Four Decades of Lithosphere and Solid Earth Research - ILP's Role as Stimulus

The International Lithosphere Program (ILP) was established in 1980 as the Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere (ICL) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), following a request from the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). In 2005 ICSU transferred its sponsorship to IUGG and IUGS.The ILP focusses on the nature, dynamics, origin, and evolution of the lithosphere, with special attention to the continents and their margins. Targeting these goals through international and interdisciplinary collaboration, ILP established several task forces and coordinating committees to pursue specific research objectives. Topics always follow one of the four ILP themes: global change, contemporary dynamics and deep processes, continental lithosphere, and ocean lithosphere. ILP&#8217;s funding is limited to five year periods and just understood as seed money.In the last four decades ILP was involved in the composition and set up of a number of worldwide leading light house projects: The GSHAP (Global Seismic Hazard Map), the ICDP (International Continental Drilling Project), the WSM (World Stress Map Project), the TOPO-Europe project and its follow up initiatives TOPO-Asia, TOPO Iberia &#8211; just to name a few. Currently ILP supports new initiatives on digitalization.With its Flinn-Hart Award (until 2007 Hart Award), honouring outstanding young scientists for contributions in the field of solid Earth sciences, ILP motivated and promoted a generation of early career scientists. The new Evgueni Burov Medal from ILP, established in 2018, pays tribute to an outstanding researcher in solid Earth sciences and recognizes pioneering contributions by mid-career scientists.

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Origin and evolution of earth: Research questions for a changing planet by the committee on grand research questions in the solid-earth sciences, National Research Council. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2008. No. of pages: 137. (paperback).

Geological Journal ◽

10.1002/gj.1188 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 45 (2-3) ◽

pp. 350-350

Author(s):

J.C. Zwaan

Keyword(s):

Earth Sciences ◽

Solid Earth ◽

Research Council ◽

National Research Council ◽

Origin And Evolution ◽

Research Questions

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Earth Sciences: Research in Geophysics / vol. 2, Solid Earth and Interface Phenomena . Hugh Odishaw, Ed. M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1964. xxiv + 595 pp. Illus. $12.50.

Science ◽

10.1126/science.147.3655.286.b ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 147 (3655) ◽

pp. 286-287

Author(s):

Sydney P. Clark

Keyword(s):

Earth Sciences ◽

Solid Earth ◽

Interface Phenomena

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Perpectives on Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences ◽

10.1007/978-90-481-2737-5_1 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1-37

Author(s):

S.A.P.L. Cloetingh ◽

J.F.W. Negendank

Keyword(s):

Earth Sciences ◽

Solid Earth

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How to vEGU: networking

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-16602 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Simon Clark ◽

Hazel Gibson ◽

Terri Cook ◽

Chloe Hill

Keyword(s):

Community Building ◽

Early Career ◽

Conference Room ◽

Text Chat ◽

Contact Information ◽

Conference Programme ◽

Networking Tool ◽

Set Up ◽

Virtual Conference ◽

Scientific Topic

This year vEGU21 has flexible networking tools available to conveners and attendees, allowing people to engage and socialise with, and learn from one another in almost any way they wish. Networking is facilitated by three key tools: the Networker community-building platform, the conference Handshake tool, and the Pop-Up Scheduler. This year the Networker will help attendees find, meet, and talk with one another and forge lasting connections. Build your profile by adding in your expertise, social media, contact information and other details; you can even add stickers to quickly showcase your Division, whether you are an Early Career Scientist, and your pronouns amongst other choices! During the Assembly you can find other members with similar interests on the Networker, share your profiles with people you meet at the conference, or start group text chats with other members in your network. The Networker isn&#8217;t just for the Assembly either: after building your network at the Assembly members will be able to keep connected and meet others all year-round! One of the quickest ways to build your network during the Assembly is by using the conference networking tool: Handshake. Handshake lets you quickly initiate contact with other attendees in your virtual conference room and share your networker profile or start a text chat. If you want to run your own event then the Assembly&#8217;s Pop-Up Scheduler allows you to set up networking opportunities of any kind, from small events focusing on a particular scientific topic to spaces for you to build a community. Perhaps you&#8217;ve been inspired by member-led events like the Games Night or Rhyme Your Research and want to explore more ways to get involved in geoscience communication! The Pop-Up Scheduler allows you to do all this and more: simply choose a date, time, and provide a link to a platform of your choice. Once submitted it will be added to the conference programme. You can link to any platform you like: the scheduler is designed to be flexible and meet the needs of the membership, so members should feel free to organise events using platforms from Animal Crossing to Zoom! Unsure which one to choose? Check out our uploaded display materials for inspiration and suggestions.

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