Images of the Earth's Crust & Upper Mantle

Updated: Nov 01, 2007

IGCP 474 News and Information

• Upcoming/proposed Meetings
• Reports
• Conference Abstracts
• Future Activities

Upcoming/Proposed Meetings

2008: Scientific Meetings

6-14 August, 2008
IGCP474 is assisting arranging a session at the 33rd International Geological Congress, which is being held in Oslo in 2008. For more information please visit their website or contact:
Dr Bruce Goleby: bruce.goleby@ ga .gov.au
Dr Randell Stephenson: randell.stephenson@falw.vu.nl

24-29 September, 2008
IGCP 474 will be partly sponsoring the 13th International Symposium on "Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and Their Margins". The symposium will be held in Finland. IGCP474 will be co-sponsoring a poster session at the symposium based on classic seismic imaging transects across terranes with global significance. For more information on the IGCP474 session at this conference, please contact:
Dr Bruce Goleby: bruce.goleby@ ga .gov.au

Reports

• IGCP Project 474 mission statement
• Initiation of the IGCP Project 474
• 10th International Symposium on Deep Structure of the Continents and their Margins, Taupo, New Zealand, January 2003
• IGCP Project 474 business plan
• IGCP Project 474 Symposium and Business Meeting, Menlo Park, 13-15 December 2003
• 11th International Symposium on Deep Structure of the Continents and their Margins, 26 Sept. – 1 Oct, 2004, Centre des Congres, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
• IGCP Project 474 business meeting, 2004
• Supercontinents and Earth Evolution Symposium, Fremantle, Western Australia, 26-30 September, 2005
• IGCP Project 474 business meeting, 2005

Conference abstracts

• 11^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, September - October 2004
• 10^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Taupo, January 2003
• 9^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Ulvik, June 2000
• 8^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Barcelona, September 1998
• 7^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins, Asilomar, September 1996
• I: General Results and New Methods
• II: A global survey
• 6^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Budapest, September 1994
• 5^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Banff, September 1992.
• 4^th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Bayreuth, September 1990
• 3^rd International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Canberra, July 1988
• 2^nd International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, Cambridge, July 1986
• 1^st International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Probing of the Continents and Their Margins, New York, June 1984

Future Activities

The IGCP Project 474 Executive Committee wish here to formally request that the IGCP/UNESCO/IUGC extend the term of the project by five years to cover the period 2008 to 2012.

Based on various reports both formal and informal (including IGCP Scientific Board assessments) the IGCP Project 474 Executive Committee believe that the project is demonstrably achieving its aim to provide ready access to images of the Earth’s basement geology and deep crust, and thus contribute to more informed debate on issues related to geological paradigms, tectonic processes, the natural environment, natural hazards and the sustainable use of natural resources including soil, water, energy and minerals.

The Executive Committee is in contact with a large community of geoscientists on all continents that have an interest in deep seismic imaging of the Earth’s crust and is aware of the applications of deep seismic profiling in developing a better understanding of the geological processes that have shaped the surface features of the Earth’s continents and its margins. This geoscience community is well able to channel information on the Earth’s crust to the project’s web site www.earthscrust.org and ensure that the material and information presented there is of the highest standard. We believe also that the wider geoscience community in academia, commercial enterprises and public education is benefiting from the efforts of the project.

The project’s connection with the series of biannual International Symposia on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins is firmly established and should continue for the foreseeable future with mutual advantages. At the 2006 project Business Meeting in Japan there was strong support for the continuation of the project beyond its current term of 2003 to 2007. In fact the meeting supported the proposition to continue the project for another term of five years until 2012 with stronger links to other or ga nisations such as IASPEI and ILP.

In the last year the project has demonstrated by its web site “hits” that it is beginning to be widely known and respected by the public and international community. This public support will only grow as the web site is steadily extended and improved with links to other appropriate sources of information. Having reached this point of wide public acceptance/use the Executive Committee would see a termination of the project at the end of 2007 by IGCP/UNESCO/IUGS as a retrograde step in its wider aims to link geoscience with the wider community. The project has the strong support of Geoscience Australia as host for its web site and we anticipate that this will continue.

The Executive Committee of the IGCP Project 474 request that IGCP/UNESCO/IUGS continue support for the project for the period 2008 to 2012 and that funding to at least the current level be continued to enable the project to fulfil its aims over that period.

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