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| International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences |
| Abbreviation | ISAES |
| Established | 1968 |
| Discipline | Antarctic geology; Earth science is forbidden by instructions; see text |
| Frequency | Quadrennial |
| Notable | Antarctic Treaty System, SCAR |
International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences The International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences is a periodic conference convening researchers, institutions and agencies to address geological, geophysical and geochemical questions concerning Antarctica. Founded amid the expansion of polar programs in the 1960s, the symposium has linked field programs, national operators and multinational projects across the Southern Ocean and polar research networks. It has influenced scientific planning for Antarctic Treaty consultative parties, tied to major campaigns by Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and cooperative ventures involving National Science Foundation (United States), British Antarctic Survey, Australian Antarctic Division, Geoscience Australia, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Indian Antarctic Program, Programa Antártico Chileno, Comisión Nacional del Líquido Antártico.
The symposium emerged from early Cold War and post-International Geophysical Year collaborations that included delegates from United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Australia, New Zealand, France, Argentina, Chile, Norway, Japan, Germany and Italy. Initial meetings built on results from expeditions such as Operation Highjump, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Antarctic Geological Expedition and projects supported by National Science Foundation (United States), Natural Environment Research Council, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Russian Academy of Sciences. Influential participants included scientists affiliated with Scott Polar Research Institute, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Geological Survey of Canada, BAS, USGS, CSIRO, and university departments at University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Tasmania, University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, Moscow State University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, ETH Zurich, University of California, Santa Cruz, Columbia University, Harvard University.
The symposium aims to synthesize outcomes from field programs such as ANDRILL, ANTOSTRAT, ANARE, ROSETTA-Ice, ISPOL, RISP, and to coordinate continental-scale initiatives including SCAR, International Polar Year, Southern Ocean Observing System, Global Geoscience Transect and basin studies like Weddell Sea and Ross Sea investigations. Topics range across paleoclimatology linked to International Geophysical Year, plate reconstructions referencing Gondwana, tectonics overlapping with Transantarctic Mountains research, volcanology covering Mount Erebus, glaciology connected to Lambert Glacier, sedimentology related to Drake Passage opening, and marine geophysics tied to Southern Ocean circulation studies.
Governance has involved steering committees drawn from national polar programs such as British Antarctic Survey, National Science Foundation (United States), Australian Antarctic Division, Antarctic New Zealand, Comisión Nacional del Antártico Chileno, Instituto Antártico Argentino, South African National Antarctic Programme, and international bodies including Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the International Union of Geological Sciences. Administrative support has come from host institutions like University of Canterbury, Universidad de Chile, University of Cape Town, University of Wellington, University of Tasmania, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and sponsoring agencies including National Science Foundation (United States), Natural Environment Research Council, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Meetings have been held on multiple continents with venues including Wellington, Canterbury, Christchurch, Cambridge (UK), London, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Santiago (Chile), Wollongong, Seattle, Vancouver, New York City, Princeton, Zurich, Bern, Genoa, Rome, Lisbon, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Reykjavik, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Istanbul, Athens, Seoul, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta.
Symposia have produced syntheses that advanced models for Gondwana breakup, refined crustal structure beneath the Transantarctic Mountains, constrained timing of rift events linked to Drake Passage opening, and documented magmatism at Mount Erebus and volcanic provinces of Marie Byrd Land. Outcomes influenced continental drilling projects like ANDRILL and IODP work in the Southern Ocean, seismic campaigns by Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and Geological Survey of Canada, paleomagnetic studies referencing Gondwana reconstructions, and ice-core correlations involving EPICA and Vostok Station datasets. Cross-disciplinary syntheses connected to International Polar Year and SCAR programmes have shaped hypotheses about Antarctic contributions to global sea-level change and carbon-cycle feedbacks.
Typical attendance draws scientists and delegates from agencies such as National Science Foundation (United States), Natural Environment Research Council, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Russian Academy of Sciences, Indian Antarctic Program, Programa Antártico Uruguayo, universities including University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Tokyo, University of Melbourne, University of Buenos Aires, Universidad de Chile and operators like British Antarctic Survey, Australian Antarctic Division, Antarctic New Zealand, Comisión Nacional del Antártico Chileno, Instituto Antártico Argentino, South African National Antarctic Programme.
Proceedings have been published by presses and series associated with Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Springer, American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Geological Society (London), Polar Record, Antarctic Science (journal), and special volumes in journals such as Nature, Science (journal), Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Tectonics, Journal of the Geological Society, Quaternary Science Reviews, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Findings presented at symposia have informed consultative discussions under the Antarctic Treaty and Madrid Protocol, contributed to assessments by Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, influenced logistical planning by National Science Foundation (United States), British Antarctic Survey, and shaped multinational field campaigns like ANDRILL, IODP, SCAR initiatives and International Polar Year projects. The symposium has fostered partnerships among institutions such as Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Scott Polar Research Institute, USGS, Geoscience Australia, Geological Survey of Canada, Instituto Antártico Argentino, and national programs of Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Japan, China, India, Russia, Norway, France, Germany.
Category:Antarctic science conferences