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Standing Scientific Group on GeoSciences (SSG-GS)
XXX SCAR SSG Meeting, 5-7 July 2008, St Petersburg, Russia
- Report of SSG-GS Meeting
- List of Attendees at the Meeting (updated 1 December 2008)
People in SCAR GeoSciences
Recommendations from GeoSciences
Reports & Articles
- "Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World - Online Proceedings for the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences", Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.-August 26 to September 1, 2007. Edited by Alan Cooper, Carol Raymond, and the 10th ISAES Editorial Team.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1047 Version 2.0 (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/). Also available in the Book Proceedings with DVD from The National Academies Press (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12168). The publications include 11 keynote papers, 109 short research papers, 217 extended abstracts, 3 meeting and workshop reports and the symposium program book. All are available for free download in PDF format. - GeoSciences Report to XXVIII SCAR, July 2004 (to be posted when located)
- GeoSciences Report to XXIX SCAR, July 2006
- GeoSciences Report to XXX SCAR, July 2008 (not ready yet)
Action Groups
- Acoustics in the Marine Environment Contact: Phil O'Brien (phil.o'brien@ga.gov.au)
- GPS for Weather and Space Weather Forecasting (GWSWF) (Cross SSGs Group)
- Cold Seeps and Hydrothermal Mounds (CSHM) (Cross SSGs Group)
- King George Island Science Coordination Group (cross-SSGs initiative) Contact: Colin Summerhayes (cps32@cam.ac.uk)
Expert Groups
- Geospatial Information- Geodesy (GIANT) Contact: Gary Johnston (Gary.Johnston@ga.gov.au)
- Permafrost and Periglacial Environments (PPE) and Antarctic Permafrost And Soils (ANTPAS)
- International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO)
- Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project (ADMAP)
- Sub-Ice Geological Exploration (SIeGE) Contact: Bryan Storey (bryan.storey@canterbury.ac.nz)
- Antarctic Neotectonics (ANTEC): The activities of this group have been absorbed within the IPY POLENET Programme, which can be accessed via the POLENET website
Scientific Research Programmes within SSG-GS:
Scientific Programme Planning Group
- Solid Earth Responses and Influences on Cryosphere Evolution (SERCE) Contact: Terry Wilson (twilson@mps.ohio-state.edu)
Data and Information Services
- Seismic Data Library System (SDLS) - responsible: Alan Cooper (US Geological Survey).
- Geodetic Data including: master index for antarctic positional control; geophysical and geodetic observatories; and Geodetic Control Database; responsible: Reinhard Dietrich (Germany).
- Antarctic Bedrock Mapping (BEDMAP) - responsible: Alexander Paul R. Cooper (BAS UK).
- International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) - responsible: Norbert Ott (AWI Germany).
- Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project (ADMAP) - responsible: Marta Ghidella (Argentina).
GeoSciences Newsletters: GEOREACH
Partnerships and Co-Sponsorships
IPA - International Permafrost Association
The SCAR Permafrost and Periglacial Environments (PPE) Expert Group is co-sponsored by SCAR and the IPA. See the related website on Antarctic Permafrost And Soils (ANTPAS).
Meetings
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International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES)
The International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science (ISAES) is a major international Antarctic Geoscience meeting convened once every 4 years that brings together ~400 scientists from over 35 countries. The topic for the 10th meeting in Santa Barbara, 26 August to 1 September 2007, was 'Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World'. See group photograph. The conference proceedings are already published (see Reports and Articles above). The 11th meeting will be planned during the XXX SCAR meeting in July 2008.
