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ACOP2017実行委員会　石川 守

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The 2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP2017) will take place on 2-6 July, in Sapporo, Japan. The conference is hosted by International Permafrost Association (IPA) and covers all aspects of frozen ground -- both permafrost
and seasonal frost --, and its related natural and technological topics. The proposed sessions are as listed below.
1. Periglacial Geomorphology
2. Ground ice dynamics
3. Mountain permafrost and geohazards
4. Permafrost eco-hydrology
5. Permafrost mapping and techniques
6. Climate change and the carbon balance in permafrost
7. Frozen ground physics
8. Frozen ground engineering
9. Asian frozen ground
10. Paleo-permafrost
11. Extrazonal permafrost and seasonal frost
12. Living and working on frozen ground: cultural and historical significance of permafrost
13. Outreach/education, history

Also we will offer options of pre- and post-conference field excursions as follows (dependant on the numbers of participants).
1. Daisetsu Mountains, Japan
2. Artificially frozen ground sites, Tokyo and Fukushima-daiichi nuclear power plant
3. Mongolia
4. Kamchatka Peninsula
5. Northeast China
6. Mt Fuji, Japan

For more details, please visit our website at
http://acop2017.arc.hokudai.ac.jp/.

Registration and abstract submission are already open until the end of
December 2016. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact by
mail: acop2017 _at_ arc.hokudai.ac.jp

We look forward to see you in Sapporo in summer 2017!

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Mamoru Ishikawa mishi _at_ ees.hokudai.ac.jp