Scientific sessions

Theme A: Biogeochemistry

A1: Geology and geophysics of gas hydrate deposits

A2: Geomicrobiology of submarine mineralization processes

A3: Submarine magmatic and hydrothermal processes

A4: Biogeochemical and geomicrobial studies of modern and ancient microbial communities

A5: Biogeochemical processes and mineral authigenesis in methane-rich sediments

A6: Progress from new ocean isotope proxies

Theme B: Paleoclimate

B1: Oxygen deficiency through time

B2: African response to global change: Past, present and future

B3: Teleconnections as evidenced in continental archives

B4: Climate and sea-level changes during the Cenozoic

B5: Biomineralization and implications for paleoceanography

B6: Ocean acidification: back to the future

Theme C: Coastal zone and shelf processes

C1: Morphodynamic evolution and biogeochemistry of tidal flat sediments

C2: Sedimentation in Late Quaternary continental shelf systems

C3: Changing coasts – a geological phenomenon with socio-economic consequences

C4: Coastal morphodynamics

C5: Fine-grained sediments in estuaries

Theme D: Geohazards

D1: SUNDAARC: High risk volcanism on the active continental margin of the Sunda Arc

D2: Subduction factory processes

D3: Submarine geo-hazards: gravitational mass movements, mud volcanoes and melanges

Theme E: Outreach

E1: How scientific findings make newspaper headlines

Theme F: Open session/methods

Oral and poster contributions under various other themes and methodologies are also very welcome.