Scientific Programme

To understand sedimentary systems in changing environments, we need to advance our knowledge about sedimentary processes and systems and in particular about scaling issues in sedimentary systems. This knowledge, derived from historical information and analysis, and system analysis and modelling should enhance our ability to assess impacts of Global Change on erosional systems.

Finally we need to find ways to link our understanding and our models of sedimentary systems with impacts on human environments – including improvement of management options, hazard and risk assessment, and feedback into policy frameworks.

 

The Scientific Programme will be organised around four themes.

Scaling issues in sedimentary systems - Point to Continents
We invite papers tackling problems of understanding and scaling erosion, transport, and deposition processes within sedimentary systems, including

• Local processes and their effects on large scale systems;
• Transfer of local process understanding onto larger scale systems;
• Global changes and their local effects;
• Coupling and decoupling of erosional processes on different scales;
• Complex system behaviour and changes in system states;

• Temporal scales in sedimentary systems – extreme events vs. long-term changes.

Dating and source tracing technologies.
This session will explore the utility of dating sediment sinks such as floodplain profiles, lake, and coastal-shelf sequences to reconstruct long-term catchment erosion and sediment yield histories. Also studies on source tracing / fingerprinting for understanding catchment sediment generation and dispersal are invited.

Global Change and erosion.
Papers are invited on the effects of climate and land-use changes on erosion and sedimentation processes, including

• Global erosion as affected by climate change;
• Relative importance of land-use and climate change for sedimentary systems;
• Sensitivity of sedimentary systems in different environments;
• Erosion and the carbon cycle.

Linking Erosion with environmental and societal impacts: Sediment production, River Regulations, Depositional environments, Hazards and Risks, Management and Policy.
Political and environmental management agendas often move in advance of the science base. It is critical to improve linkages between science outcomes and decision making on various levels. We invite papers on linking sedimentary systems with socio-economical systems, including

• Sediment production and its impacts on societies;
• Sedimentary systems and catchment management;
• Sedimentary Systems and environmental hazards and risks;
• Erosion and risk mitigation;
• Developing tools to meet policy targets in areas such as erosion, transfer of sediment-associated contaminants;

• Bridging the gap between research and practice for delivery of improved strategies for sustainable development.

 

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