International Society for Aeolian Research - ISAR
Recent Meetings of Interest to ISAR Members
2008 Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union
15-19 December San Francisco, CA, USA
www.agu.org
Session PP03: Loess 2.0/Terrestrial Dust
Details of the session can be found at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08.old/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=102
Loess Session: (PP12A) will take place on Monday from 1020h to 1220h in Room MC:3001 (Moscone West).
It is suggested to check into the Speaker Ready Room on Sunday between 1400h and 1900h. AGU strongly suggests that presenters scheduled for Monday, 15 December use the pre‐submission option. For more information please check the Oral Session Guidelines on the AGU website: (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/index.php/program/index.php?content=program&show=guidelines_oralSession)
Loess poster session (PP13A) will be active on Monday afternoon from 1340h ‐ 1800h in Moscone North, Hall D. Poster sessions are active for one half day, although authors must put up their displays in the morning between 0730h and 0800h and remove them between 1800h and 1830h. For more information please check the Poster Session Guidelines on the AGU website: (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php?content=program&show=guidelines_posterSession)
To stimulate the communication and interaction within the session we would like to organize a Joint tour along the posters. Every author will get the opportunity to highlight the main conclusions of their posters and to discuss the data with the group or in more detail in private. We would like to start the guided poster tour at 1530h at the last poster of the session by Higgins et al. (PP13A‐1431).
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European Geosciences Union – General Assembly 2009
Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009
Deadline for abstract submission: January, 13, 2009
“Aeolian dust: initiator, player, and recorder of environmental change"
This is session CL16/AS.4.6/GM10.1, a collaboration between the three divisions /Climate: Past, Present, Future, Atmospheric Sciences, /and /Geomorphology/ covering a wide range of disciplines within the dust community and is organized by Jan-Berend Stuut, Peter Knippertz, and Andreas Baas.
For next year's session we already have the commitments of *Mark Rodwell *(European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK), *Paola Formenti* (LISA, Université Paris XII, Université Paris VII, CNRS, France), and * Daniel Rosenfeld* (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) to present solicited talks, and we are awaiting the final agreement of a two additional experts in the field to present their work.
A full description of the session is appended at the bottom of this email and can also be found at:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/1095
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Guidelines regarding the abstract format, submission and oral/poster presentations are available on the Assembly website, found at:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/index.html
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Until 7 December 2008 there is the opportunity to apply for financial
support: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/requests/index.html
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GM4.7 - The relevance of Quaternary landscape formation for modern geosystems
Convener: B. Terhorst
Co-Conveners: H.-R. Bork , B. Damm
Present world landscapes reflect past geomorphological processes and landforms. In particular, Quaternary landscape evolution plays a key role in the explanation of the present day topography and it influences the function of modern geosystems. Furthermore, Quaternary landscape formation and its impact on active geomorphic systems are increasingly targets of integrated interdisciplinary studies as it forms an important basis for many socially relevant issues.
The evolution of paleosurfaces is controlled by a complex network of external and internal influences. They represent a zone of exchange between soil/parent rock, the ecosystem, and the atmosphere. Terrestrial archives give evidence of topographical and ecological changes at different time scales, reflecting paleoenvironmental fluctuations at a local, regional and global scale. Considering that recently a number of efficient dating methods are available, continental soil-sedimentary sequences can provide valuable data for the reconstruction of paleotopography and paleoenvironment.
Within this session we intend to present actual studies on landscape evolution and chronostratigraphy during the Quaternary, mainly during the Brunhes Chron. Presentations should be focused on Quaternary sediments, geomorphological processes and forms on spatial and temporal scales and the relevance for modern landscapes and geosystems.
SSS27 - Soils and pedosediments as environmental archives
Convener: Kühn, P.
Co-Convener: Terhorst, B.
The existing set of pedogenic features in soils and pedosediments can be used as environmental indicators based on the process-oriented paradigm: factors -- processes features. In a stratigraphic context, those features in their relation to the environmental setting play a key role for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The clarification of the formation of relic and buried soils as well as the formation of pedosediments from deposits hosting archaeological materials (fluvial, colluvial, cave, etc.) gives major information about the setting of the ancient cultures from palaeolithic sites to medieval settlements. This session focuses on the combination of established and new methods from macro- to microscale applied for the analysis and interpretation of soils and pedosediments as paleoenvironmental proxies and their correlation with other geological archives to better understand the climatic, ecological and environmental changes particularly since the Middle Pleistocene.
You can easily submit your abstract following:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/962
All information about the Soil Sessions can be found under
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/sessionprogramme/SSS
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Seventh International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Australia, 6 -- 11, July 2009
Please consider presenting your work on all aspects of aeolian processes, dunes and dust dynamics at the Seventh International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, 6-11 July 2009.
http://www.geomorphology2009.com/default.asp
We invite papers on all aspects of aeolian research investigating the modeling or measurement of aeolian processes and landforms and also studies of dust generation, transport and deposition. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 4th February 2009.
http://www.geomorphology2009.com/abstract.asp
The session description is copied below and further information can be found
at: http://www.geomorphology2009.com/program.asp
We look forward to receiving your abstract and welcoming you to Melbourne,
Paul Hesse (phesse@els.mq.edu.au)
Giles Wiggs (giles.wiggs@ouce.ox.ac.uk)
Session Description
Investigations of aeolian processes and geomorphology across all scales of interest are currently benefiting from major innovations in technology and interdisciplinarity in approach. A proliferation of large-scale research stimulated by interest on the impacts of aeolian dust dynamics on climate change and geochemical cycling has been matched by advances in our understanding of turbulent airflow on grain transport. Recent advances in modeling aeolian processes and landforms provide new insights into aeolian systems but also suggest fruitful research pathways in combination with empirical studies for better understanding environmental change and its implications. In this session we invite papers on all aspects of aeolian research investigating the modeling or measurement of aeolian processes and landforms and also studies of dust generation, transport and deposition.
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International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR VII), Santa Rosa, Argentina, 5 -- 9, July 2010
The ICAR conferences attract aeolian geomorphologists, physical scientists, soil scientists, and erosion specialists from around the world to discuss the latest challenges and discoveries of aeolian research. Previous meetings have been held in Aarhus, Denmark (1985), Sandbjerg, Denmark (1990), Zyzxx, CA, USA (1994), Oxford, U.K. (1998), Lubbock, US (2002), and Guelph, Canada (2006).
The conference organizers expect that this meeting will provide an update on the state of the science of research on aeolian processes, but will also be useful to draw the attention of society to these important issues.
Sponsored by INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, and CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas).
For more information contact Conference Organizer:
Dr. Daniel Buschiazzo
INTA Anguil and Facultad de Agronomía
cc 300 - 6300 - Santa Rosa - Argentina
e-mail: buschiazzo@agro.unlpam.edu.ar
Phone: +54 2954 433092, 433093 or 433094, Ext. 2503
FAX: +54 2954 433092, 433093 or 433094, Ext. 2101
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