The Integrated Solid Earth perspective is key to the mission of ILP because:

• The Lithosphere is the connection between the deep Earth and the Earth's surface

• The Lithosphere is the topic for focused cooperation between geology, geophysics and geotechnology (i.e. the focused interface between IUGS and IUGG)

• Breakthroughs in the study of the Lithosphere can only be achieved through integration of imaging and monitoring, reconstruction and process modelling