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IGCP – The International Geoscience Programme History and Introduction…….. IGCP 418 (1998-2002) - Dr Tembo & strongly folded amphibolitic gneisses, Chongwe River, SE Zambia.
IGCP The International Geoscience Programme History and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
IGCP The International Geoscience Programme History and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
IGCP The International Geoscience Programme History and Introduction.. IGCP 418 (1998-2002) - Dr Tembo & strongly folded amphibolitic gneisses, Chongwe River, SE Zambia. IGCP Scientific Board Pioneers 1973 IGCP Project
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IGCP Project 429: Postgraduate Training Course during GEOCHIM 2000, Czech Republic
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Working Group 1 - Stratigraphy, Palaeontology, Sedimentology Working Group 2 - Quaternary, Environmental Fossil Fuels and Engineering Geosciences Working Group 3 - Mineral Deposits, Petrology, Volcanology, Geochemistry Working Group 4 - Geophysics, Tectonics, Structural Geology
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Some permanent legacies drawn from, or stimulated by the IGCP Projects IGCP 259 (1988- 1992) & IGCP 360 (1993- 1997) >> A Global Geochemical Database (1995) IUGS International Working Group on Medical Geology (1996) and IGCP 454 (2000- 2005) >> International Medical Geology Association (2005) IGCP 425 (1998- 2002) >> International Consortium on Landslides ( 2002) Journal supported by - UNESCO, WMO, Japanese Ministry of Education and Kyoto University
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The Five Themes
- Earth Resources: sustaining our society
(Reimar Seltmann, U.K.)
- Global change and the evolution of life: evidence from
the geological record (Patricia Vickers-Rich, Australia)
- Geohazards: mitigating the risks
(Manuel Sintubin, Belgium)
- Geoscience of the water cycle
- (Cheng Zhang, China)
- Deep Earth: how it controls our environment
- (Yildrim Dilek, USA)
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Climbing Aconcagua (Camp 2) during the IGCP-586Y summer campaign along the 32°40´S transect in 2010