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International Association of Geomorphologists
Newsletter no. 17 (3/2000)

IAG grants to attend the Fifth International Conference on Geomorphology

As announced in Newsletter 16 (3/1999) IAG will provide a number of partial grants for young geomorphologists who are planning to present a paper at the Congress in Tokyo in 2001. Application guidelines and application form are the same as those provided by the Conference Organisers in Japan to help individual scientists from developing countries. The complete application form (Form C in the 2nd Circular) plus the abstract of paper and a letter of reference must be submitted to the Conference Organisers by November 15, 2000. Please note that this is two weeks later than that advertised in the 2nd Circular, and is an absolute deadline.

Fifth International Conference on Geomorphology, Tokyo, 23-28 August, 2001

The Second Circular of the Conference was distributed in March to all preliminary registrants. Because of limited space, this Newsletter can only give a brief summary of the information in the Circular, and it is not possible to include the registration forms provided in the Circular (conference registration, hotel accommodation, field excursions, grant application, and abstract submission). For full information see the homepage of the 5th ICG. Use of the electronic forms for enrolment is highly recommended. Geomorphologists without access to the internet may receive a hard copy of the Second Circular on request by writing to the correspondence address below.

5th ICG homepage:

http://wwwsoc.nacsis.ac.jp/jgu/icg_hopa/indexicg.html

Correspondence address:

Fifth International Conference on Geomorphology,
c/o Convention Linkage, Inc. Akasaka-Nihon Bldg. 9-5-24,
Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052,
Japan.
Phone: +81-3-5770-5791, Fax: +81-3-5770-5532,
e-mail: 5icg@c-linkage.co.jp

Important dates

November 30, 2000: final date for registration for overseas field excursions.
December 20 / December 31, 2000: final date for submission of abstracts by air mail / by e-mail. Note: abstracts must be sent together with a complete registration form!
December 31, 2000: final date for early registration fees and deposit for field excursions (full cost for overseas field excursions).
March 2001: the Third Circular will be distributed to all who have registered.
March 31, 2001: final date for receipt of balance of field excursion costs.
June 30, 2001: final date for advance registration.
July 18, 2001: final date for hotel reservation.

Registration

In order to be able to participate in the 5th ICG, everyone must complete the registration form (Form A of the Second Circular) and transfer the necessary payment. Methods of payment are described in detail on the form. Registration Fees in Yen are as follows:

Note: Participants wanting to present a paper or poster must send the registration form and the registration fee together with an abstract before the deadline of abstract submission.

Hotel accommodation

The official travel agency for the conference, Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. (KNT), reserved rooms in four hotels located close to Korakuen campus, Chuo University. Rates per person and night range from 6.800 Yen to 13.200 Yen for single occupancy and from 4.400 Yen to 9.350 Yen for double occupancy. Cheaper accommodation (rates from 2.400 Yen to 3.100 Yen) is also available but at a greater distance from the venue.
For room reservation participants should fill in Form B in the Second Circular and send it directly to KNT. A copy of the bank receipt for the payment of the hotel deposit must be attached to the form. Hotel reservations are processed on a first-come first-served basis. There are no cancellation charges up to 14 days prior to the check-in date.

Structure of the conference

Additional events and business meetings:

Session topics

  1. Hillslope processes and hydrogeomorphology,
  2. Fluvial geomorphology and environments,
  3. Coastal geomorphology and environments,
  4. Glacial and periglacial geomorphology,
  5. Weathering and structural and rock control in geomorphology,
  6. Volcanic geomorphology and hazards,
  7. Tectonic geomorphology and earthquake hazards,
  8. Pedogeomorphology and environments,
  9. Quaternary environments, geochronometry and historical geomorphology,
  10. Anthropogenic and engineering geomorphology,
  11. Monograph and mapping in geomorphology,
  12. Landscape simulation,
  13. Macrogeomorphology and astrobleme,
  14. Theories, methods and techniques in geomorphology,
  15. Karst geomorphology,
  16. Others.

Symposia

S1: Rock control in geomorphological processes (T.Suzuki, K.Matsukura, Y.Tanaka),
S2: Rapid mass movements and related fluvial processes (H.Suwa, K.Okunishi),
S3: Debris flows (P.Wassmer),
S4: Slope-channel interactions (G.Brierley),
S5: Sediment transport through drainage system (T.Marutani, N.Trustrum, F.Nakamura),
S6: Large rivers (A.Gupta, E.Latrubesse),
S7: Fluvial geomorphological processes through time (J.Vandenberghe),
S8: Geomorphological significance of active faults and seismo-tectonics (A.Okada),
S9: Quaternary tectonics in large plains (B.Parkash),
S10: Surface and buried geomorphology of deep sea channel, canyon and deep sea fan; active margin vs passive margin (H.Tokuyama, S.Tani),
S11: Geomorphic responses to global change (T.Oguchi, H.Piegay, A.Jones),
S12: Lake and its drainage basin: geomorphic evolution by inland water (K.Chikita),
S13: Climato- and tectono-geomorphic changes and lake sediment information (K.Kashiwaya),
S14: Loess in the Quaternary (I.Smalley),
S15: High resolutional paleoclimatological implications of loess and aeolian dust record in the Quaternary (T.Naruse),
S16: High-resolution paleoenvironmental reconstructions and their interactions to archaeological events during the Holocene (K.Kashima),
S17: Laboratory approaches to geomorphological problems (H.Ikeda),
S18: Geomorphological consequences of large-scale anthropogenic transformation of Earth's surface (T.Okimura, T.Tamura),
S19: New concepts and modelling in geomorphology (I.S.Evans, R.Dikau, E.Tokunaga, H.Ohmori, M.Hirano),
S20: Geomorphometry, DEMs and GIS (R.J.Pike, M.Nogami, K.Saito, H.Masaharu),
S21: Interface between geomorphology and ecology (F.Nakamura, J.M.Dorave, T.Kikuchi),
S22: Geomorphic processes and riverine habitats (J.M.Dorave),
S23: Interaction between geomorphic changes and hydrological circulation (R.Sidle, Y.Onda),
S24: Glaciation and periglaciation of Asian high mountains (N.Matsuoka, T.Shiraiwa),
S25: Karst in a changing world: the response of Karst systems to tectonic events, changing climates, sea-levels, and human impact (P.Williams),
S26: Topographic hollow features (esp. as carbon sinks) (L.Coltrinari),
S27: Geomorphology of desert environments and desertification (X.Yang),
S28: The role of geomorphology in combating land degradation (A.Conacher).

Presentation of scientific communications

Each Regular or Student Registrant may present one oral paper and/or one poster. A camera-ready abstract must be submitted for each paper and poster, following the "instructions for preparation of abstracts" in the Second Circular. The submission deadline is December 20, 2000, for abstracts sent by air mail and December 31, 2000, for abstracts sent by e-mail. Authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their paper/poster by the conference organisers. All selected abstracts will be compiled and printed in an Abstracts Volume.
Time for presentation of oral papers will be 15 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of discussion. Each lecture room will be equipped with one overhead projector and one slide projector. The display surface for each poster will be two panels, each 1.2 m in height and 1.8 m in width.

Grants

The Organising Committee is trying to help individual scientists from developing countries to attend the conference by partially subsidising their expenses. The Second Circular provides an application form, which must be received by October 31, 2000.

Pre-Conference Excursions

Post-Conference Excursions (all excursions start on August, 29)

Overseas field excursions (note: final date for registration is November 30, 2000) One-Day Field Excursions during the Conference
    On August 27, 2001, there is a choice of 16 excursions (cost: 3.000 Yen each):
  1. Nikko (erosion control on stratovolcano, falls, lake, famous traditional shrine),
  2. Mito (coastal landform, coastal dune, marine terrace),
  3. Tsukuba academic city (national research facilities related to geomorphology),
  4. Tone river (man-made change of channel, channel morphology, riverside district),
  5. Boso peninsula (rock control on hills and valleys, coastal landform, marine terraces),
  6. Miura peninsula (coastal landform, raised benches, active faults),
  7. Kamakura and Enoshima (land-tied island, raised benches, old shrines and temples),
  8. Izu peninsula (coastal landform, volcanoes, active faults),
  9. Hakone volcano (caldera, fumarole, active faults, lake, hot springs),
  10. Tama hills (man-made land transformation, river terraces, ground water and springs),
  11. Sagami river (river terraces, tephrochronology),
  12. Fuji volcano (stratovolcano, lava flow, lakes, timber line),
  13. Kofu basin and Yatsugatake (alluvial fans, river terraces, gorge, volcanic mudflows),
  14. Chichibu basin (river terraces, past extraordinary flood),
  15. Asama (stratovolcano, lava flow, pyroclastic flows, plant succession),
  16. Ashio (devastated terrain due to copper refining, talus, gorge).

Exhibitions

Educational organisations and commercial organisations wishing to set up displays and sales facilities are requested to contact the Organising Committee.

Editor's Note

IAG welcomes contributions to future newsletters from any of our members. Please forward your contributions to

C. Embleton-Hamann, Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung der Universität Wien, Universitätsstr. 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria. E-mail: christine.embleton-hamann@univie.ac.at. Fax: (+43) 1 4277 9486.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOMORPHOLOGISTS

PRESIDENT: Prof. Olav Slaymaker, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z2, Canada. Fax: +1-604-82226150; E-mail: olav@geog.ubc.ca

VICE PRESIDENT: Prof. Mario Panizza, Dip. di Scienze della Terra, Universitá degli Studi di Modena, Largo S. Eufemia, 19, 41 100 Modena, Italia. Fax: +39-059-417399; E-mail: pit@unimo.it

SECRETARY GENERAL: Dr. Piotr Migon, Geographical Institute, University of Wroclaw, Pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wroclaw, Poland. Fax: +48-71-3435184; E-mail: migon@geogr.uni.wroc.pl

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