Location: Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Web: http://www.agu.org/meetings/wp10/index.php
Includes the following sessions:
V04: Large Igneous Provinces: recent developments and ways forward
Convenors: Gregory Shellnutt (jgshelln@earth.sinica.edu.tw), Kwan-Nang Pang (mailto:knpang@ntu.edu.tw)
During the last four decades there has been substantial interest in large igneous provinces (LIP). LIP research began to blossom in association with mantle plume theory which has led to exciting new discoveries that challenge our perceptions of the formation of the crust. Studies on LIPs have improved the scientific understanding of volcanic effusion rates, mineral deposits, crustal growth and catastrophic ecosystem collapse. This session is aimed at geochemists, petrologists, economic geologists and geophysicists to present new results with emphasis on sub-aerial and sub-marine large igneous province of the Asia-Pacific region.
V08: Volcanism and environmental change
Convenors: Susanne Straub (smstraub@ldeo.columbia.edu), Chang-Hwa Chen (china@earth.sinica.edu.tw)
Earth history provides rich testimony that volcanism influences the evolution of the habitable Earth. Single large volcanic eruptions may trigger landslides and tsumanis, and lower global temperatures causing famine. Volcanic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may have influenced glacial cycles in concert with other pacers of environmental change. Plateau-forming volcanism formed may have altered ocean circulation patterns and ocean chemistry, and erased some species. We invite contributions from basic and applied research that shed light on the mechanisms by which volcanism and volcanic processes shape and change the habitable environment on Earth.