CALL FOR PAPERS
Within the XVI INQUA Congress, to be held on July 23-30, 2003, in
Reno, Nevada, USA, the INQUA Subcommission on
Paleoseismicity is sponsoring a Symposium (Alessandro M.
Michetti and Steve Wesnousky, Convenors) and complementary
Poster Session (Franck Audemard, Shmulik Marco, Jim McCalpin,
Convenors) on "Paleoseismology in the twenty-first century, a
global perspective".
The location of the Congress is meaningful for an earthquake
geologist, and for the global perspective of this Symposium. The
Basin and Range Province is one of the "cradles" of
paleoseismology. This Symposium is therefore intended to review
the state-of-art and the future directions in Paleoseismology,
starting from an overview and celebration of the pioneering
contribution of two "fathers" of modern Paleoseismology, very
active in the study of the Basin and Range (paleo)earthquakes:
Bob Wallace and Burt Slemmons; something like "from tradition to
the new millennium...."
In this line, the Symposium emphasis is on the research fields and
concepts that are most innovative for the understanding of role
played by earthquakes in the landscape evolution of a region. The
comparison among different Quaternary geology, climatic and
tectonic environments, guaranteed by the widely international and
cross-disciplinary participation at the INQUA Congress, will
illustrate the resolution that paleoseismological analyses have
attained in detecting the signal of the seismicity in the local
topography and stratigraphy. Therefore, we very much welcome the
submission of abstracts dealing with A) the understanding of past
earthquakes through the study of Quaternary geology, and B) the
use of earthquake ground effects and paleoseismic data for
seismic hazard assessment, in particular from the point of view of
the design criteria for critical facilities.
Further details on abstract submission and registration can be
found at the conference website: http://inqua2003.dri.edu/
We hope you will consider contributing, and we look forward to
meeting you in Reno. In the mean time, I take this opportunity to
wish you BUON NATALE!! , Merry Christmas and a Happy 2003.
Alessandro M. Michetti
PS - Excuse for multiple postings
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Alessandro Maria Michetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Fisiche Matematiche
Università dell'Insubria
Via Valleggio, 11, 22100, Como, Italia
direct calls: +039 031 326215
fax: +039 031 326230
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