[Sasnet] Fwd: Oslo IGC 33 Dark Nature Project: Natural hazards and Environmental Catastrophes in the late Holocene

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    Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:00:34 +0000
    From: Suzanne Leroy <suzanne.leroy at BRUNEL.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Suzanne Leroy <suzanne.leroy at BRUNEL.AC.UK>
 Subject: Oslo IGC 33 Dark Nature Project: Natural hazards and Environmental
Catastrophes in the late Holocene
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Call for participation to session GHZ-09
Dark Nature Project: Natural hazards and Environmental Catastrophes in the
late Holocene

The International Geological Congress, known as 33IGC, is scheduled for
Oslo, Norway, from August 6-14, 2008.
Scientists worldwide are encouraged to submit abstracts for the Dark Nature
symposium and participate in oral and poster sessions (description below).
Abstracts should be submitted through the IGC 33 web site by Feb. 29, 2008,
at 24:00. Please specify that your abstract is for Dark Nature, code GHZ-09

The conveners are:
- suzanne leroy <suzanne.leroy at brunel.ac.uk>
- alessandro michetti <michetti at fis.unico.it>
- leonello serva <serva at apat.it>

For information about abstract submission, meeting registration, and the IGC
33 science program, please visit http://www.33igc.org
<http://www.mymailout.com/MyMailout/Redirect.aspx?u=80635&amp;q=56593955&amp
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the 33IGC abstract submission page.

Session Abstract
 
Rapid and catastrophic environmental changes have helped shape our
civilisation. We know that some ancient civilisations have collapsed under
their impact, and we wonder if our society is better prepared. In order to
improve our preparedness we need to understand what is the full potential of
natural hazards (earthquakes, droughts, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis,
landslides, hurricanes, meteorites) to wreak damage. Emphasis has been put
in the last decades to societal impact of possible climatic changes.
However, the growth of modern megacities and the unprecedented dependency on
sophisticated technology makes, for instance, extreme seismically-induced
catastrophes much more likely than in the past.
A multidisciplinary approach is encouraged with geologists and geographers
working alongside historians, archaeologists meteorologists and physicists
in order to create more comprehensive and better understood
palaeo-reconstructions. The session will mainly consider sequences with
high-temporal resolution and robust dating. While high resolution will
enable us to detect changes at a societal scale, robust chronologies from
different archives are essential to be able to establish cause and effects.
This session not only explores natural catastrophic impacts that affect
people and ecosystems but also deals with recovery, either to a new, more
resilient status or a return to the previous situation.

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Prof. Suzanne A. G. Leroy,
Head of student research committee
Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, Uxbridge (West London),
Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK.
suzanne.leroy at brunel.ac.uk
direct: +44-1895-266087; fax: +44-1895-269736, secr: +44-1895-266543
homepage: www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/ife/staff/SuzanneLeroy
IGCP 490: www.mun.ca/canqua/igcp490/

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