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Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract to our session: *Eurasian Climate and Tectonics* http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/session/2980 At the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010 (EGU2010), 02 May 2010 - 07 May 2010, Vienna, Austria. The deadline for the receipt of Abstracts is 18 Jan 2010. In case you would like to apply for support please submit no later than 04 Dec 2009. (see http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/support_and_distinction/financial_support.html) Session details:* Eurasian Climate and Tectonics* Co sponsored TS4.3/CL1.1/GD2.5/GM5.5/SSP1.5/MRPG8 Convener: G. Dupont-Nivet Co-Conveners: P.A. van der Beek, H. Abels This session will gather scientists from trandisciplinary backgrounds (geodynamics, tectonics, climate modelling, thermochronology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, paleoclimatology, paleontology, geophysicists….) that are working to understand interactions between climate and tectonics in the ideal natural laboratory of Eurasia. The interplay between climate and tectonics in the context of Eurasian geodynamics and associated orogens (e.g. Alps, Zagros, Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau, Tian Shan, Gobi-Altai…) belong to the most significant and fascinating issues of Earth sciences. Major paleoenvironmental changes such as continental aridification and monsoon intensification are generally attributed to surface uplift and/or to land–sea redistributions (e.g. Paratethys retreat) associated with Eurasian tectonics (e.g. Indo-Asia collision). Moreover, global Cenozoic cooling with decreasing atmospheric CO2 levels has been attributed to erosion of the uplifting mountain ranges, following Tethyan subductions and the onset of continental collisions. On the other hand, recent findings suggest that monsoons and global climate have had a prevailing role in denudation rates shaping Eurasian orogens, in altering Asian environments and in triggering biotic events. These results challenge the geosciences community to establish unequivocal relationships between tectonism, global climate and major environmental changes in Eurasia. You are cordially invited to browse through the Sessions at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/sessionprogramme Using this link you are asked to log in to the Copernicus Office Meeting Organizer. You may submit the text of your contribution as plain text, LaTeX, or MS Word content. Please pay attention to the First Author Rule as described at: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html -- Guillaume Dupont-Nivet Paleomagnetic Laboratory - "Fort Hoofddijk" Faculty of Geociences - Utrecht University Budapestlaan 17 3584 CD Utrecht The Netherlands Phone: 31-(0)30-253-1672 http://www.geo.uu.nl/~forth/people/Guillaume