Japanese

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary (M)
Session Sub-category Intersection (IS)
Session ID M-IS02
Session Title Ocean plastics, an earth science perspective
Short Title Ocean plastics
Date & Time Oral
Session		 AM1-AM2 Mon, 26 MAY
On-site Poster
Coretime		 PM3 Mon. 26 MAY
Main Convener Name Haodong Xu
Affiliation The University of Tokyo
Co-Convener 1 Name Tahira Irfan
Affiliation Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Co-Convener 2 Name Chisa Higuchi
Affiliation Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Co-Convener 3 Name Atsuhiko Isobe
Affiliation Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
Session Language E
Scope (Session Description) Mismanaged plastic wastes accounting for 70% of marine debris remain persistently in the marine environment, even if they are being degraded and fragmentized to tiny microplastics. To date, it is far from answering how this anthropogenic, buoyant, and persistent matter which was first appeared in the earth history, contaminates (or is incorporated into) the earth system. The ocean plastic study requires the insight and methodology of a variety of earth sciences such as the oceanography, geology, and paleontology. We welcome studies on the plastic circulation from the land/atmosphere to upper oceans and bottom sediments, studies on microplastics as a proxy of the "Anthropocene", and studies to establish procedures in monitoring and analyzing macro/microplastics.
Session Format Orals and Posters session
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