IAG – International Association of Geomorphologists
Geomorphology is the Interdisciplinary and Systematic Study of Landforms, their Landscapes and the Earth Surface Processes that create and change them
The deadline has been extended to 25th August for applications for support to attend the 1st Workshop of the IAG Working Group DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones. Details can be found here.
1st Workshop of the IAG Working Group DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones
Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland), September 25-27, 2018
The International Association of Geomorphologists offers 4 grants of 150 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old) from Europe (but not mainly based in Poland) in the 1st Workshop organized by the IAG Working Group DENUCHANGE, to be held in Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland) on September 25-27, 2018.
The Workshop aims at the better understanding of possible effects of ongoing and accelerated environmental changes on present-day denudational processes and familiarization with systematic and quantitative studies (environmental monitoring) on the actual drivers of denudational processes in differentiated landscape controls.
The organization of the event includes initiatives specifically dedicated to Young Geormophologists and in particular calculation of chemical and mechanical denudation rates as well as carrying out GIS-hydrological modelling using the SWAT model.
For further information on the Workshop, please contact Dr. Joanna Gudowicz (Gudowicz@amu.edu.pl)
Applicants (with a special interest in geomorphological topics to be proved by their CV) are requested to submit the following files before 25 August 2018:
– Application form (doc) (pdf);
– Short CV (maximum 2 pages long), including up to 10 papers;
– Copy of valid passport / identity card;
– Abstract submitted (or to be submitted) to the Workshop.
The above mentioned documents should be submitted to the IAG grant office at iaggrantoffice@gmail.com (please specify IAG Grant – DENUCHANGE 2018 in the subject of the accompanying e-mail).
A summary of the activities in 2017-2018 of the National Member of the IAG “The Belgian Association of Geomorphologists” can be found here.
Coming soon the 30th National Conference of the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI) being held in New Delhi 03-05 October, 2018. The focal theme is “Geomorphology, Environment and Society” and the event is organized by Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia. Participants are requested to send their abstracts by 15th August, 2018 and after acceptance, full papers for publication in the conference proceedings need to be received by 20th September, 2018.
For more details and link to abstract submission, see here.
The IAG granted its auspices for the 19th Edition of the Joint Geomorphological Meeting (Italy, Romania, France, Belgium, Greece), took place in Buzău, Romania May 16-20 entitled “From field mapping and landform analysis to multi-risk assessment:challenges, uncertainties and transdisciplinarity”. Organized by the Institute of Geography (Romanian Academy) and the Faculty of Geography (Univ. of Bucharest) under the auspices of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) and the Geomorphologists Associations from Romania, Italy, France, Belgium and Greece, the Conference gathered together two scientific events with a long history – the 19th Joint Geomorphological Meeting Italy-Romania-France-Belgium-Greece andthe 34th Romanian National Symposium on Geomorphology, dedicated to 50 years of activity of Pătârlagele Natural Hazards Research Center.The Conference attracted 80 participants from 8 countries (Italy, France, Belgium, Greece, Japan, Canada, Poland and Romania), for two days of keynote lectures, oral and poster presentations alternating with two field trips in the Vrancea seismic region (the Curvature sector of the SE Carpathians). The conference aimed to encourage participation from all geomorphology fields, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary research, to provide a high-level but also a comfortable and friendly framework, to promote active discussions and challenging scientific debates. The topic of the conference was outlined by 7 keynote lectures:
In addition, 23 oral plenary presentations brought into discussions issues like tectonic jointing/control on large landslides occurrence/evolution, seismic landslides, the use of dendrochronology in the study of shallow and deep-seated slides or debris flows, glaciated karst, permafrost distribution modelling, improved landslide scarp detection, geoarchaeology and anthropogenic geomorphology, flood risk and reservoir siltation, anthropogenic subsidence,paleogeographic transformations, medium-term morphodynamics, natural variability and human influence in the evolution of deltas, variability in sediment budgets at river mouths, zoogeomorphic impact of animals in alpine environments or the use of multi-temporal satellite interferometry in landslide detection and monitoring, found their position in the multi-hazard paradigm. During a 3-hours long session, including 2-minute madness presentations, 25 posters with the following topics were intensely debated: fluvial multi-temporal evolution and risks (from fluvial terrace formation and channel forming and discharge to financial losses); snow avalanche susceptibility mapping; paleo-reconstruction of floodplains; coastal evolution patterns and nearshore sandbars positioning; mountain climate variability and its influence on permafrost and frost weathering; geomorphological assessments of major landslides and their role in relief evolution; neuro-fuzzy systems and neural network technology for drainage sub-basins classification and slope erosion by runoff analysis; changing Alpine glacier forelands; hillslope – river channel coupling, etc.
Two field trips were organized on Friday 18th May and Sunday 20th May, which provided a detailed image of the multi-hazard hotspot of Buzău Carpathians and Subcarpathians, on the conceptual framework of single-to-multi-hazard assessment and on the inter- and transdisciplinarity characteristics of geomorphology within a multi-risk approach. A multi-hazard hotspot of Europe, Vrancea seismic region is offering the perfect framework for observing, discussing and evaluating a multi-risk environment, where forms and processes, alongside prediction, modelling and validation of single and multi hazards are fitting perfectly within an extremely complex yet challenging system of approaches. The field trips were focused on high magnitude-low frequency landslides (deep seated, mainly dormant, with large reactivation potential) and their climatic and seismic triggers. Aspects concerning deepfocal seismicity, litho-structural conditioning, active and blind faults were also discussed. The human impact on the environment was emphasized through case-studies like road and reservoir construction. Morphodynamic mapping, landslide susceptibility and hazard scenarios,numerical and statistical models were detailed through field examples.
Following the active discussions held during both lectures and field trips, we are positive
that the conference opened new research ideas and collaboration initiatives. The 20th edition of the Joint Geomorphological Meeting will take place in Greece, organized by the Hellenic Committee for Geomorphology and Environment.
The final issue of the IAG’s newsletter which has been running since 1995 has been uploaded to our website: http://www.geomorph.org/newsletter/
We will be producing a new shorter document called “highlights” which will be integrated with the online content found on our website.
The International Association of Geomorphologists offers 2 grants of 500 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old) from Latin America but not mainly based in Argentina in the 7º Congreso Argentino de Cuaternario y Geomorfología, “Geocuar 2018” organized by Argentine Association of Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies (AACG) to be held in Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, 18-21 September 2018.
The Congress aims at gathering participants from Argentina and from different parts of the world to discuss and share the most recent advances in the broad field of Geomorphology and Quaternary Sciences. The three day-long event offers a plenary session and two mega-poster sessions, one mid-day field trip and three short courses. In addition, a post-meeting field trip will be organized in the Peninsula Valdés region, a World Heritage Site.
The organization of the event includes initiatives specifically dedicated to Young Geormophologists and in particular three short courses are available to attend: Biomineralization and environmental studies, Malacology in Quaternary marine environments, Radiocarbon analysis: methods and solutions to solve geological problems.
For further information on the Congress, please visit:
http://cacg2018.cenpat-conicet.gov.ar/inicio
Applicants (with a special interest in geomorphological topics to be shown by their CV) are requested to submit the following files before 30 June 2018:
– Application form (PDF and doc);
– Short CV (maximum 2 pages long), including up to 10 papers;
– Abstract submitted (or to be submitted) to the Congress
The above mentioned documents should be submitted to the IAG grant office at iaggrantoffice@gmail.com (please specify IAG Grant – Geocuar 2018) in the subject of the email).
The selection of candidates will be carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee. For further information on the IAG Grants, feel free to contact the IAG Training Officer.
Marta Della Seta
IAG Training Officer
We’re pleased to announce the first Workshop of the IAG/AIG Working Group DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones to be held in Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland), September 25-27, 2018 and will include fieldtrips. Please find more information here and please register you interest by 31 May using the form here.
We’re pleased to announce that the VII Argentinian Congress on Quaternary and Geomorphology will be held 18-21 September 2018 in Puerto Madryn (Patagonia Argentina). 30th May is the abstract deadline and end of earlybird registration.
Please find more details here: http://www.cacg2018.cenpat-conicet.gob.ar
Reminder of the Inaugural meeting of IGU-IAG Joint Commission/Working Group on: Anthropocene Geomorphology: Geo-archaeology, Geomorphology and Society
Date: 7-8 April 2018 (before EGU)
Venue: Vienna University, Department of Geography, Universitätsstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna
Purpose:
If you are interested to join the meeting and/or the IGU-IAG joint commission/working group, contact Prof. Jiun-Chuan Lin (jclin@ntu.edu.tw) and Margreth Keiler (margreth.keiler@giub.unibe.ch). We will accept 30-40 participants to join the meeting.
Program of the meeting:
Workshop on Saturday April 7th 2018
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and Introduction to the meeting |
| 9:15- 10:30 | Block 1: 5 min input of each participant (max. 1 slide) to following questions (we will take notes)
· What are your main research topics in the context of geomorphology and society? · Why are you interested to contribute to the joint IGU/IAG commission on …? |
| 10:30-11:00 | coffee break |
| 11:00-12:15 | Block 2: 5 min input of each participant |
| 12:15-12:30 | Summary of expertise and interests to contribute to IGU/IAG commission – Short discussion |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30-14:40 | World Café Discussion:
· Introduction and aims to/of world café discussion (10 min) · Which are the main topics we would like to have addressed and focused on in the joint commission à aims (15 min) · How can we cooperate within the joint commission to reach the different aims (15 min) · What should be the output of the joint commission after four years? How can we disseminate the results (15 min) · Preparation of poster answering the three questions (15 min) |
| 14:40 -15:00 | Short coffee break |
| 15:00-15:45 | 5-7 min presentation of the results by different groups |
| 15:45-16:30 | Overall discussion and summary of different results |
| 16:30-17:00 | Discussion next steps |
| 19:00- | · Conference dinner |
Field trip on Sunday April 8th 2018
Remarks:
Expert geomorphological opinion was submitted to the International Court of Justice by Prof. Eric Fouache (former IAG President) and Prof. Francisco Gutiérrez (current IAG Vice-President) on the case “Maritime delimitation in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua)” on 30th April 2017. The Court delivered its Judgment on the case on 2 February 2018.
Delegations from Nicaragua and Costa Rica, personnel of the Registry of the International Court of Justice, Eric Fouache (further right) and Francisco Gutiérrez (bottom right). Image taken in the second mission carried out in March 2017.
The report is accessible at: http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/157/157-20170430-WRI-01-00-EN.pdf
A description of the case is here: http://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/157
On January 8, 2018, the international geomorphic community lost an outstanding scientist-Professor Peng Hua, who was the Chairman of the IAG Red Beds and Danxia Geomorphology Working Group, and also a beloved teacher at Sun Yat-sen University, China. We reproduce below his obituary written by Pan Zhixin, Hainan University, China.
Professor Peng Hua at Mt. Danxiashan
IAG are pleased to announce the 8th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks to be held September 8 th -14 th, 2018 at Adamello Brenta Geopark, Trentino.
The programme includes talks, posters and fieldtrips. The abstract deadline is 15th April 2018 and more information can be found here: https://www.campigliodolomiti.it/ggn2018
The 9th International Conference on Geomorphology (9th ICG) was held from 6 to 11 November 2017 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The ICG is the official conference of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) and is held once in every four years.
A report on the overall conference is available here.
A report on the post-conference IAG-EGU Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists
‘Geomorphology Field Training in tectonically active mountain regions’ held 12-16 November 2017 can be found here.
A report on the post conference fieldtrip to Nepal run by Prof. Monique Fort (Paris Diderot University), with the support of Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari (Tribhuvan University, Nepal) and Prof. Narendra Raj Khanal (Tribhuvan University, Nepal) can be found here.
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Prof. Michael Selby, an outstanding scientist and geomorphologist and author of the key geomorphology work “Hillslope Materials and Processes”. We reproduce below the full eulogy given by Cam Nelson, one of his close colleagues, at his funeral. Read more
Here are four videos taken during the Opening Ceremony of the 9th International Conference on Geomorphology of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) held in New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan from 6 to 11 November.
And two videos from the closing ceremony:
The conference is open to all scientists interested in Geomorphology and Quaternary Sciences and especially young scientists are invited to participate!We are very much looking forward to welcome you in Giessen,