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The overall theme of
Australia 2012, Unearthing
our Past and Future, reflects the crucial roles that the geosciences
play in meeting the needs of societies while sustaining the Earth.
The scientific program for the 34th IGC will take place over seven days
(3rd – 9th August, 2012), during which all facets of the geosciences
will be covered. Each day will comprise a plenary ‘theme-of-the-day’
session, followed by up to 30 concurrent symposia comprising both
offered and invited presentations.
Themes of the Day
1. Unearthing our Past and Future
2. Geoscience Information Revolution
3. Earth Evolution and Planetary Sciences
4. Earth Resources
5. Marine Geoscience
6. Geohazards
7. Geoscience for Society
A draft list of themes and specific symposia topics (sub-themes) follows. We are now seeking your
input. You
are invited to make suggestions by clicking on the main theme links
below. We look forward to receiving your feedback and input.
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symposia assembed to date by the Scientific Committee. To add your
suggestions or comments, please click on the main theme and complete the
inter-active link.
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International
approaches to mineral and energy resource classification
and reporting
Geoindicators
Geological time scale global correlation
Geochronological standards
Future of fossil fuels
Carbon capture and storage
Evaluating permeability at depth
Geothermal energy
Assessing energy resources and futures
Non-renewable energy resources and sustainable use
Renewable energy resources and their utilisation
Uranium and thorium supply and demand to 2060
Nuclear waste disposal and re-use
Climate Science
Sea level changes
Paleoclimatology: evidence from the geological record
Extinctions
Geosphere-biosphere interactions
Deserts and desertification
Mineral systems
Exploration geophysics
Geochemical exploration
High technology commodities for the future
Australian mineral resources - recent advances
Exploration success: diagnosis, prognosis and cure
Minerals resources - a global perspective
Peak minerals
Coal geoscience
Giant ore deposits: distribution and discovery
Major mineral provinces of the world
Non-renewable resources and sustainable use
Sustainable mining
Petroleum geoscience
Frontier petroleum basins
Unconventional hydrocarbons
Southern hemisphere petroleum prospectivity
Shales as source, seals and hydrocarbon reservoirs
Chemostratigraphy: quantitative reservoir evaluation
Peak oil
Enhanced oil recovery
Advances in geophysical techniques
Geomagnetism
Advances in exploration geochemistry
Advances in isotope geochemistry
Large scale geochemical surveys
Earth and health
Global tectonics
Lithosphere formation and evolution
Continental growth
Supercontinents
Deep Earth: from crust to core
Tectonics and climate link
Mantle Plumes
Geodynamics
Continental margins
Advances in structural geology
Early Earth
Earth evolution
Evolution of plate tectonics
Early life, evolution and biodiversity
Precambrian geology
Neoproterozoic tectonics
Advances in geochronology
SHRIMP technical meeting
Developments in isotope geology
Comparative planetology
Impact structures
Earth and beyond: a cosmic perspective
Igneous petrology
Experimental petrology
Granites
Major igneous provinces of the world
Ultra-high pressure metamorphism
Metamorphic petrology
Metasomatism and alteration
Basin evolution
Sequence stratigraphy
Carbonates
Clastics
Microbialites
Sequence stratigraphy
Biomarkers
Stratigraphic databases
Paleontology/Paleobiology
John Talent Symposium
Vertebrate paleontology
Geo-archaeology
Hominid evolution
International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
United Nations Convention Law of Sea
Mineral and Energy Resources
International Polar Year (IPY)
Marine geoscience
Marine minerals and energy resources in Oceania
Paleo-oceanography
Deep biosphere and ocean floor
Environmental changes, processes & effects
Marine Zone management
The roles of organisms in geological processes
Extremophile organisms
Biological involvement in ore formation
Biological processing in mineral production
Environmental geoscience
Earth system management
Environmental Dust
Innovative methods for mapping of groundwater and salinity
Groundwater modelling
Water management in mineral and energy resource production
Groundwater resources development & management
Regolith processes and landforms
Pedogenic carbonates
Exploring beneath regolith
Antarctic geoscience
Arctic geoscience
Mawson Centenary public lectures
International approaches for geohazards assessment & mitigation
Catastrophes and Earth history
Volcanology
Neotectonics
Seismic activity and paleoseismology
Role of women geoscientists in resource development
Symposia in honour of eminent geologists (various)
Millennium development goals
Geoengineering and climate change
Interface between geology & engineering geology
Geomechanics
Morphotectonics application pumped hydro
3D geology and modelling of urban infrastructure
Dimension stone / construction materials
Geoscience inputs to major infrastructure developments
Siting nuclear reactors and waste repositories
History of geosciences
Geology in tropical regions: A history
Historical perspective on geologists, resource exploration and
development
Major achievements in 20th century geology
General contributions in the history of geology
Geoarchaeology
Philosophy of Earth and environmental sciences
Geoheritage and society
Geo-culture and geo-ethics: influences on social behaviours
Geoscience education
How to communicate geology to the public
Geoscience awareness for human survival & welfare
Geosites &landscape: geotourism and geoparks
Geology and cultural heritage
Management strategies for significant geo-sites and geo-regions
Gemstones
Mineralogy
Experimental mineralogy
Advances in remote sensing
Thematic mapping and environmental monitoring
Geoscience spatial data infrastructures
and regional geoinformation
initiatives
Geology and INSPIRE
General contributions to geoscience information
Regional geoscience information developments
Looking for ground truth: manage non-digital data
Putting new life into old data - digital conversion
Information models, databases & architecture
Information exchange standards
The critical role of thesauri, vocabularies, ontologies and dictionaries
in digital systems
Metadata
Decision systems GIS & geoscience data society
Spatial data infra for geoscience information
Dynamic delivery of information: real time internet
Issues of disseminating digital geoscience data
Digital standards, security web-based databases
Progress to date and future plans
Supporting technology, tools and standards
Regional/national initiatives
Data analysis in the geosciences
Successful stories in geocomplexity: Non-linear
Geostatistical modelling complex geological systems
Advances in the evaluation and interpretation of geochemical data from
regional- to continental-scale surveys.
Soft computing methods in mathematical geology
Stochastic characterisation of rock masses
Texture (crystallographic) and anisotropy of rocks
Application of statistics in geosciences
Geomathematics\geoinformatics & remote sensing
Statistical tools for climate change evaluation
2D, 3D, 4D, nD Geoscience Information Systems
Moving geological surveys to a 3D culture
Uncertainty in GIS and 3D modelling
Visualisation and interaction through virtual reality
Quantitative mineral resources estimation
Mineral resources, fractals and chaos
RS/GIS applied in mineral exploration
Geoscience info synthesis for mineral prospectivity
Numerical modelling basins petroleum systems
Linking process models to environmental models
Contribution and opportunities remote sensed data:
Integrating geological and non-geological data
Information technology systems for geoscience
Free and open-source geospatial software
High performance computing grid simulation technology
Digital mapping techniques
Advance digital data capture in geo mapping
The chain of info workflow field to the end user
Collecting and managing 3rd party data
Other (catch-all for omissions)
Earth materials database
Nanogeoscience
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The following international groups are expected to host sessions at
the 34th International Geological Congress
Young Earth Scientists (YES) Network
International Consortium Geo Surveys (ICOGS)
EuroGeosurveys
Planet Earth Institute (from IYPE)
International Geological Program (IGCP)
International Lithosphere Program (ILP)
International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
Geoscience for Environmental Management (GEM)
Commission on Geoscience Education, Training & Technology Transfer
(COGE)
Commission on Management and Application of Geoscience
Information (CGI)
Commission on Tectonics and Structural Geology (TECTASK)
Task Group on Isotope Geology and Geochronology (TGIG)
IUGS Commission on History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO)
Task Group on Global Geochemical Baselines (TGGGB)
Task Group on Global Workforce (TGGW)
Geological Applications of Remote Sensing (GARS)
Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID)
International Association of Mathematical Geology (IAMG)
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)
Geological Society of America (GSA) International Section
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
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