List of former ILP-projects

Theme I: The Geoscience of Global Change

I-1: Paleo-Map
I-2: Space Geodesy and Global Sea Level, Chairman: S. Zerbini (Italy)
I-3: Methane Hydrate: Global Distribution and Geological Processes, Chairperson: M. Tanahashi (Japan)
I-4: New tectonic causes of volcano failure and possible premonitory signals, Chairperson: A. Tibaldi (Italy), (Task Force II, 2005 - 2009)

Theme II: Contemporary Dynamics and Deep Processes

I-0: Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP), Chairperson: D. Giardini (Switzerland)
II-1: World Stress Map, Chairperson: Friedemann Wenzel (Germany)
II-1: Temporal and Spatial Change of Stress and Strain, Chairperson: O. Heidbach (Germany), (Task Force VII, 2005 - 2009)
II-2: World Map of Major Active Faults
- Eastern Hemisphere, Chairman: V. Trifonov (Russia)
- Western Hemisphere, Chairman: M. Machette (USA)
II-3: Paleoseismicity of the Late Holocene, Chairman: R. Yeats (USA)
II-4: Three-Dimensional Modelling of the Earth's Tectosphere, Chairman: F. Schwab (USA)
II-5: Earthquake Recurrence Through Time (1997 - 2001), Chairperson: D. Pantosti (Italy)
II-5: Global and regional parameters of paleoseismology; implications for fault scaling and future earthquake hazard, Chairperson: P. M. De Martini (Italy), (Task Force V, 2005 - 2009)
II-6: Mantle Plumes, Hot Spots and Geodynamics of Continental Rifting and Break-Up (1998 - 2002), Chairperson: U. Achauer (France)
II-6: Baby plumes in Central Europe, Chairperson: U. Achauer (France), (Task Force VIII, 2005 - 2009)
II-7: Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI), Chairperson: F. Bendimerad (USA)
II-8: Global Strain Rate Map, Chairperson: E. Holt (USA)
II-9: Global Earthquake Potential, Chairperson: D. Jackson (USA)
II-10: Ultra-Deep Continental Crust Subduction (UDCCS), Chairperson: Larissa Dobrzhinetskaya (Russia), (Task Force IV, 2005 - 2009)

Theme III: Continental Lithosphere

III-1: Global Geoscience Transects (GGT), Chairman: A. Jayko (USA)
III-2: Origin of Sedimentary Basins, Chairperson: S. Cloetingh (Netherlands)
III-2: Sedimentary Basins, Chairperson: F. Roure (France), (Task Force VI, 2005 - 2009)
III-4: Processes in the Lithosphere as Reflected in Integrated Petrological and Geophysical Studies, Chairman: S. Sobolev (Russia)
III-5: Dynamics of the Subcontinental Mantle: From Seismic Anisotropy to Mountain Building, Chairman: A. Vauchez (France)
III-6: Ultrahigh-Pressure Metaorphism and Geodynamics in Collision-Type Orogenic Belts, Chairman: Cheng Yuqi
III-7: Global Impact Studies Project, Chairperson: V. L. Sharpton (USA)
III-8: Processes and Geodynamics in the Formation and Exhumation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Terrain, Chairperson: J. Liou (China)
III-9: Earth Accretionary Systems (in space and time) (ERAS), Chairperson: P. Cawood (Australia), (Task Force I, 2005 - 2009)
III-10: Lithosphere-Astenosphere Interactions, Chairperson: A. Tommasi (Italy), (Task Force III, 2005 - 2009)

Theme IV: Oceanic Lithosphere

IV-2: The Ocean-Continent Lithosphere Boundary, Chairman: M. Talwani (USA)
IV-3: Hydrogeology of the Oceanic Lithosphere, Chairperson: H. Elderfield (United Kingdom)
see III-10

Coordinating Committees (CC)

CC-1: Regional Committees
- CC-1/1: Himalayas, Chairperson: Qasim Jan (Pakistan), 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop 2005
- CC-1/2: Andean, Chairperson: V. A. Ramos (Argentina)
- CC-1/3: Europrobe, Chairperson: D.G. Gee (Sweden)
- CC-1/3: TOPO-EUROPE, (2005 - 2009), Chairperson: S. Cloetingh (The Netherlands)
CC-4: Continental Drilling, Chairperson: M. Zoback (USA)
CC-5: Data Exchange and Centres, Chairman: A.D. Gvishiani (Russia)
CC-7: International Commission for the Earth Sciences in Africa (ICESA), Chairperson: A. Kampunzu (Botswana)
Chairperson 2005 - 2007: E. I. Mbede (Tanzania)
CC-8: Committee on Interdisciplinary Lithospheric Surveys (COILS),Chairperson: L. D. Brown (USA)
CC-8A: Lithospheric Evolution of Gondwana East from iNterdisciplinary Deep Surveys (LEGENDS), Chairperson: A. Kröner (Germany)