Chapman Conference on
Continent-Ocean Interactions within the East Asian Marginal Seas
The Bahia Resort in San Diego, CA

11-14 November 2002

Conveners
Scientific Committee
Conference Objective
Format
Conference Program
Abstracts
Travel Support
Registration
Hotel Accommodations
Meeting Location and Facility
Further Information

Conveners

Scientific Committee

• Peter Clift, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
• Pinxian Wang, Tonji University, Shanghai, P.R. China
• Dennis Hayes, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY
• Yoshiki Saito, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan
• John Milliman, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, VA
• Char-Shine Liu, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Steven Dorobek, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• S. K. Chough, Seoul National University, Korea
• Jason Ali, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
• Joe Lambiase, University of Brunei, Brunei
• Cung Thuong Chi, Institute of Geological Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Robert Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
• Anne Briais, UniversitŽ de Montpellier, France
• Wolfgang Kunht, University of Kiel, Germany

Conference Objectives
The marginal seas of the Asian continent represent natural laboratories for the study of a wide variety of geologic processes, that are of strong interest to the broad AGU community. These basins form the transition between the world's largest continent and largest ocean and are major repositories of information on the interaction between the two within the tectonic, geologic and climatic spheres. In this meeting we propose to bring together an international and multi-disciplinary group of ocean and earth sciences to examine the origin and development of these basins. We especially hope to foster interaction between normally separate communities such as tectonic and oceanographic workers. . The meeting will focus on the Andaman Sea, the South China Sea and its associated Malaysian basins, the East China Sea, the Okinawa Trough, the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. Together these form a series of major basins whose origins may be related and whose development is linked directly to the tectonic evolution of continental Asia. The possibility of direct onshore-offshore correlation is what makes this region especially attractive for study, and unique from the oceanic marginal basins of the SW Pacific. Understanding how the evolution of Asia and the Pacific Ocean affects the marginal seas is the key goal of the meeting. In addition, we aim to examine solid earth-climatic coupling in this region.

Format of the four day meeting

Travel Support: Application Deadline is 1 June 2002
Applications are being made to several U.S. agencies to support travel for a limited number of conference participants. Graduate students and young scientists will receive priority for funding.

To apply for travel funds, please print and complete the Chapman Conference Travel Grant Application, and return it to the AGU Meetings Department by 1 June 2002.

The registration fee for this conference is $225, student fee is $150. Use the online form to register for this meeting. Return the form by 1 November to register.

Special AGU group rates, $135 single and $150 double occupancy, have been reserved for you for a limited time, but only until all group rooms have been allocated or until 10 October 2002, the AGU cut-off date, whichever comes first. These special AGU group rates are also valid before and after the meeting dates based on availability.

Deadline for reservations is 10/10/02. Book your reservations early. All reservations require a deposit or credit card guarantee to hold them and they may be canceled, without penalties up until 24 hours of your arrival date.

Below is the hotel's quick and easy online reservation form or you may call the hotel's Central Reservations Department Toll free from within the U.S.A. at 1-800-576-4229.

Toll Free from Canada call: 1-800-233-8172 / Toll Free from Mexico call: 1-800-288-0740

From Europe/Asia/Australia/South America the hotel can be reached at 1-858-488-0551 or You may fax the hotel your reservation at 1-858-488-1387.

 Meeting Location and Facility

• The hotel, Bahia Resort - http://www.bahiahotel.com/
• The city, San Diego - http://www.sandiego.org/
• The San Diego airport - http://www.portofsandiego.org/sandiego_airport/index.html

Bahia Hotel recommended airport shuttle - http://www.cloud9shuttle.com/. (Special rate offered to Bahia Hotel guests)

Further Information
Additional information and program information as the conference topics are developed will be available on the AGU Website - www.agu.org/meetings/chapman.html.

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