8th IAG/AIG International Conference on Geomorphology - Program session 07A

The GEOMORPH-X WG will start its full activities during the IAG 2013 Conference held in Paris.
Registration procedure is now open on the dedicated website: Paris2013. The GEOMORPH-X session is numbered 7A and will be held on Friday 30th, August, 11:00 to 12:45.

Objectives of the session

The question of the linearity or non-linearity of the evolution of landforms has lain at the core of geomorphology since its beginnings as a scientific discipline.  The place of extreme events in the geomorphologic continuum extends major questions on frequency/magnitude, stationarity, deterministic chaos and landform resilience that have been debated in our community for decades.  This session will examine how fundamental are extreme events in the evolution of landforms.  Are they solely spectacular but local anomalies?  How do they interfere with geomorphic system dynamics?  Are they epiphenomena or driving forces?  We would like to invite communications dealing with historical or epistemological dimensions as well as case studies in continental, coastal, or submarine geomorphology.

Program of the session (oral communications)

How does "reshaping" Darwin's "Subsidence Theory of Atoll Formation" broaden the scope of tsunami hazard assessment for the Pacific Islands?
J.P. TERRY (Singapore, SINGAPORE )

Large boulders accumulation along the NE Maltese coast: stormwaves or tsunami event?
S. BIOLCHI (Trieste, ITALY )

Dating tsunami deposits triggered by the catastrophic flank collapse of Fogo Island, Cape Verde Islands: insights from ESR, U/Th and 36Cl ages
G. RIXHON (Cologne, GERMANY )

Effects of the 1755 tsunami on the southern coast of the city of Cadiz (Spain)
L. MENANTEAU (Nantes, FRANCE )

The application of Ground Penetrating Radar analysis to investigate the impact and recovery of a coastal dunes and the recurrence interval of palaeotsunami events on the coast of Phra Thong Island, Thailand
A. SWITZER (Singapore, SINGAPORE )

Constraining bedrock erosion rates and processes during extreme flood events: case study in Iceland
M. ATTAL (Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM )

Geomorphic implications of differential changes in the frequency of large rainstorms of varying return period: evidence from tropical and temperate environments, Borneo and South Wales 1906-2012
R.P.D. WALSH (Swansea, UNITED KINGDOM )