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IGCP 495 International Conferences

IGCP Project 495

Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Driving Mechanisms & Coastal Responses

Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

14th – 17th October, 2004

The inaugural meeting of the new IGCP sea-level change project was organised by Dan Belknap and Joe Kelly of the University of Maine, together with Duncan FitzGerald of Boston University and Ilya Buynevich of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Bar Harbor was not an easy place to get to, but 55 conference delegates from twelve different countries found their way to this popular coastal resort town on the beautiful coast of central Maine, by various combinations of air, hire car, coach and taxi transportation. As is always the case at these IGCP meetings, the mix of nationalities, friendly faces and the common interest ensured an enjoyable and inspiring atmosphere. The beautiful autumn colours made this a perfect time of the year to visit.

A joint IGCP 495 – INQUA Meeting

International Conference and Field Trip on:

Quaternary Ocean & Land Interaction: Climatic, Tectonic & Anthropogenic Influence

Anyer-Carita, Banten-Sunda Strait Area, Indonesia

24th – 30th September, 2005

The Sunda Strait region is of crucial importance to our understanding of a wide range of Quaternary processes related to the driving mechanisms of coastal and sea-level change. These include glacial-interglacial changes in sea-level, variations in coastal geometry and ocean circulation, climate change and carbon cycling, as well as tectonic processes (notably the eruption of 1883 Krakatau and the “Asian tsunami” of 26/12/04) and a range of human coastal impacts.

The conference will include two days of paper sessions and three days of field excursions. Oral presentations and posters on all aspects of:

  • Land-Ocean interactions – extreme events (earthquakes, tsunami (including the December 26th 2004 event) and volcanoes) and their impacts on coastal ecosystems
  • Coastal deposits as archives of  palaeoclimate change and climate forcing over Late Quaternary to recent time periods (ENSO, Dipole, Mode, Global Ocean Current, Walker-Hadley Circulation, etc.)
  • Vertical and lateral changes in sea-level during the Late Quaternary

The fieldtrip will visit a wide range of sites that include: Krakatau volcano building of new cone through lava flows and its pyroclastic products, coral blocks as relict of past tsunami, Holocene sea level reefs controlled by hydro-isostatic rebound and magmatic bulge, modern coral reef in volcano island, first occupation by flora-fauna in active volcano, peat digging in a reclaimed area, human impact on beach dynamics, examples of coastal zone management, 15 century abandon palace and harbor, etc.

IGCP Project 495

PP11: Paleotsunami Research

The Third International Conference and Field Trip of the International Geoscience Programme #495

Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Driving Mechanisms & Coastal Responses

Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil

16th – 22nd September, 2006

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

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.

A joint INQUA – IGCP 495 Meeting

Joint INQUA – IGCP 495 Meeting

International Geoscience Programme Project 495

Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Driving Mechanisms and Coastal Responses
&
INQUA Commission on Coastal and Marine Processes

Faro, Portugal

27th October – 1st November, 2008

A joint INQUA – IGCP 495 Meeting

Sixth International Conference

International Geoscience Programme Project 495 Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions

Driving Mechanisms and Coastal Responses
jointly organised with
The INQUA Commission on Coastal and Marine Processes

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

25th October – 31st October, 2009