I A E G - COMMISSION NO 16

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND PROTECTION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

A I G I - COMMISSION NO 16

GEOLOGIE DE L’ INGENIEUR ET PROTECTION DES MONUMENTS ANCIENS ET DES SITES ARCHEOLOGIQUES

PRESIDENT: Prof. P. Marinos, NTU (Civ.Eng.), Panetoliou 23a,117 41Athens, Greece, Tel:30-1-9225835, FAX: 30-1-9242570, E-mail: marinos@central.ntua.gr

SECRETARY: Ass. Prof. B. Christaras, AUTH (Eng.Geo.), 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece, Tel: 30-31-998506, FAX: 30-31-998506, E-mail: christar@geo.auth.gr

What is the IAEG Commission n^o 16?

The Commission No 16 was founded in the meeting of Amsterdam 1990, providing the contribution of engineering geology to the protection of ancient monuments and archaeological sites. It has 48 members from Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Korea, Malta, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, USA and Yugoslavia.

The first task of this Commission is to collect data on the situation of each country regarding the protection of ancient monuments and historical sites, mainly as engineering geology is concerned. This information is classified in order to prepare a Data Bank and a succinct final report. In this framework, an information questionnaire was prepared and sent, for completion, to the members of the Commission as well as to the Presidents of the National Groups. This questionnaire was discussed in the meeting of Lisbon ’94, during the 7^th IAEG Congress and the remarks were included in a new text which was distributed between the members of the Commission.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Commission No 16 is scheduled to be held during the IAEG Congress, in Athens (June 1997).

Provisional programme

Discussion on the progress of the Data Bank

Other tasks: Please let us know about any presentation on the contribution of Engineering Geology to the protection of monuments in each country

Questionnaire

Please click Questionaire 1 and Questionaire 2 in order to send us information about the situation of your country regarding the protection of ancient monuments and historical sites.

For any information please contact:

Professor P. Marinos (President of IAEG, President of the Commission No 16), Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 23a Panetoliou Str., 117 41 Athens, Greece,

Tel: +30-1-7723430, FAX: +30-1-9242570, e-mail: marinos@central.ntua.gr

Ass. Professor B. Christaras (Secretary of the Commission No 16), Lab. of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece,

Tel./FAX: +30-31-998506, e-mail: christar@geo.auth.gr

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