125th JGS: 2018 Sapporo

125th JGS: 2018 Sapporo

5-7 September 2018

Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Hokkaido University

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125th Anniversary International Symposium:

Geology for Society

6 September 2018

Conveners: Simon Wallis*（Univ. of Tokyo）， Michiko Yajima（Nihon Univ.）， Toru Takeshita（Hokkaido Univ.）

On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Geological Society of Japan （JGS）, the Society has reaffirmed the need for geological studies to respond to societal needs and help tackle globally important issues such as natural disasters, environmental problems, natural resources, and energy. Our symposium follows this theme and representatives of the five Geological Societies with which the JGS has official exchange agreements—Korea, Taiwan （Geological Society Located in Taipei）， Thailand, Mongolia, and London—will join representatives of the JGS, to give presentations explaining the ways in which geological studies interact with society, industry and the natural world in their respective countries and geographic areas. The aim of this symposium is to examine the current state of how geological studies contribute to society in areas with diverse natural and human environments and to deepen our mutual understanding of the directions in which geological studies need to develop in the future.

 

 

124th JGS: 2017 Matsuyama, EHIME

124th JGS: 2017 Matsuyama, EHIME

16-18 September 2017

Faculty of Sciences, Ehime University

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International Symposium:Paleoozoic Paleogeography of East Asia

18 September 2017

Conveners: Simon Wallis(Nagoya Univ.), Mark Williams(Leicester Univ.), Tatsuo Oji(Nagoya Univ.)

This session aims to bring together experts in the paleogeography of East Asia with special emphasis on the early Paleozoic. The main focus will be on the geology of Japan, but we will also present information from countries germane to elucidating the paleogeographical evolution of East Asia, such as Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and China. The methods presented will mainly focus on i) paleontology including the new results of recent studies and summaries of well-documented regions, and ii) geochronology, in particular U–Pb ages of detrital minerals. Some will be new research, some will be reviews of previous results. We think that trilobite studies are a previously under-used source of valuable information on paleogeography and intend to make this a special focus of the session. We hope to present the results of a review of trilobite collections from throughout Japan. This will be the first time information from all the substantial collections of trilobites in Japan has been brought together and assessed in the light of modern analytical techniques focussed on this group.