ISGM – Past Events
ISGM hosted a workshop at the International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, La Valletta, Malta, 4th July 2022
We invited setting specialists (e.g. mass movement, coastal, fluvial geomorphologists) to provide input to the second part of a standardised two-part classification scheme of the seabed.Part 1 of this scheme (Morphology) standardised the terminology that is used to classify the surface form of the seabed (i.e. from bathymetry datasets) through the provision of glossaries of features. The workshop was focussed on the second step in this approach (Part 2: Geomorphology), which similarly utilises well established geomorphology classification schemes to assign a geomorphic origin to morphological features (Part 1: Morphology) on the basis of further seabed and subsurface data, and expert interpretation of formative processes.
The workshop was successful as it prompted much lively conversation, and good detailed discussions. There was also general enthusiasm and support for the ambitions of ISGM. Nonetheless, we were not surprised to discover that if you invite 50 geomorphologists in a room, they will have strong opinions on how features should be structured and named. Plenty of constructive criticism was provided by the participants: in part people felt that a few important aspects were missing, they pointed out inconsistent usage of terms between disciplines and where classification trees needed to be re-organised.
Feedback from the workshop and from the broader community was integrated into a revised Version 1.0 of the Part 2 report – Geomorphology Mapping.
ISGM hosted a workshop at the Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping (GeoHab) conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 13th May 2019
A one‐day workshop on Seafloor Geomorphology was held on 13th May 2019 as part of the GeoHab conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. The intended purpose of the workshop was to showcase to the seafloor habitat mapping community the innovative geomorphology mapping and analysis tools available at the time, and to discuss the issues and shortcomings when applying semi-automated methods for geomorphological mapping. This document summarises the methods presented, the workshop discussion points on the demands and applications for seafloor geomorphological analysis, and consider future challenges for the discipline.