International Symposium on Eurasia Mesozoic Extensional Mechanism held[12 10, 2010]

International Symposium on Eurasia Mesozoic Extensional Mechanism was held at the University of Orleans in France during December 2-3, 2010. The symposium was jointly organized and chaired by the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution of IGGCAS， the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Orleans and th...

2010 IGCP-580 Meeting : "Applications of magnetic susceptibility on the Paleozoic rocks" Held in Guilin[12 09, 2010]

2010 IGCP-580 Meeting : "Applications of magnetic susceptibility on the Paleozoic rocks" was held in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region during 28th November-4th December 2010.

Yang Xiaoping awarded Desert Research Award[11 22, 2010]

Opening ceremony of the Commission for Structure and Behavior of Soil and Rock Mass under IAEG (C29)[11 09, 2010]

On November 5th, the Committee for structure and behavior of Soil and Rock mass (C29) under International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), held a grand opening ceremony in institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Some directors and professors of the institute a...

Workshop on the establishment of "South China continental reconstructions" held[09 30, 2010]

On 26, September, the workshop on the establishment of "South China continental reconstructions", a major research project, was held at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS).

1st Steering Committee Meeting and Inauguration of Laboratoire International Associe Franco-Chinois de Bio-Minér...[09 14, 2010]

On the 6 September 2010, The France-China Bio-Mineralization and Nano-Structure Laboratory (LIA-BioMNSL) held its first Steering Committee Meeting and Inauguration at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS).

Important progresses in agriculture origin through a new method in archaeobotany[04 01, 2010]

In 2009, Professor Lu Houyuan’s team from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences made a significant progress in millets identification based on phytolith morphology.

Control of atmospheric CO2 concentrations by 2050: A calculation on the emission rights of different countries[04 01, 2010]

Researchers from Institute of Geology and Geophysics and other institutions have recently presented quantitative data for some critical issues in international negotiations on the control of atmospheric CO2 concentrations. They demonstrate that a system rooted in “cumulative emissions per capita” is the best conce...