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4th International Conference, Australia, 2007

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4th International Conference, Australia, 2007

The international meeting of IGCP495 combined with the 2007 INQUA Congress in Cairns (Australia)

Fourth International Meeting

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

28th July – 3rd August, 2007

Delegates survey emerged beachrock on Middle Island
Photo: Sarah Woodroffe

The programme included much of interest to coastal scientists, a selection of which is listed below, as well as several fieldtrips before and after the conference (see below for details of a formal post-conference joint IGCP 495 / INQUA field meeting).

The programme included much of interest to coastal scientists, a selection of which is listed below, as well as several fieldtrips before and after the conference (see below for details of a formal post-conference joint IGCP 495 / INQUA field meeting).

There were two formal joint IGCP495 / INQUA sessions.

Coastal and Marine Processes (including IGCP 495) Sessions:

  1. Late Holocene sea-level and climate; Roland Gehrels (UK), Antony Long (UK) – JOINT IGCP495
  2. Late Quaternary Coastal Changes – Sea level, sedimentary forcing and anthropogenic impacts: Cecile Baeteman (Belgium), Antony Long (UK) – JOINT IGCP495
  3. Decoupling eustasy, isostasy and neotectonics: Colin Murray-Wallace (Australia)
  4. Geological records of tsunamis: Dale Dominey-Howes, Amy Prendergast (Australia)
  5. Black Sea – Mediterranean corridor during the past 30 ka: Olena Smyntyna (Ukraine), Allan Chivas (Australia)
  6. Continental shelves – sea levels, environment and carbon budgets: Wyss Yim (China) et al.
  7. Chronologies of sea-level change over the past 500,000 years: Tezer Esat (Australia)
  8. Mangrove palaeoecology and environmental change: Matthew Wooller (USA), Herman Behling (Germany), Marcelo Cohen (Brazil), Simon Haberle (Australia)
Coring on an inter-chenier salt pan at Cocoa Creek
Photo: Roland Gehrels

There was also a formal joint IGCP 495 / INQUA field meeting after the conference:

Searching for the Mid Holocene Sea-Level High Stand in the Central Great Barrier Reef Region, North Queensland

Friday 3rd – Monday 6th August 2007, Duration – 4 days

Leaders
Dr Sarah Woodroffe, Durham University, UK
Dr Scott Smithers and Professor David Hopley, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia