International Association for Gondwana Research 2010 Annual Convention and Gondwana to Asia symposium, Qingdao, China

Abstract

The 2010 Annual Convention of the International Association for Gondwana Research and the 7th Gondwana to Asia symposium will be held in Qingdao, China during September 25–27, 2010, followed by post symposium field trips on 28th and 29th September 2010. The Conference will provide an excellent forum for scientists from various countries to present their recent research results and to exchange ideas related to a broad spectrum of geoscience themes. The field trips will offer spectacular exposures along the Sulu Belt and the Jiao–Liao–Ji Belt of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton and will include Mesozoic HP/UHP eclogites and Paleoproterozoic HP granulites in east Shandong Province, China. The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Ocean University of China (OUC), P.R. China, the International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR), National Natural Science Foundation of China, First Institute of Oceanology, Ministry of National Land and Resources, P.R. China, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Ministry of National Land and Resources, P.R. China, Northwest University, P. R. China and Key Lab of Submarine Geosciences and Exploration Techniques, Ministry of Education, P.R. China.