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Axford Lectures | Medal Lectures | Section Distinguished Lectures

Opening, General Assembly & Axford Lectures

Mon-02 Aug, 16:00 – 19:30, Room WB3 (Save a seat)

Despite remarkable advances in scientific and technical understanding, many river systems are in very poor condition.

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Gary John BRIERLEY

The University of Auckland

Axford Lecture
"Truths of the Riverscape: Fluvial Geomorphology in Practice"

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The dense melts in contact with the molten iron core and the densest silicate crystals largely control how the mantle of the ...

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Sung Keun LEE

Seoul National University

Axford Lecture
"Magmas beyond Megabar Pressures"

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Medal Lectures

Wed-04 Aug, 13:00 – 15:30, Room WB3 (Save A Seat – Opens 15 Jul)

Large-scale modification of subduction margins, usually caused by seamount or ridge collision, is common along margins with...

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Greg F. MOORE

University of Hawai‘i

Wing Ip Medal Lecture
"Complex Thrust Deformation at the Toe of the Nankai Accretionary Prism Caused by Subducting Basement Topography"

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Sang-Mook LEE

Seoul National University

Wing Ip Medal Lecture
"Some Remarks on the Scientific Policies of Developing Countries and Mid-Level Entry Strategy"

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Thu-05 Aug, 15:30 – 18:00, Room WB3 (Save A Seat – Opens 15 Jul)

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Magnitude M=9.0) was the largest earthquake instrumentally recorded in Japan.

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Kenji SATAKE

The University of Tokyo

Axford Medal Lecture
"Advances in giant earthquake and tsunami studies since the 2011 Tohoku event"

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Drilling into faults shortly after an earthquake provides first-hand information on earthquake mechanics.

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Kuo-Fong MA

National Central University

Axford Medal Lecture
"Discovery on the mystery of earthquake dynamics through scientific drilling to the active fault"

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Section Lectures & Meetings AS | BG | HS | IG | OS | PS | ST | SE

Wed-04 Aug, 15:15 – 18:00, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Vertically propagating gravity waves (GWs) transfer their momentum and energy to the large-scale flow in the middle...

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Hye-Yeong CHUN

Yonsei University

Distinguished Lecture - AS
“Convective Gravity Waves: Impacts on the Large-Scale Circulations in the Middle Atmosphere”

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With the Earth warming in response to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing, changes in surface temperature and rainfall...

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Malte F. STUECKER

University of Hawaii

Kamide Lecture - AS
“Mechanisms of Regional Climate Change: Demonstrating a Strong Control of Future Equatorial...”

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Wed-04 Aug, 15:15 – 18:00, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

The oceans are providing a great service in moderating the rate of climate change through the uptake of...

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Richard BELLERBY

East China Normal University

Distinguished Lecture - BG
"Ocean acidification; relevant research for science and society"

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Today, a new generation of Earth Observation (EO) satellites for ecological monitoring, biodiversity and ecosystem resilience ...

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Xuanlong MA

College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University

Kamide Lecture - BG
"Empowering ecological monitoring from space"

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Tue-03 Aug, 15:30 – 18:30, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

This presentation addresses the eco-water security and the issue for green development under the changing environment in ...

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Jun XIA

Chinese Academy of Sciences & The Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), Wuhan University

Distinguished Lecture - HS
“Eco-water Security and Green...”

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Understanding the dynamics of surface waters in rivers and lakes is essential for various science discipline, ...

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Dai YAMAZAKI

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Kamide Lecture - HS
“Recent advances in global-scale surface water hydrodynamics...”

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Mon-02 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Environmental fluids migrate at velocities of many scales, influenced by many factors at a multiplicity of scales.

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Tian-Chyi Jim YEH

University of Arizona

Distinguished Lecture - IG
"Principle of Parsimony, Scales, and Fake Sciences"

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The early Paleozoic witnessed the two largest animal diversification events in geologic history: the “Cambrian Explosion” ...

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Jeong-Hyun LEE

Chungnam National University

Kamide Lecture - IG
"Linking the early development of Paleozoic reefs to marine oxygenation"

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Thu-05 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

The prevailing easterly winds bring up cold waters from the thermocline on the equator. The thermocline water that ...

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Shang-Ping XIE

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Distinguished Lecture - OS
“Ocean dynamics in a changing climate”

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Tropical cyclone (TC) is a strong natural hazard that generates and develops on ocean, which usually causes property ...

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Han ZHANG

Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources

Kamide Lecture - OS
“Processes of ocean response to tropical cyclones”

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Mon-02 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

Michel BLANC

Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology

Distinguished Lecture - PS
"Exploring the Jupiter System: from formation to the search for habitable worlds"

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In the giant magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, plasma and energy may be injected from external (i.e., solar wind) and internal ...

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Zhonghua YAO

Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kamide Lecture - PS
“Auroral Morphologies and Their Magnetospheric Drivers: from Earth to Giant Planets”

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Tue-03 Aug, 15:30 – 18:30, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

The interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere, and the geospace dynamics that result, is one of the key question in plasma physics.

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Chi WANG

State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Distinguished Lecture - ST
"Imaging the Earth’s magnetosphere with Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)"

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The electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) emissions in the geospacer play an important role on the plasma particle ...

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Masafumi SHOJI

ISEE Nagoya University

Kamide Lecture - ST
"Nonlinear interactions between EMIC waves and ions in the inner magnetosphere: Theory, comp..."

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Thu-05 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Building a resilient society from natural hazard, a communication through bringing in frontier science to people is a necessary and ...

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Kuo-Fong MA

National Central University

Distinguished Lecture - SE
"Visualized seismic hazard and risk from physics-based earthquake modeling for resilient society"

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A large part of tectonic deformation is accommodated by reactivation of inherited structures, and one of the finest examples is recurrences of ...

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Jin-Hyuck CHOI

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

Kamide Lecture - SE
"Segmentation of intraplate strike-slip fault system: a case study of the Yangsan Fault in SE Korea"

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Axford Lectures | Medallist Lectures | Section Distinguished Lectures

Opening, General Assembly & Axford Lectures

Mon-02 Aug, 16:00 – 19:30, Room Hybrid Studio (Save a seat)

Gary John BRIERLEY

The University of Auckland

Axford Lecture
“Despite remarkable advances in scientific and technical understanding, many river systems are in very poor condition. ”

Read more...
Sung Keun LEE

Seoul National University

Distinguished Lecture - AL
"The dense melts in contact with the molten iron core and the densest silicate crystals largely control how the mantle of the ..."

Read more...

Medal Lectures, Room WB3 (Save A Seat – Opens 15 Jul)

Wed-04 Aug, 13:00 – 15:30

Greg F. MOORE

University of Hawai‘i

Wing Ip Medal Lecture
“Complex Thrust Deformation at the Toe of the Nankai Accretionary Prism Caused by Subducting Basement Topography”

Read more...
Sang-Mook LEE

Seoul National University

2020 AOGS Wing Ip Medallist
"Some Remarks on the Scientific Policies of Developing Countries and Mid-Level Entry Strategy"

Read more...

Thu-05 Aug, 15:30 – 18:00

Kenji SATAKE

University of Tokyo

Axford Medal Lecture
“Advances in giant earthquake and tsunami studies since the 2011 Tohoku event”

Read more...
Kuo-Fong MA

National Central University

Axford Medal Lecture
"Discovery on the mystery of earthquake dynamics through scientific drilling to the active fault"

Read more...

Section Lectures & Meetings
AS | BG | HS | IG | OS | PS | ST | SE

Wed-04 Aug, 15:15 – 18:00, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Hye-Yeong CHUN

Yonsei University

Distinguished Lecture - AS
“Convective Gravity Waves: Impacts on the Large-Scale Circulations in the Middle Atmosphere”

Read more...
Malte F. STUECKER

University of Hawaii

Kamide Lecture - AS
“Mechanisms of Regional Climate Change: Demonstrating a Strong Control of Future Equatorial...”

Read more...

Wed-04 Aug, 15:15 – 18:00, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

Richard BELLERBY

East China Normal University

Distinguished Lecture - BG
"Ocean acidification; relevant research for science and society"

Read more...
Xuanlong MA

College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University

Kamide Lecture - BG
"Empowering ecological monitoring from space"

Read more...

Tue-03 Aug, 15:30 – 18:30, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Jun XIA

Chinese Academy of Sciences & The Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), Wuhan University

Distinguished Lecture - HS
“Eco-water Security and Green...”

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Dai YAMAZAKI

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Kamide Lecture - HS
“Recent advances in global-scale surgace water hydrodynamics...”

Read more...

Mon-02 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Tian-Chyi Jim YEH

University of Arizona

Distinguished Lecture - IG
"Principle of Parsimony, Scales, and Fake Sciences"

Read more...
Jeong-Hyun LEE

Chungnam National University

Kamide Lecture - IG
"Linking the early development of Paleozoic reefs to marine oxygenation"

Read more...

Thu-05 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

Shang-Ping XIE

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Distinguished Lecture - OS
“Ocean dynamics in a changing climate”

Read more...
Han ZHANG

Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources

Kamide Lecture - OS
“Processes of ocean response to tropical cyclones”

Read more...

Mon-02 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

Michel BLANC

Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology

Distinguished Lecture - PS
“Exploring the Jupiter System: from formation to the search for habitable worlds”

Read more...
Zhonghua YAO

Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kamide Lecture - PS
“Auroral Morphologies and Their Magnetospheric Drivers: from Earth to Giant Planets”

Read more...

Tue-03 Aug, 15:30 – 18:30, Room WB2 (Save a seat)

Chi WANG

State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Distinguished Lecture - ST
"Imaging the Earth’s magnetosphere with Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)"

Read more...
Masafumi SHOJI

ISEE Nagoya University

Kamide Lecture - ST
"Nonlinear interactions between EMIC waves and ions in the inner magnetosphere: Theory, comp..."

Read more...

Thu-05 Aug, 13:00 – 16:00, Room WB1 (Save a seat)

Kuo-Fong MA

National Central University

Distinguished Lecture - SE
"Visualized seismic hazard and risk from physics-based earthquake modeling for resilient society"

Read more...
Jin-Hyuck CHOI

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

Kamide Lecture - SE
"Segmentation of intraplate strike-slip fault system: a case study of the Yangsan Fault in SE Korea"

Read more...