The China-Japan Joint Scientific Cooperation Program
International workshop (First Circular)
| Date | ２００４．１１．１５〜１７ |
| Place | Xi'an, China |
| Details | Environmental Processes
of East Eurasia: Past, Present
and Future China-Japan Joint Scientific Cooperation Program International Conference (First Circular) Conference Rationale: Terrestrial environment is an important entity in the function of the Earth System through its interaction with the Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere and biosphere, as well as with human activities. Since the Second World War, the study of oceanic environments has achieved considerable success, while an understanding of the function and the complexity of terrestrial environments, over a variety of time-scales, remains a fundamental challenge. East Eurasia extends from low to high latitudes, encompasses the Tibetan Plateau and the Loess Plateau, and abuts the Pacific, Arctic and Indian Oceans. This vast region has a climate regime ranging from monsoonal in the east to arid in the west. Its geographical range encompasses the impacts of Westerly, Monsoonal and ITCZ climatic influences and ENSO activity. The evolution and dynamics of the monsoonal-arid environments not only drive the Earth surface processes and function of East Eurasia, but have substantial implications for global-scale environmental changes. A number of continental environmental drilling projects (Lake Qinghai, Lake Baikal, Lake Hovsgol, etc.) are presently in progress or will be undertaken to obtain high resolution environmental records for different time scales, for East Eurasia. The results of the studies will not only substantially enhance the scientific understanding of the evolution of the East Eurasian environment, but will also contribute to the development of predictive frameworks to support informed decision making and practical applications. This conference aims to analyze, compare, synthesize and integrate the high resolution terrestrial environmental records of the Late Cenozoic; to improve the understanding of the evolution of the characteristics and patterns of the environments, at time scales ranging from 100 to 106 years; to discuss possible driving mechanisms for environmental changes at different time scales based on present-day environmental observational data and dynamic process modeling; and to predict the direction of future environmental changes. This conference will review the achievements of continental environmental drilling and subsequent interpretative studies; the interactions of the terrestrial environment with other spheres of the Earth System; the relationships between regional and global environments; and the environmental impacts of human activities. Scientists from developing countries, early career scientists and research students are encouraged to participate in this conference and to contribute to the advancement of the study of the environmental processes of East Eurasia. Themes of the Conference： 1. Late Cenozoic 104-106 years scale geo-bio records of Eurasia environmental changes and interpretation 2. Recent environment processes and 100-103 years scale high resolution records of environmental change and interpretation 3. Observation of recent east Eurasia environmental processes and data base 4. Synthesis, modeling and tendency prediction of terrestrial environment change 5. Focus and directions of future studies Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Kanazawa University (21C COE Program, Inst. Nature & Environ. Tech.), Japan Nagoya University (21C COE Program), Japan Organized by Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, IEECAS Kanazawa University (21C COE Progr., Inst. Nature & Environ. Tech.), Japan Nagoya University (21C COE Progr.), Japan Scientific Committee: (In alphabet order) Chinese An Zhisheng Institute of Earth Environment, CAS Cheng Yiyu Natural Science Foundation of China Li Jiayang Chinese Academy of Sciences Liu Yanhua Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Qin Dahe China Meteorological Administration Sun Shu Chinese Academy of Sciences Sun Honglie Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS Xu Zhiqin Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Liu Jiaqi Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS Overseas T. S. Ahn Kangwon National University, Korea R. Bradley University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA K. Kashiwaya Kanazawa University, Japan T. Kawai Nagoya University, Japan J. Y. Kim Korea Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Korea C. Koeberl University of Vienna, Austria M. I. Kuzmin Institute of Geochemistry, RAS, Russia K. Minoura Tohoku University, Japan P. Molnar University of Colorado, USA H. Oberhaensli GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany F. Riedel Free University Berlin, Germany O. Tomurtogoo Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, MAS, Mongolia M. Khomutova Institute of Geochemistry, RAS, Russia D. Tomurkhuu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, MAS, Mongolia Organizing Committee An Zhisheng (chair) Institute of Earth Environment, CAS K. Kashiwaya (co-chair.) Kanazawa University, Japan T. Kawai (co-chair.) Nagoya University, Japan Member: Chai Yucheng National Natural Science Foundation Cheng Guangxu Xi’an Jiaotong University Ding Zhongli Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS Fan Weimin CAS Bureau of Science and Technology for Resources and the Environment Guo Zhengtang Institute of Earth Environment, CAS Lu Huayu Institute of Earth Environment, CAS Shi Peijun Beijing Normal University Zhang Peizhen Institute of Geology, China Seismological Bureau Zhang Xiaolei Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS Zhou Liping Beijing University Zhou Weijian Institute of Earth Environment, CAS Shen Ji Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology Secretariat ： Secretary General： Zhou Weijian Institute of Earth Environment, CAS Secretary： (Domestic contact) Chang Hong Institute of Earth Environment, CAS (Overseas Contact) Ai Li Institute of Earth Environment, CAS |
