Global Paleogeographic Collaboration Network Meeting in Paris, France November 8, 2022
Paleogeography Network meeting in Paris - Agenda
Date & Time: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, 10:00-16:30
Place: UNESCO Headquarters, Salle III, Paris
Registration: to attend, please send an email to Jim Ogg (jogg@purdue.edu) or Haipeng Li (haipengli0405@gmail.com) before November 1, 2022
The IUGS-UNESCO Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) "Open Science" program is to enable data-driven discovery. Therefore, the DDE's missions are to provide inter-linked databases, tools, reference material and other infrastructure for unraveling Earth's history.
For Paleogeography in the broad sense, there are two main types of data and visualizations:
(1) Orientation and relationships of the tectonic plates through time
(2) Depositional environments and topography on each plate.
Proposed themes for this Paris meeting:
(1) Data availability, sharing, curation, delivery to applications, and age-models
(2) Common or desired tools, applications, and levels of resolution
(3) Public delivery for different audiences (from climate-modelers to schools)
(4) Setting priorities and milestones for team efforts (and for DDE)
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Topic |
Moderator or Speaker |
Comments |
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10:00 |
Introduction |
Jim Ogg and Haipeng Li |
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Theme 1 – Data (reconstructions; environments; topography) |
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10:10 |
Presentation: Data for plate reconstructions |
Mathew Domeier. (TBA) |
Ca. 10-min overview; then discussion |
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Discussion: Challenges and solutions for data sharing, provenance, vetting, uncertainties, delivery, etc. |
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10:45 |
Presentation: Data for surface environments and topography |
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet (TBA) |
Ca. 10-min overview; then discussion |
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Discussion: Challenges and solutions for data sharing, provenance, vetting, delivery, etc. Filling gaps and including uncertainties. |
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Theme 2 – Tools (reconstruction applications; visualizations) |
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11:20 |
Presentation: Plate tectonic model applications |
Mathew Domeier. (TBA) |
Ca. 10-min overview; then discussion |
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Discussion: Access to plate-motion models, enabling manipulation and adding new information, uncertainties, etc. |
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12:00 |
LUNCH (provided on-site) |
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Theme 2 (continued) – Tools (Surface maps) |
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13:00 |
Presentation: From sediment facies to climate models |
Chris Scotese (TBA) |
Ca. 10-min overview; then discussion |
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Discussions: Automate data display? Facies vs Depositional vs Topography vs Climate and ecosystems. Degrees of interpretation. Handling uncertainties and divergent views. . . . |
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Theme 3 – Delivery to different audiences |
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14:00 |
Presentation: Current ways to convey paleogeography |
Paul Markwick (TBA) |
Ca. 10-min overview; then discussion |
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Discussion topics: Needs of different audiences (digital for climate modelers to basin-level for resources to artistic beauty for schools and museums). Many flowers bloom vs public confusion. How to embed different resolutions (global to basinal)? . . . |
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Theme 4 – Priorities and milestones |
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15:15 |
Discussion topics: Priority items; Global-Paleogeography Collaboration Network? Time-frames, Who coordinates. How can DDE help? . . . |
Jim Ogg and Haipeng Li |
Split into 2 groups; then compare ideas |
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16:00 |
Full group for synthesis of recommendations |
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16:30 |
Adjourn |
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Potential deliverables:
A brief white-paper and a roadmap for a Global-Paleogeography Collaboration Network with the current status, challenges, needs and future directions of paleogeography and its closely related disciplines. Itemized list of desired supporting items (database hosting/linking, tools, etc.) to be provided by the DDE.