Conveners: Marco Fioraso (Università di Siena), Romano Clementucci (ETH Zurich), Silvia Crosetto (GFZ Potsdam)
marco.fioraso@unisi.it
marco.fioraso@unisi.it
The remarkable diversity of landscapes on Earth reflects the heterogeneity arising from the interplay between exogenic and endogenic processes across diverse temporal and spatial scales. A major challenge lies in reconstructing the topography evolution over long-term timescales, and in quantifying the nature and the magnitude of the interactions between deep and surface processes, particularly concerning their individual contribution to landscape formation. Tectono-stratigraphic and geomorphic records are used to reconstruct the relative timing of different processes, such as surface processes and topographic changes induced by faulting, dynamic topography, flexural isostasy, and climate. To understand these processes researchers rely on interdisciplinary approaches such as field-based analysis, geochronological techniques (e.g., OSL, cosmogenic nuclides, thermochronology, radiocarbon dating), GIS-based analysis, and numerical or analogue modelling.
We welcome studies transversal to disciplines such as geomorphology, tectonics and geodynamics, which aim to explore the various aspects of an evolving topography across all timescales, adopting a multidisciplinary approach.
We welcome studies transversal to disciplines such as geomorphology, tectonics and geodynamics, which aim to explore the various aspects of an evolving topography across all timescales, adopting a multidisciplinary approach.