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  • 简介:ThismeetingwasheldinthehistoriccityofDurham,northeasternEngland,8-10^thJuly,with145limestoneloversattendingfromallroundtheworld,somecamefromasfarafieldasAustralia,IndiaandJapan,andtherewere30fromNorthAmerica.ThisseriesofmeetingswasstartedbyRobinBathurstin1959andthefirst8wereheldinLiverpool,whereRobinwaslecturerandthenprofessorofgeology.Theaimhasalwaysbeentohaveasmallfocusedconferencewithplentyoftimefordiscussion.

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  • 简介:GeologicalresearchontheMediterraneanregionispresentlycharacterizedbythetransitionfromdisciplinarytomultidisciplinaryresearch,aswellasfromnationaltointernationalinvestigations.Inordertosynthesizeandintegratethevastdisciplinaryandnationaldatasetswhichareavailable,itisnecessarytoimplementmaximuminteractionamonggeoscientistsofdifferentbackgrounds.Thecreationofproject-orientedtaskforcesinuniversitiesandotherresearchinstitutions,aswellasthedevelopmentoflargeinternationalcooperationprograms,isinstrumentalinpursuingsuchamultidisciplinaryandsupranationalapproach.TheTRANSMEDAtlas,anofficialpublicationofthe32ndInternationalGeologicalCongress(Florence2004),istheresultofaninternationalscientificcooperationprogramwhichbroughttogetherforovertwoyearssixtythreestructuralgeologists,geophysicists,marinegeologists,petrologists,sedimentologists,stratigraphers,paleogeographers,andpetroleumgeologistscomingfromeighteencountries,andworkingforthepetroleumindustry,academia,andotherinstitutions,bothpublicandprivate.TheTRANSMEDAtlasprovidesanupdated,synthetic,andcoherentportrayaloftheoverallgeological-geophysicalstructureoftheMediterraneandomainandthesurroundingareas.TheinitialstimulusfortheAtlascamefromtherealizationoftheextremelyheterogeneousnatureoftheexistinggeological-geophysicaldataaboutsuchdomain.Thesedatahavebeengatheredbyuniversities,oilcompanies,geologicalsurveysandotherinstitutionsinseveralcountries,oftenusingdifferentproceduresandstandards.Inaddition,muchofthesedataarewritteninlanguagesandpublishedinoutletsthatarenotreadilyaccessibletothegeneralinternationalreader.Bysynthesizingandintegratingawealthofpreexistingandnewdataderivedfromsurficialgeology,seismicsectionsatvariousscales,andmantletomographies,theTRANSMEDAtlasprovidesforthefirsttimeacoherentgeologicaloverv

  • 标签: 地质构造 地中海 地球物理学 海洋沉降
  • 简介:IGCP421—""""""""NorthGondwanamid-Palaeozoicbioevent/biogeographypatternsinrelationtocrustaldynamics""""""""—wasdirectedtowardsanalysisofbioevents(especiallyglobalextinctionsandrecoveries),majorvariationinbiodiversity,andchangeinbiogeographicdifferentiationalongtheNorthGondwanacontinentalmarginduringthemid-Palaeozoic.Incidentaltothiswasintegrationofthesedatawiththebiofacies/lithofaciesdatabasefortheregioninpursuitofincreasedprecisioninstratigraphicalignmentsandimprovedpalaeogeographicandpalaeoclimatologicsyntheses.

  • 标签: 地壳动力学 冈瓦纳大陆 古生代 生物地理
  • 简介:In1997,IGCPProjectNo.410wasestablishedtoappraiseknownrecordsofOrdovicianbiotas,inordertoevaluateoneofthegreatest-everdiversificationsoflifeonEarth,between489and443millionyearsago.Datacollectionandanalysisofbiodiversitywerecoordinatedthroughsevenregionalteams,andaglobal“clade”team.

  • 标签: 奥陶纪 生物多样化 物种大爆发 古生物化石