MARGINS Meeting Announcement

Date: January 13–18, 2004
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Organizers: Secretariat of ICMG-V:Thanawat JARUPHONGSAKUL; Chakkaphan SUTTHIRAT; Montri CHOOWONG
Conference website: http://www.geocities.com/geology5th/index.htm
Applications: before November 1st, 2003

Download second conference circular as PDF file (1 MB)

Background
The 1st International Conference on Asian Marine Geology (ICAMG) was held in Shanghai, China, in 1988, and it has been held every four years since. The 2nd meeting was in Tokyo in 1992; the 3rd in Cheju, Korea, in 1996; and the 4th in Qingdao, China, in 1999.

These conferences have given researchers good opportunities to exchange ideas and new information and to plan for future collaboration. The 5th conference, which will be held January 13–18, 2004, in Bangkok, Thailand, will be the first to take place in Southeast Asia and will provide a wonderful opportunity to disseminate up-to-date scientific knowledge of Asian marine geology. We sincerely invite you to participate in this conference by bringing your ideas and your research to share with others.

Scientific Programme
The scientific programme of ICAMG-V consists mainly of 11 topical sessions, and the joint session and field excursion with the DeltaMAP project (IGCP-475) and MegaDelta project (APN). Other regular sessions on marine geology are also welcome. Scientific sessions consist of plenary session, two parallel oral sessions, poster session. Some of keynote speeches are planned.

Conference Sessions
* Future direction of Asian Marine Geology
* Ocean drilling at Asian Continental Margins
* Geology and Tectonics of the Asian Seas
* Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau Uplift and Monsoon Climate
* Evolution of the Marginal Seas
* Gateway between the Pacific and Indian Oceans
* Land-Sea Interaction and Paleoceanography in Marginal Seas
* Climate and the Ocean Environment
* Sediment Source to Sink and Marine Sediment Dynamics
* Oil, Gas, and Gas-Hydrate in SE Asian Seas
* Human Impacts on the Coastal Zone and Sustainable Development
*PDF: Asian Deltas: Evolution and Recent Changes (IGCP/APN joint session) (this links downloads a PDF file with the first circular of this joint session with IGCP-475 DeltaMAP and Mega-Deltas of Asia)

Call for Abstracts
Abstracts should be e-mailed or arrive by post at the conference secretariat by November 1, 2003. Abstract format: MS Word file; title. authors, affiliation(s), e-mail address of corresponding author, main text (A4, 1 page including figures, less than 500 words). The organizing committee reserves the right to accept or refuse a contribution on the basis of the submitted abstract and to decide whether the contribution will be presented orally or as a poster. However, the committee will take the author's preference for oral or poster presentation into consideration. Oral and poster presentations are expected to be of equal quality. All abstracts will be published in an abstract volume that will be distributed to all participants.



Fifth International Conference on Asian Marine Geology jointly with First Annual Meeting of IGCP-475 DeltaMAP, and APN Project on the Mega-Deltas of Asia Date: January 13–18, 2004 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Organizers: Secretariat of ICMG-V:Thanawat JARUPHONGSAKUL; Chakkaphan SUTTHIRAT; Montri CHOOWONG Conference website: http://www.geocities.com/geology5th/index.htm Applications: before November 1st, 2003 Download second conference circular as PDF file (1 MB) Background The 1st International Conference on Asian Marine Geology (ICAMG) was held in Shanghai, China, in 1988, and it has been held every four years since. The 2nd meeting was in Tokyo in 1992; the 3rd in Cheju, Korea, in 1996; and the 4th in Qingdao, China, in 1999. These conferences have given researchers good opportunities to exchange ideas and new information and to plan for future collaboration. The 5th conference, which will be held January 13–18, 2004, in Bangkok, Thailand, will be the first to take place in Southeast Asia and will provide a wonderful opportunity to disseminate up-to-date scientific knowledge of Asian marine geology. We sincerely invite you to participate in this conference by bringing your ideas and your research to share with others. Scientific Programme The scientific programme of ICAMG-V consists mainly of 11 topical sessions, and the joint session and field excursion with the DeltaMAP project (IGCP-475) and MegaDelta project (APN). Other regular sessions on marine geology are also welcome. Scientific sessions consist of plenary session, two parallel oral sessions, poster session. Some of keynote speeches are planned. Conference Sessions * Future direction of Asian Marine Geology * Ocean drilling at Asian Continental Margins * Geology and Tectonics of the Asian Seas * Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau Uplift and Monsoon Climate * Evolution of the Marginal Seas * Gateway between the Pacific and Indian Oceans * Land-Sea Interaction and Paleoceanography in Marginal Seas * Climate and the Ocean Environment * Sediment Source to Sink and Marine Sediment Dynamics * Oil, Gas, and Gas-Hydrate in SE Asian Seas * Human Impacts on the Coastal Zone and Sustainable Development *PDF: Asian Deltas: Evolution and Recent Changes (IGCP/APN joint session) (this links downloads a PDF file with the first circular of this joint session with IGCP-475 DeltaMAP and Mega-Deltas of Asia) Call for Abstracts Abstracts should be e-mailed or arrive by post at the conference secretariat by November 1, 2003. Abstract format: MS Word file; title. authors, affiliation(s), e-mail address of corresponding author, main text (A4, 1 page including figures, less than 500 words). The organizing committee reserves the right to accept or refuse a contribution on the basis of the submitted abstract and to decide whether the contribution will be presented orally or as a poster. However, the committee will take the author's preference for oral or poster presentation into consideration. Oral and poster presentations are expected to be of equal quality. All abstracts will be published in an abstract volume that will be distributed to all participants.

	Posted 18-Jan-2005