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International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) 2015 annual convention and 12th international symposium on Gondwana to Asia: A report
Gondwana Research 31 (2016) 319–322
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Conference report
International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) 2015 annual convention and 12th international symposium on Gondwana to Asia: A report Wenjiao Xiao a,b,⁎, Stephen T. Johnston c a b c
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Urumqi 830011, China Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing 100029, China Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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Article history: Received 15 November 2015 Accepted 15 November 2015 Available online 30 November 2015
a b s t r a c t International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) 2015 Annual Convention and 12th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia were held at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, during October 21–23, 2015.
The 2015 Annual Convention of the International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) and 12th international symposium on Gondwana to Asia were held at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, during October 21–23, 2015. The organizing team was led by Prof. Toshiaki Tsunogae the University of Tsukuba. The conference was attended by 95 participants, and included earth scientists from China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Japan, Algeria, Korea, Russia, India, Turkey, USA, Canada, Australia, Nigeria, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (Fig. 1). The conference started on October 22 with a welcome address from Prof. M. Santosh, IAGR Secretary General, and an Inaugural address from Prof. Hayashi Ken-Ichiro, Head of the Department of Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba. The president of IAGR, Prof. Guochun Zhao from the University of Hong Kong chaired. The 2015 conference addressed a wide range of topics related to supercontinent tectonics in general and Gondwana–Asia in particular. The conference was scientifically subdivided into four technical sessions: 1) Gondwana amalgamation and supercontinent tectonics; 2) convergent margin tectonics and geophysics; 3) continental constructions in Central and East Asia; and 4) magmatism and metallogeny. The posters were organized into the same four categories, and were available for viewing at lunchtime and later afternoon after oral sessions. Each oral session had one or more keynote presentations. The keynote speakers in the session on Gondwana amalgamation and supercontinent tectonics included Prof. M. Santosh, who talked about the ultra-hot Gondwana crust; Prof. Joseph G. Meert from University of Florida, USA, who provided a wide-ranging keynote talk on links be-
⁎ Corresponding author at: Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Urumqi 830011, China. E-mail address: [email protected] (W. Xiao).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.11.003
tween biological, geophysical and tectonic transitions during the assembly of Gondwana; and Prof. Stephen Johnston from University of Alberta, Canada, who spoke about Variscan oroclines and their implications for the paleogeography of Gondwana and Pangea. Prof. Yunpeng Dong, from Northwest University, China, and Prof. Dapeng Zhao from Tohoku University, Japan, presented the keynote talks for the session on Convergent margin tectonics and geophysics. Prof. Dong talked about the tectonic architecture and multiple orogenies of the Qinling Orogenic Belt of Central China, while Prof. Zhao discussed seismic topography and mantle dynamics, and speculated on the origin of intracontinental magmatism, including the Changbai volcano. Two keynote speakers, Dr. Inna Safonova from Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberia Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Wenjiao Xiao from Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave their talks in the session of Continental constructions in Central and East Asia. Dr. Safonova discussed a new approach, based on ocean plate stratigraphy, petrology and geochemistry, for recognition of OIB and MORB basaltic rocks in accretionary complexes. Dr. Xiao presented recent research in the Iranian plateau, with emphasis on the accretionary and collisional tectonics of SW Iran, and on the difficulties in determining the timing of continental collision within orogens. The final session, on Magmatism and metallogeny, included a keynote talk by Prof. Shengrong Li from China University of Geosciences (Beijing). Dr. Li's topic was the Jiaodong type gold deposits and how they constitute a metallogenic response to craton destruction. In association with the metallogenic session, Dr. Richard Goldfarb from Geological Survey of USA (USGS) talked about Carlin-type gold deposits and the difficulty in recognizing them in China. There were about 56 posters subdivided between the four different sessions. During lunchtime and later afternoon, after the oral sessions,
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Fig. 1. Group photo in front the main audience hall of the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Fig. 2. Mr. Li Tang (right) from China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Miss Minako Iinuma (middle) from the University of Tsukuba, and Mr. Zakaria Boukhalfa (left) from Astrophysics Astronomy and Geophysics Research Center, Algeria, who won the best poster award.
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Fig. 3. Participants enjoying the Mineoka ophiolitic mélange and surrounding Neogene accretionary complexes in Boso Peninsula.
all participants gathered in front of the posters, and held active discussions. An judging committee was responsible for choosing the best poster. Mr. Li Tang from China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Miss Minako Iinuma from the University of Tsukuba, and Mr. Zakaria Boukhalfa from Astrophysics Astronomy and Geophysics Research Center, Algeria, won the best poster awards (Fig. 2). The conference was followed, on October 24th and 25th, by a twoday field trip to the Boso Peninsula to see the Neogene Mineoka ophiolite belt, and the associated mélange and accretionary complexes. The field trip was led by Prof. Yujiro Ogawa from University of Tsukuba. Professor Ogawa and his students have been working on the tectonics of the Boso Peninsula for many years. Various ophiolitic rocks, including pillow lava, dolerite, amphibolite and chert, are exposed along the coastal area around Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture. Accretionary prism rocks consisting of highly imbricated sandstone sequences were exposed in terraces uplifted during historical mega-earthquakes, including the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. In addition to Prof. Ogawa's presentations at each of the outcrops, Prof. Santosh explained to the young scientists and post-graduate students how to interpret accretionary complexes by the application of ocean plate stratigraphy (Fig. 3).
During the conference, several business meetings were held, such as the IAGR General Assembly, IAGR Executive Council Meeting, and Gondwana Research Editorial Board Meeting. Also there was a special ceremony for Gondwana Research 2014 Best Paper Award, and the winner Dr. Xianhua Li from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences received the medal, citation and certificates on behalf of the co-authors (Fig. 4). The social high-lights of the meeting included the Ice Breaker prior to the start of the conference, and the banquet that followed the first day of the meeting. The banquet will be remembered for the music, as participants serenaded us with songs representative of their countries. At the dinner on the first night of the field trip, the graduate students provided excellent accounts of all that they had learned during that days' field trip. The IAGR annual convention and international conference provided us with important opportunities to meet with renowned geoscientists and to exchange scientific ideas, and furnished us with a venue for the pursuit of excellence in our academic and scientific quest to better understand the evolution of Gondwana. The next IAGR conference will be held in Trivandrum, India in 2016.
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Fig. 4. Dr. Xianhua Li from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences who won the Gondwana Research 2014 Best Paper Award.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Gondwana Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gr
Conference report
International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) 2015 annual convention and 12th international symposium on Gondwana to Asia: A report Wenjiao Xiao a,b,⁎, Stephen T. Johnston c a b c
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Urumqi 830011, China Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing 100029, China Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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Article history: Received 15 November 2015 Accepted 15 November 2015 Available online 30 November 2015
a b s t r a c t International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) 2015 Annual Convention and 12th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia were held at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, during October 21–23, 2015.
The 2015 Annual Convention of the International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) and 12th international symposium on Gondwana to Asia were held at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, during October 21–23, 2015. The organizing team was led by Prof. Toshiaki Tsunogae the University of Tsukuba. The conference was attended by 95 participants, and included earth scientists from China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Japan, Algeria, Korea, Russia, India, Turkey, USA, Canada, Australia, Nigeria, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (Fig. 1). The conference started on October 22 with a welcome address from Prof. M. Santosh, IAGR Secretary General, and an Inaugural address from Prof. Hayashi Ken-Ichiro, Head of the Department of Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba. The president of IAGR, Prof. Guochun Zhao from the University of Hong Kong chaired. The 2015 conference addressed a wide range of topics related to supercontinent tectonics in general and Gondwana–Asia in particular. The conference was scientifically subdivided into four technical sessions: 1) Gondwana amalgamation and supercontinent tectonics; 2) convergent margin tectonics and geophysics; 3) continental constructions in Central and East Asia; and 4) magmatism and metallogeny. The posters were organized into the same four categories, and were available for viewing at lunchtime and later afternoon after oral sessions. Each oral session had one or more keynote presentations. The keynote speakers in the session on Gondwana amalgamation and supercontinent tectonics included Prof. M. Santosh, who talked about the ultra-hot Gondwana crust; Prof. Joseph G. Meert from University of Florida, USA, who provided a wide-ranging keynote talk on links be-
⁎ Corresponding author at: Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Urumqi 830011, China. E-mail address: [email protected] (W. Xiao).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.11.003
tween biological, geophysical and tectonic transitions during the assembly of Gondwana; and Prof. Stephen Johnston from University of Alberta, Canada, who spoke about Variscan oroclines and their implications for the paleogeography of Gondwana and Pangea. Prof. Yunpeng Dong, from Northwest University, China, and Prof. Dapeng Zhao from Tohoku University, Japan, presented the keynote talks for the session on Convergent margin tectonics and geophysics. Prof. Dong talked about the tectonic architecture and multiple orogenies of the Qinling Orogenic Belt of Central China, while Prof. Zhao discussed seismic topography and mantle dynamics, and speculated on the origin of intracontinental magmatism, including the Changbai volcano. Two keynote speakers, Dr. Inna Safonova from Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberia Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Wenjiao Xiao from Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave their talks in the session of Continental constructions in Central and East Asia. Dr. Safonova discussed a new approach, based on ocean plate stratigraphy, petrology and geochemistry, for recognition of OIB and MORB basaltic rocks in accretionary complexes. Dr. Xiao presented recent research in the Iranian plateau, with emphasis on the accretionary and collisional tectonics of SW Iran, and on the difficulties in determining the timing of continental collision within orogens. The final session, on Magmatism and metallogeny, included a keynote talk by Prof. Shengrong Li from China University of Geosciences (Beijing). Dr. Li's topic was the Jiaodong type gold deposits and how they constitute a metallogenic response to craton destruction. In association with the metallogenic session, Dr. Richard Goldfarb from Geological Survey of USA (USGS) talked about Carlin-type gold deposits and the difficulty in recognizing them in China. There were about 56 posters subdivided between the four different sessions. During lunchtime and later afternoon, after the oral sessions,
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Fig. 1. Group photo in front the main audience hall of the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Fig. 2. Mr. Li Tang (right) from China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Miss Minako Iinuma (middle) from the University of Tsukuba, and Mr. Zakaria Boukhalfa (left) from Astrophysics Astronomy and Geophysics Research Center, Algeria, who won the best poster award.
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Fig. 3. Participants enjoying the Mineoka ophiolitic mélange and surrounding Neogene accretionary complexes in Boso Peninsula.
all participants gathered in front of the posters, and held active discussions. An judging committee was responsible for choosing the best poster. Mr. Li Tang from China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Miss Minako Iinuma from the University of Tsukuba, and Mr. Zakaria Boukhalfa from Astrophysics Astronomy and Geophysics Research Center, Algeria, won the best poster awards (Fig. 2). The conference was followed, on October 24th and 25th, by a twoday field trip to the Boso Peninsula to see the Neogene Mineoka ophiolite belt, and the associated mélange and accretionary complexes. The field trip was led by Prof. Yujiro Ogawa from University of Tsukuba. Professor Ogawa and his students have been working on the tectonics of the Boso Peninsula for many years. Various ophiolitic rocks, including pillow lava, dolerite, amphibolite and chert, are exposed along the coastal area around Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture. Accretionary prism rocks consisting of highly imbricated sandstone sequences were exposed in terraces uplifted during historical mega-earthquakes, including the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. In addition to Prof. Ogawa's presentations at each of the outcrops, Prof. Santosh explained to the young scientists and post-graduate students how to interpret accretionary complexes by the application of ocean plate stratigraphy (Fig. 3).
During the conference, several business meetings were held, such as the IAGR General Assembly, IAGR Executive Council Meeting, and Gondwana Research Editorial Board Meeting. Also there was a special ceremony for Gondwana Research 2014 Best Paper Award, and the winner Dr. Xianhua Li from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences received the medal, citation and certificates on behalf of the co-authors (Fig. 4). The social high-lights of the meeting included the Ice Breaker prior to the start of the conference, and the banquet that followed the first day of the meeting. The banquet will be remembered for the music, as participants serenaded us with songs representative of their countries. At the dinner on the first night of the field trip, the graduate students provided excellent accounts of all that they had learned during that days' field trip. The IAGR annual convention and international conference provided us with important opportunities to meet with renowned geoscientists and to exchange scientific ideas, and furnished us with a venue for the pursuit of excellence in our academic and scientific quest to better understand the evolution of Gondwana. The next IAGR conference will be held in Trivandrum, India in 2016.
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Fig. 4. Dr. Xianhua Li from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences who won the Gondwana Research 2014 Best Paper Award.