: Peter Clift, V. Ramaswamy Summary: The Asian monsoon system is one of the most intense climatic phenomenon on Earth, yet its development is not well understood. On million-year scales and longer its intensity has been linked variously to the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, to northward drift of India and to the retreat of shallow seas in central Asia. On shorter timescales it is clear that the monsoon is partly coupled with Milankovitch cyclicity but it is unclear how this is modulated, whether there are large lags or leads between the orbital forcing and the peak monsoon, and whether the East and South Asian monsoons are closely coupled or even anti-phased. Monsoon activity may be a primary control on the evolution of mountain exhumation in Asia and in controlling the flux of sediment and dissolved material to the oceans via some of the largest rivers on Earth. In this respect the monsoon is not just controlled by the geological evolution of Asia but also feeds back on that same process. In more recent times the monsoon has had a close link to the development of human societies in Asia and the extent to which monsoon intensity has caused major changes in human settlement since the Neolithic in south and East Asia continues to be debated. Right up to the flooding in Pakistan and China in 2010 it is clear that the monsoon has a major influence on the prosperity of human society. In this session we welcome all contributions related to the evolution of winter and summer monsoon intensity over a range of timescale, as well as the proposed impacts on environment and geology. ====================== Peter D. Clift Charles T. McCord Professor of Petroleum Geology, Department of Geology and Geophysics, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA Tel: +1 225-578-2153 Fax: +1 225-578-2302 Email: pcl...@lsu.edu http://www.geol.lsu.edu/pclift/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PP-IAGI 2011-2014: Ketua Umum: Rovicky Dwi Putrohari, rovicky[at]gmail.com Sekjen: Senoaji, ajiseno[at]ymail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jangan lupa PIT IAGI 2012 di Jogjakarta tanggal 17-20 September 2012. Kirim abstrak ke email: pit.iagi.2012[at]gmail.com. Batas akhir pengiriman abstrak 28 Februari 2012. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: iagi-net-unsubscribe[at]iagi.or.id To subscribe, send email to: iagi-net-subscribe[at]iagi.or.id For topics not directly related to Geology, users are advised to post the email to: o...@iagi.or.id Visit IAGI Website: http://iagi.or.id Pembayaran iuran anggota ditujukan ke: Bank Mandiri Cab. Wisma Alia Jakarta No. Rek: 123 0085005314 Atas nama: Ikatan Ahli Geologi Indonesia (IAGI) Bank BCA KCP. Manara Mulia No. Rekening: 255-1088580 A/n: Shinta Damayanti IAGI-net Archive 1: http://www.mail-archive.com/iagi-net%40iagi.or.id/ IAGI-net Archive 2: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iagi --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: IAGI disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on its mailing lists, whether posted by IAGI or others. In no event shall IAGI or its members be liable for any, including but not limited to direct or indirect damages, or damages of any kind whatsoever, resulting from loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of any information posted on IAGI mailing list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
