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2000 IAG Thematic Conference:
This international symposium will be organised by the Geographical Society of China, Nanjing University and the Institute of Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The venue for the meeting is at Nanjing International Conference Hotel (NICH) in the historical city of Nanjing, China, which offers an effective combination of first class conference facilities in association with full catering and reasonably-priced accommodation. Its location is ideal insofar as it allows the delegate (safe) walking-distance access to the famous east suburban scenic attractions of Nanjing.
Monsoon Climate, Geomorphologic Processes & Human Activities
Nanjing, China, 25-29 August, 2000Schedule of the Conference:
19-24 August 2000: Pre-Conference Field Trips;
25 August 2000: Registration;
26-29 August 2000: Conference Sessions;
30 August-5 September 2000: Post- Conference Field Trip.Registration and Payment:
For Registration please contact the Secretary General of the Conference, Prof. Xiaodong Zhu. Registration fees and hotel deposits will be paid during registration hours by cash, credit card or travellers cheque. The registration desk will be open on Friday, 25 August 2000 from 8.00 to 24.00 hours at the Nanjing International Conference Hotel. Payments may also be made by bank transfer to the following account number: 958011482420190, Bank of China, Nanjing City Branch. Please note the receiver is: Nanjing University for IAG 2000 Conference. Registration fees are:
Participant registered: before 25 May: 250 US$, after 25 May: 300 US$
Accompanying person registered: before 25 May: 125 US$, after 25 May: 150 US$
Student registered: before 25 May: 100 US$, after 25 May: 125 US$ Accommodation:
Conference participants will be offered accommodation at Nanjing International Conference Hotel at special conference rates. All rooms are equipped with color TV, 24- hour hot-water bath and shower, small fridge and air-conditioner. Standard room (rate: 50 US$ per room and night) has two single beds. Business room (rate: 60 US$ per room and night) and business suite (rate: 70 US$ per room and night) each have a large twin bed and separate bathroom and shower-room. The business suite has an extra lounge. Lunches and banquets are arranged by the conference organisers and covered in the registration fee.
The Scientific Program
The Scientific Program of the conference consists of two Plenary Sessions, twelve Technical Sessions and a Poster Session. Plenary Sessions will follow the opening ceremony on August 26 (keynote speakers: Prof. Olav Slaymaker and Prof. Li Jijun) and precede the closing ceremony on August 29 (keynote speakers: Prof. Yuan D X and Prof. Mario Panizza). The topics of the Technical Sessions are:
- Terrestrial Geomorphology (Sessions A1, A2, A3)
- Geomorphology and Monsoon Climate (Sessions B1, B2, B3)
- Coastal Ocean Geomorphology and Sedimentation (Sessions C1, C2, C3)
- Human Activity Impact and Sedimentary Environment (Sessions D1, D2, D3)
The program also includes a one-day and two halfday tours of geoscientific and scenic interests in Nanjing and the Nanjing suburban area. The tours will take place on the afternoon of August 27, during the whole day August 28 and on the afternoon of August 29. They will be organised and guided by specialists of the Department of Geo & Ocean Sciences of Nanjing University.
Conference field trips:
For detailed information on the three pre-conference field trips and on the post-conference field trip please contact the local organisers or Prof. Xiaodong Zhu.
- Guilin Karst landforms. Local Organisers and Guides: Prof. Yuan Daoxian and Dr. Jiang Zhongcheng (Institute of Karst Geology, Guilin, fax: +86-773-5837845, e-mail: zhjiang@mailbox.gxnu.edu.cn. Participants will be picked up at Guilin airport or railway station on August 18. The field trip finishes at Guiyang; transfer to Nanjing on August 24. Cost of the trip: 450 US$.
- The Three Gorges of the Changjiang River. Local Organisers and Guides: Prof. Yang D Y and Dr. Zou X Q (Dept of Geo & Ocean Sciences, Nanjing University, fax: +86-25-3595387, e-mail: zouxq@netra.nju.edu.cn. Participants should arrive at People’s Mass Meeting Hall Hotel in Chongqing on August 19. The field trip finishes at Wuhan city; transfer to Nanjing on August 24. Cost of the trip: 500 US$
- Yulong Mt. and Dali County of Yunnan Province. Local Organiser and Guide: Prof. Tang, C. (Yunnan Geography Institute, e-mail: tang@public.km.yn.cn. Participants will meet in Kunming on August 19; transfer from Kunming to Nanjing on August 24. Cost of the trip: 350 US$.
Post-conference field trip:
Huangshan Mountains Hangzhou Shanghai. Local Organisers and Guides: Prof. Zhu Dakui and Prof. Zhu Xiaodong (Department of Geo & Ocean Sciences, Nanjing University, fax: +86-25-3595387, e-mail: xdzhu@public1.ptt.js.cn. Departure from Nanjing on August 30. The field trip finishes in Shanghai on September 4. Cost of the trip: 450 US$.
Information on Nanjing:
A brief introduction to the long history of the city, plans, photos and description of main sights can be obtained from the website of Nanjing at: http://www.chinavista.com/nanjing/travel/main.html.
The weather of Nanjing during the conference period is fairly hot and humid. The daytime temperature ranges from 30-34 degrees centigrade. The interior of most buildings is air-conditioned. Rain can be expected.
Correspondence address:
Dr. Xiaodong Zhu
Secretary General of the Conference
Dept. of Geo & Ocean Sciences
Nanjing University
Nanjing 210093
China
fax: +86-25-3595387, phone: +86-25-3594534
e-mail: xdzhu@public1.ptt.js.cnIAG News
All national delegates and bodies are alerted to the fact that payment of the 2000 IAG Member Nation Fees is due. Each member nation is requested to declare their full fee status according to four levels of affiliation. The level chosen should reflectThe four levels are:
- the number of geomorphologists represented in the nation,
- the finances available to them, and
- the ease with which they can obtain overseas funds.
The annual fee for your country is payable by Money Order or International Draft in US Dollars payable to 'International Association of Geomorphologists'. Please send your payment to:
- Level IV: $1,000 per annum
- Level III: $ 500 per annum
- Level II: $ 250 per annum
- Level I: $ 100 per annum
Dr. Denise J. Reed
Treasurer IAG
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of New Orleans
New Orleans LA 70148
USA.For direct transfers of funds the fol.lowing information may be useful. The account is held at the
Bank of America in Phoenix, Arizona
Account No. 045808898
Account name: International Association of GeomorphologistsIn case of direct bank transfer please send a copy of the transaction to the IAG treasurer.
Please contact Denise Reed if you have any questions. Fax: +1-504-280-7396, e-mail: djreed@uno.eduThe Second Circular of the Fifth International Conference on Geomorphology in Tokyo, Japan, August 23-28, 2001 is now available. It can be downloaded from the website of the Japanese Geomorphological Union at http://wwwsoc.nacsis.ac.jp/jgu/icg_hopa/indexicg.html. A digest of this Circular will be published in the next (September) issue of the IAG Newsletter.
IAG Working Groups will organise their own symposia at the Fifth International Conference on Geomorphology.
The symposium of the DOMODIS group (see the report on the last DOMODIS meeting in Romania in this Newsletter) will tentatively be dedicated to the following themes:
Proposals/Abstracts for this symposium are already invited and should be sent to Hans Kienholz. Fax: +41 316318511, e-mail: Kienholz@giub.unibe.ch.
- Documentation of Mountain Disasters in different countries and regions: methods, organisation and education of "front people";
- Mountain hazard assessment procedures in different countries;
- Calibration of process models the contribution of documented events.
The Working Group on Large Rivers will organise Symposium No.6 in Tokyo. Special attention should however be drawn to a much more immediate activity of the group, namely the Conference on the Mekong River in Singapore and Laos, October 10-22, 2000. A few places are still available for the field excursion. For further information, please contact Avijit Gupta; fax: +44-113-278-5661, e-mail: avijit@foxhill.demon.co.uk.
Newsletter No 16 (4/1999) gave a list of conferences organised by IAG National Adhering Bodies in 2000. Since then information on two more conferences was received. The Australia & New Zealand Geomorphology Group will have its ninth Conference in Otago, New Zealand, December 11-15, 2000. For details contact: Kirsten Hennrich, fax: +64-4-463 5186, e-mail: kirsten.hennrich@vuw.ac.nz, http://www.rses.vuw.ac.nz/conferences/anzgg/ index.html.
The Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division (Geologists of the USA) will organise several Topical Sessions on Geomorphology at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in Reno, Nevada, November 9-18, 2000. For a list of these sessions see the website of the GSA at: http://www.geosociety.org.Third International Workshop ”DOMODIS”, Bucharest, September 29 October 3, 1999
This meeting was held under the auspices of the ICSU SC/IDNDR and the International Association of Geomorphologists, and was organised by the Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy and the Civil Protection Command-Romanian Defence Ministry.
The aim of the DOMODIS project (Documentation of Mountain Disasters) is to improve procedures and tools for documenting catastrophic events, necessary for a better understanding of the geomorphic processes and for hazard assessment. Strongly related to this goal is the implementation of improved organisational structures. The project was initiated by Hans Kienholz from Bern in 1998 and the first two meetings were held in Switzerland and Spain in 1998.
The third workshop included participants from Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden, Republic of Moldavia and many Romanian specialists from the Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy, the universities of Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Suceava, the Geological Survey of Romania, the Institute of Study and Design for Land Reclamation Projects, ”Hidrocentrale” Entreprise in Curtea de Arges and specialists from the Civil Protection Command of the Defence Ministry of Romania.
On September 29th the session started with the welcome address by Prof. Mircea Sandulescu, President of the Geonomic Sciences Section of the Romanian Academy. The participants were also addressed by Hans Kienholz (Switzerland), Jordi Corominas (Spain), Toni Loipersberger (Germany) and Aldo Cinque (Italy). Theoretical discussions, some case-studies of natural hazards and disasters, their causes and mechanisms, as well as ways of monitoring these phenomena and communicating the results, were the main topics of the session. Actions to prevent or limit the effects of these phenomena in the mountainous and hilly regions were highlighted. A poster session was also organised.
The next two days were devoted to a field-trip, focusing on the landslides of Telega village (Prahova Subcarpathians, on salty marls, explanations: Adrian Cioaca) and of Breaza town (Prahova Subcarpathians, on marls and clays, explanations: Dan Balteanu and Mihai Coman), the ravines in the Bucegi Mountains (explanations: the ”Salvamont” Team from Sinaia town and the Civil Command of Prahova County), flash-floods in Poiana Tapului village and in the Cerbului Valley (Bucegi Mountains, explanations: Sorin Roata and Mihai Barbuc), motorised rescue equipment in mountain areas (displayed in Bran village, with the support of the Civil Command of Brasov County), landslides in the Valsan River basin (Arges Subcarpathians, explanations: Dan Balteanu and Maria Sandu), the Vidraru Dam on the Arges River (Southern Carpathians) and the risks it entails (a visit to the site and computer modelling of risk events, with the support of the Civil Command of Arges County and the ”Hidrocentrale” Entreprise in Curtea de Arges).
The programme, the list of participants and details of the field-trip were published in English. For further information please contact the Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy (Dan Balteanu, local organiser), Bucharest, str. Dimitrie Racovita 12, 70 307, Tel: 0040-1-313 59 90, Fax: 0040-311 12 42, E-mail: danbalteanu@hotmail.com. Sorin Roata
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOMORPHOLOGISTS
PRESIDENT: Prof. Olav Slaymaker, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z2, Canada. Fax: +1-604-82226150; E-mail: olav@geog.ubc.ca
VICE PRESIDENT: Prof. Mario Panizza, Dip. di Scienze della Terra, Universitá degli Studi di Modena, Largo S. Eufemia, 19, 41 100 Modena, Italia. Fax: +39-059-417399; E-mail: pit@unimo.it
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