4th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA days) 9-15 October 2013 Aachen/Germany
About
In 2013 we will organize the 4th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA days) in Western Germany. The last three meetings in Spain (2009), Greece (2011), and Mexico (2012) brought together more than 250 international scientists from earthquake geology and all neighbouring disciplines. We have seen fruitful and intense discussions, we kicked off dozens of joint projects and we started international collaborations and initiatives to extend the knowledge on past earthquakes. A large number of peer reviewed articles has been published in Special Volumes as an outcome of these conferences. It became clear that paleoseismological research is imperative to seismic hazard studies. It will gain even more importance in the emerging discussion on seismic safety of nuclear power plants and waste deposits, chemical industry and other critical facilities and infrastructure. During the Aachen 2013 meeting we will deepen international international collaboration, we will discuss the road map of our discipline and we will throw the points of future initiatives.
Sessions & Program
Sessions
- Paleoseismology
- Archeoseismology and Earthquake Archeological Effects (EAE)
- Tsunamis and Paleotsunamis
- Earthquake Triggered Mass Movements
- Earthquakes, Earthquake Environmental Effects and Cascading Effects
- Society, Communication, Critical Facilities and Seismic Hazard Assessment
- Special session on Slow Active Faults
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Program
Arrival in Aachen and Icebreaker Party
Excursion to Cologne and the Lower Rhine Embayment – Archaeoseismology, Active Faults and Critical Facilities
Aachen
Bad Neuenahr
Transfer to AKNZ Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Opening Ceremony, Invited Conferences, Project Business Meeting
Late Afternoon:
Ship Cruise on River Rhine including Conference Dinner
Scientific Talks and Poster Sessions, Keynote Lectures, Intra-Meeting Field Trip in Laacher See Volcanic Area
Evening Event: Wine Tastery
Scientific Talks and Project’s Task Debates, Future meetings, Closing Ceremony
Transfer to Aachen in the evening
Bad Neuenahr
Aachen
post-meeting field trip
Archeoseismology in Aachen.
Departure
People & Supporters
Organizing Committee
K. Reicherter (GER), C. Grützner (GER), T. Fernández-Steeger (GER), H.-B. Havenith (BEL), R. Pérez-López (ESP), M. RodrÃguez-Pascua (ESP), P.G. Silva (ESP), T. Spies (GER)
Scientific Committee
K. Reicherter (GER), T. Azuma (JPN), S. Baize (FRA), L. Guerrieri (ITA), S. Jusseret (BEL), Y.-S. Kim (KOR), J. McCalpin (USA), A. Michetti (ITA), I. Papanikolaou (GRE), R. Pérez-López (ESP), T. Rockwell (USA), M. RodrÃguez-Pascua (ESP), P.G. Silva (ESP), M. Sintubin (BEL), T. Spies (GER), A. Vött (GER)
This event is supported by
the INQUA Focus Group on Paleoseismology and Active Tectonics, the INQUA Project 1299 “EEE Parametrization”, the Institute for Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University (Germany), the Agricultural University of Athens (Greece), the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz (Germany), the Geoverbund ABC/J (Germany)
Carolin Schmidt-Wygasch, The German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)
Costs & Deadlines
Costs
Conference: 180 EUR
Pre-Meeting Field Trip on Thursday, 10 October: 20 EUR
Ship Cruise on Rhine River with Conference Dinner on Friday, 11 October: 60 EUR
Wine Tasting on Saturday, 12 October: 30 EUR
Post-Meeting Field Trip on Monday, 14 October: 20 EUR
Accommodation: 50 EUR/night (including breakfast and dinner; only available 11-15 October)
Deadlines
Registration and Payment: 15 July, 2013
Abstract Submission: 15 July, 2013 (acceptance after review and payment; send abstracts to: gruetzner@gr-geo.com)
Download the abstracts template here (700 kb, doc): Aachen 2013 Abstracts Template
For (student) travel grants, deadline of application is 15 July, 2013. Please send your application to Christoph Grützner, gruetzner@gr-geo.com. Please include CV, publication list and letter of motivation. Students should send a copy of their student identity card.
Venue
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)
Daily flights from/to many international and most European destinations.
Nonstop railway transfer to Aachen every hour (1h 35m travel time, 16-20 EUR)
Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN)
Daily flights from/to most European destinations.
Permanent railway transfer to Aachen with change at Cologne main station (approx. 1h 20m travel time, 16-23 EUR).
Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
Daily flights from/to everywhere.
High-speed train (ICE) connection to Aachen with change at Cologne main station (approx. 2h travel time, 60-80 EUR).
Picture: Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH
Registration