Regional Conference On Geomorphology Athens 2019

Focal Theme : Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically sensitive areas

Location
Program

About

The IAG’s Regional Conference will take place in Athens. Athens is the capital of Greece with a continuous history of 2,500 yrs. You can easily reach the city using the Athens International Airport, a modern and safe airport which was constructed before the Olympic Games of 2004. The harbor of Piraeus is located a few kilometers away from the city Center of Athens and is connected by ferries with the Greek islands where the conference field trips will take place.

Aims & Topics

Regional Conference on Geomorphology (IAG) are to meet the new challenges for geoscientists and especially geomorphologists to better understand the response of the Earth system, to approach with new techniques and methods, to make new assessments and predictions for the future, and to contribute to society’s adaptation and preparedness. The conference aims to promote interaction and networking with young geoscientists, while its field trips will provide an enticing introduction to the many varied landforms of coastal geomorphology.

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The geomorphology of the landscape represents the dynamic between creative and destructive processes. The interaction of these processes forms, modifies, or destroys geomorphic features on the Earth’s surface. Landforms and landscape are the result of uplift and erosion, both of which are moderated by tectonic and climatic boundary conditions. Rivers, hillslopes, coastlines, and other geomorphic features respond to governing variables of force and fluxes of energy and material. Over long periods, features of the landscape may come into dynamic equilibrium with these inputs assuming that the driving variables are stable, with time lags in response to changes in controlling variables. This lag time (reaction time plus relaxation time) is generally a period of instability. The term instability indicates rapid morphological change, increased movement of sediment (erosion, mass wasting, deposition), shifts in vegetative cover or type, accelerated change in hydrologic processes (such as from snow to rain or glacial ice to snow), and/or rates of change that are in excess of what can be sustained in the long-term.

Over geologic time, tectonic forces through the time-integrated effects of surface and rock uplift/ subsidence, and crustal deformation produce earth relief. The resulting relief is significantly modified by erosion: a process that is strongly controlled by climate. The form and evolution of a landscape is therefore determined by several fundamental controls, including tectonics, erosion, climate, lithology, and pre-existing geomorphology. Physical systems respond to a disturbance by altering their morphology to accommodate the new driving forces. How a geomorphological system responds to change also depends on the presence of positive or negative feedback processes. A negative feedback process is one that tends to restore the system to its previous state when it is disturbed, while a positive feedback process tends to

accelerate the disturbance. Hence, systems with negative feedback tend to be stable, while positive feedback systems are unstable.

The sensitivity of the Earth system is defined by the system specifications that describe its propensity for change and its ability to absorb any disturbing forces.

Evidences of global climate change/warming includes widespread increases in average air and ocean temperatures, accelerated melting of glaciers, rising sea level, extreme climatic events, hurricanes, flash floods and extreme droughts. Given the increasing certainty that climate change is occurring and is accelerating, we can no longer assume that climate conditions in the future will resemble those in the past. Climate change represents a disturbance to the driving variables. Earth’s atmosphere and ocean systems both raise several questions regarding the potential impacts of such change on water resources, agriculture, and ecosystems, three issues with immense importance to society..

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Regional Conference on Geomorphology (IAG) are to meet the new challenges for geoscientists and especially geomorphologists to better understand the response of the Earth system, to approach with new techniques and methods, to make new assessments and predictions for the future, and to contribute to society’s adaptation and preparedness. The conference aims to promote interaction and networking with young geoscientists, while its field trips will provide an enticing introduction to the many varied landforms of coastal geomorphology.

Read more

The geomorphology of the landscape represents the dynamic between creative and destructive processes. The interaction of these processes forms, modifies, or destroys geomorphic features on the Earth’s surface. Landforms and landscape are the result of uplift and erosion, both of which are moderated by tectonic and climatic boundary conditions. Rivers, hillslopes, coastlines, and other geomorphic features respond to governing variables of force and fluxes of energy and material. Over long periods, features of the landscape may come into dynamic equilibrium with these inputs assuming that the driving variables are stable, with time lags in response to changes in controlling variables. This lag time (reaction time plus relaxation time) is generally a period of instability. The term instability indicates rapid morphological change, increased movement of sediment (erosion, mass wasting, deposition), shifts in vegetative cover or type, accelerated change in hydrologic processes (such as from snow to rain or glacial ice to snow), and/or rates of change that are in excess of what can be sustained in the long-term.

Over geologic time, tectonic forces through the time-integrated effects of surface and rock uplift/ subsidence, and crustal deformation produce earth relief. The resulting relief is significantly modified by erosion: a process that is strongly controlled by climate. The form and evolution of a landscape is therefore determined by several fundamental controls, including tectonics, erosion, climate, lithology, and pre-existing geomorphology. Physical systems respond to a disturbance by altering their morphology to accommodate the new driving forces. How a geomorphological system responds to change also depends on the presence of positive or negative feedback processes. A negative feedback process is one that tends to restore the system to its previous state when it is disturbed, while a positive feedback process tends to

accelerate the disturbance. Hence, systems with negative feedback tend to be stable, while positive feedback systems are unstable.

The sensitivity of the Earth system is defined by the system specifications that describe its propensity for change and its ability to absorb any disturbing forces.

Evidences of global climate change/warming includes widespread increases in average air and ocean temperatures, accelerated melting of glaciers, rising sea level, extreme climatic events, hurricanes, flash floods and extreme droughts. Given the increasing certainty that climate change is occurring and is accelerating, we can no longer assume that climate conditions in the future will resemble those in the past. Climate change represents a disturbance to the driving variables. Earth’s atmosphere and ocean systems both raise several questions regarding the potential impacts of such change on water resources, agriculture, and ecosystems, three issues with immense importance to society..

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Agenda

Venue

Sept 19^th 2019

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Sept 19^th 2019 - Sept 20^th 2019

Conference Center

Historical Building, 30 Panepistimiou Str., Athens, Greece

Sept 21^th 2019

Auditorium of the Acropolis Museum

Sept 21^th 2019 -

It has a capacity of 204 seats and is located on the ground floor of the Museum.

A guided tour to the museum will be included in the conference programme.

Important dates

First circular	Sep 1^st 2018
Second circular	Oct 31^th 2018
Call for abstracts	Oct 31^th 2018
Abstract Submission will be closed on	Apr 30^th 2019
Early Bird Registration will be closed on	May 15^th 2019
Regular Registration will be closed on	Jul 31^th 2019
Late Registration	From August 1^st, 2019 onwards
Field Trip Participation Fee	Sep 1^st 2018, updated every 4 – 6 months

Conference dates

Sept 15^th 2019

Pre-Conference Field Trip, Mykonos & Delos Islands

Sept 15^th 2019 - Sept 18^th 2019

Sept 15^th 2019

Pre-Conference Field Trip, Santorini Island

Sept 15^th 2019 - Sept 18^th 2019

Sept 19^th 2019

IAG’s Regional Conference, Athens

Sept 19^th 2019 - Sept 21^th 2019

Sept 22^th 2019

Post-Conference Field Trip, Rhodes Island, in the memory of Paolo Pirazzoli

Sept 22^th 2019 - Sept 25^th 2019

Sept 22^th 2019

2^nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course: Field Training School

Sept 22^th 2019 - Sept 27^th 2019

Our Speakers

Prof Benjamin P. Horton

Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, USA

Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött

Institute for Geography

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Taylor Perron

Associate Professor and Associate Department Head
Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Scientific Sessions

The final themes of the scientific sessions of the conference, including the special sessions and the Chairpersons, will be announced with the second circular ( Oct 31^th 2018 ) or earlier on the updated website of the conference.

S01. Advancing theory and modelling of
river systems

Conveners:

Paul Carling (UK), K. Tsanakas (Greece), Ian Rutherfurd (Australia), He-Qing Huang (China)

A fundamental contribution of earth scientists is to make convincing predictions about river channel change that are useful to the public and to decision makers. This is particularly important in developing areas of the world, where human impact has not yet radically altered river morphologies, but where development pressures are mounting. It is also critical in the face of climate change, and the probable increase in extreme events. Unnatural channel change contributes to degradation in aquatic habitats, extinction of riverine species, loss of flood-retaining areas etc. The purpose of this session is to communicate recent advances in theory and modelling of how river systems change at all scales and consequently, to identify complex self-organized models of river systems. We welcome studies conducted in a wide range of geographical areas, using a broad range of methodologies.

Please note that this session is organised by a working group of the International Association of Geomorphologists.

S02. Anthropocene, Geoarchaeology and Society

Conveners:

Andreas Vott (Germany), Stéphane Desruelles (France), Konstantinos Vouvalidis (Greece)

S03. Coastal geomorphology and Morphodynamics

Conveners:

Giuseppe Mastronuzzi (Italy), Florin Pendea (Canada), Niki Evelpidou (Greece)

S04. Denudation in the Mediterranean Zone

Conveners:

Achim A. Beylich, Zbigniew Zwolinski

S05. Geodiversity of landforms in the
Mediterranean Zone.

Conveners:

Zbigniew Zwolinski (Poland), Marco Giardino (Italy)

S06. Geomorphological Hazards and Risks

Conveners:

Bianca Carvalho Vieira (Brasil), Helene Petschko (Germany), Takashi Oguchi (Japan), Mihai Micu (Romania)

S07. Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology

Conveners:

Petru Urdea (Romania), Carlo Baroni (Italy), Leonidas Stamatopoulos (Greece)

S08. Human Impacts on Geomorphic Systems

Conveners:

Allan James (USA), Dan Balteanou (Romania),Anna Karkani (Greece)

S09. Karst Geomorphology

Conveners:

Francisco Gutiérrez (Espania), Chris Pennos (Greece)

S10. Quantifying land surface processes with
high-resolution topography & terrain analysissis

Conveners:

Taylor Perron (USA), William Ouimet (USA), Emmanuel Vassilakis (Greece)

S11. Seismic Geomorphology

Conveners:

Christian Gorini (France), Benjamin Medvedef (Israel), Spyros Bellas (Greece)

S12. Submarine Geomorphology

Conveners:

Alessandra Savini (Italy), Aaron Micallef (Malta), Paraskevi Nomikou (Greece)

S13. Tectonic Geomorphology

Conveners:

Peter Van Der Beek (France), Giandomenico Fubelli (Italy), Efthimios Karymbalis (Greece)

Tectonic geomorphology focuses on understanding the mechanisms that drive interactions among Earth surface processes, tectonics and climate in landscape evolution, with implications for the forecasting of future scenarios.

The IAG Tectonic Geomorphology Working Group and the EGU Geomorphology Division co-organize this session to present and promote multi-disciplinary and innovative research aimed at defining the effects of active tectonics on landscapes.

Over the past decades, advances in the quantification of both the physical behavior and the rates of tectonic and surface processes have led to an explosion of new research in the field of Tectonic Geomorphology. Understanding the mechanisms that drive the interactions between Earth’s internal and surface processes, as well as their mutual feedback relationships, is a key topic for a wide scientific community. Modern Tectonic Geomorphology is an exceptionally integrative field that utilizes techniques and data derived from multidisciplinary approaches involving geomorphology, seismology, sedimentology, geochronology, structural and engineering geology, climatology and Quaternary geology.

S14. UNESCO Global Geoparks :
geoheritage assessmentand
management - geo-tourism development

Conveners:

Nikolas Zouros (Greece), Paola Coratza (Italy)

Field Trips

All the field trip destinations are to islands that in September are normally in high season. Although, there is no limit for the number of participants in the field trips, the participation fee depends on the accommodation cost and availability. So, an update on the fee every 4 – 6 months is required. Field trip registrations will close with the end of accommodation availability. Field Trip Registration opens onSeptember 1^st 2018. Prior action for Field Trip Registration is the Conference Registration.

Pre-Conference Field Trips

Santorini Island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea

Duration: 4 Days – 3 Nights

Thira (Santorini) Island is located in the center of the Aegean Sea. The geomorphology of the island is highly related with the presence of an active volcano. The great volcanic eruption in the late Bronze Age (ca.1600 BC) destroyed the Cycladic Civilization and buried the ancient settlement of Akrotiri under 30 meters of volcanic ash. The participants will be introduced on the geomorphological and coastal evolution of the island and visit the Caldera, the active volcano and the archaeological site of Santorini.

Conveners:	Vouvalidis Konstantinos	vouval@geo.auth.gr
	Nomikou Paraskevi	evinom@geol.uoa.gr
	Pavlides Spyridon	pavlides@geo.auth.gr

Mykonos & Delos Islands, Cyclades, Aegean Sea.

Duration: 4 Days – 3 Nights

Mykonos and Delos Islands are located to the north part of Cyclades.The islands have a rich coastal archaeo-geomorphology with evidence of relative sea level changes along with archaeological sites.The participants will be introduced on the geomorphological and coastal evolution of the islands.

Conveners:	Kapsimalis Vasilios	kapsim@hcmr.gr
	Desruelles Stéphane	stephane.desruelles@sorbonne-universite.fr

Post-Conference Field Trip

Rhodes Island, Aegean Sea. In the memory of Paolo Pirazzoli

Duration: 4 Days – 3 Nights

Rhodes Island is located in the southeast part of the Aegean Sea. The Island is rich in geomorphological sea level indicators, mainly in the form of uplifted tidal notches, which reveal that Rhodes is composed of small crustal blocks with each block being affected by a particular tectonic history. The participants will be introduced on the coastal geomorphological coastal evolution of the island, controlled by tectonics, and its paleo-seismicity history.

Conveners:	Evelpidou Niki	evelpidou@geol.uoa.gr
	Kapsimalis Vasilios	kapsim@hcmr.gr
	Stiros Stathis	stiros@upatras.gr
	Karkani Anna	ekarkani@geol.uoa.gr
	Christophe Morhange	morhange@cerege.fr

2^nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course

Field Training School on “Coastal Geomorphology of Climatically and Τectonically sensitive areas”

General

As part of the Conference programme, the “2^nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course” will be organized during 22-27 September 2019 at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research faculties (Anavyssos, Attica) and Harokopio University of Athens. The event will be part of the IAG Training Programme, which encourages and promotes Early Career Geomorphologists worldwide by offering grants and bringing them to interact with renowned Geomorphologists and Geoscientists regarding their research activities. The event will be for the second time organized in collaboration with the EGU Geomorphology Division, based on a Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between the aforementioned and the IAG.The “2^nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course” will be an extraordinary occasion for Early Career Geomorphologists, and especially for those from less-favoured countries, to i) increase their knowledge and experience in geomorphological research; ii) discuss their learning and research experience with young colleagues from different countries; iii) meet experienced scientists and early career researchers in an informal setting, which favours scientific discussion. The Intensive Course will be focused on pioneering techniques, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to be used in geomorphological field work in Climatically and Tectonically sensitive coastal areas. Greece is the ideal place to study the coastal geomorphological processes and the evolution of the coastal environments, given its coastline more than 16,000 km long and more than 200 inhabited islands.The “2^nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course” will take place as Field Training School in two sites of interest highly affected by climate change and active tectonics. These sites are the coastline of Attica and the Gulf of Corinth. The coastline of Attica has been inhabited since the prehistory and affected by Holocene sea level rise. In addition, the Gulf of Corinth is one of the world’s most active and studied rift basins. Active tectonics highly affected the geomorphology of the area uplifting marine terraces to an elevation of 600 m and submerging the inner part of the gulf.The Training School will be focused on specific techniques of Coastal Geomorphology like:

Coastal bathymetry and high resolution seismic profiles (using the boat of the HCMR)
LIDAR cloud data for emerged coasts
Vibracore drilling and core sample analysis
Geomorphological mapping of tectonic and marine terraces (Gulf of Corinth)
GIS and Remote sensing techniques for coastal zone mapping and geomorphometry

Programme Committee

Name	Affiliation	E-mail
Efthimios Karymbalis	Harokopio University, Head of the Geography Department	karymbalis@hua.gr
Peter van der Beek	Université Grenoble Alpes, France - EGU GM President and Chair of the IAG Working Group on Tectonic Geomorphology	peter.van-der-beek@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
Kosmas Pavlopoulos	Université Paris Sorbonne Abu Dhabi	kosmas.pavlopoulos@psuad.ac.ae
Vasilios Kapsimalis	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	kapsim@hcmr.gr
Marta Della Seta	Sapienza University of Rome, Italy	marta.dellaseta@uniroma1.it
Paola Fredi	Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – Chair of the IAG Working Group on Tectonic Geomorphology	paola.fredi@uniroma1.it
Anna Schoch	University of Bonn, Germany – Coordinator of the International Network of Young Geomorphologists	anna.schoch@uni-bonn.de

Organisation Committee

Name	Affiliation	E-mail
Sofia Pechlivanidou	University of Bergen, Norway, Researcher	sofia.pechlivanidou@geo.uib.no
Dimitrios Vandarakis	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Researcher	divandarakis@hcmr.gr
Ioannis Saitis	National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Researcher	saitij@geol.uoa.gr
Vassilios Batzakis	Harokopio University	mpatzakis@hua.gr
Christina Gallousi	Harokopio University	gallousi@hua.gr

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2^nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course: Field Training School on
“Coastal Geomorphology of Climatically and Τectonically sensitive areas”

Regional Conference on Geomorphology – RCG2019

Athens, Greece, 22 – 27 September 2019

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