Apologies for multiple/cross-postings, but I would like to draw your attention to the following session at ISAES XI in Edinburgh 10-16 July 2011 and invite you to submit an abstract:
28. Uncovering the continent (http://www.isaes2011.org.uk/sessions.html#theme28)
Convenor: Alan Vaughan
Although 1/9 of the Earth's continental area, most of Antarctica is hidden beneath the ice. The age and history of much of Antarctic lithosphere, and even how many tectonic plates make it up, are questions that remain unanswered. The geological and physical properties of its buried foundation are largely unknown. However, new and fundamental insights are coming from recent investigations of the Gamburtsev Mountains, the West Antarctic Rift System, the many sedimentary basins in East Antarctica, the Precambrian suture lines that stitch the continent together, the sub-ice topography, and continental heatflow. We still need a better geological and geophysical understanding of Antarctica to answer questions of the topographic and geological control on ice sheet evolution and the earliest history of the Antarctic ice sheets. To do this, a range of scientific methodologies are being applied to peer beneath the ice, including satellite and airborne geophysics, spectral analysis and altimetry, heatflow and detrital mineral studies. This session proposal seeks to invite submissions on all aspects of the sub-ice geological and physical properties of Antarctica.
Funding support is available for early career scientists
http://www.isaes2011.org.uk/earlycareer.html
The deadline for abstract submissions is 31 March 2011, and you can submit an abstract and/or register for the meeting at:
http://www.intel-events.co.uk/events/registration_single2.php?Event_Id=ISAES
You can browse through all the sessions at:
http://www.isaes2011.org.uk/sessions.html
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any queries
Dr. Alan P.M. Vaughan
Workpackage Manager Continental Interiors
(Earth Sciences editor - Antarctic Science)
Environmental Change and Evolution
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Madingley Rd.
Cambridge CB3 0ET
UK
Tel. -44-1223-221419
Fax -44-1223-362616
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/staff-profiles/template.php?user=apmva
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