Conveners:
Dario Gioia (ISPC-CNR)
Ettore Valente (Università degli Studi Napoli Federico II)
Paola Molin (Università degli studi Roma Tre)
Romano Clementucci (GFZ Potsdam)
The complex interaction between surface processes, mantle dynamics and crustal deformation plays an important role in landscape evolution. To extract tectonic contribution from topography, researchers rely on interdisciplinary approaches to integrate morphotectonic evidences across diverse temporal and spatial scales. The magnitude, timing and rates of these processes are constrained using quantitative and numerical techniques, through the effective integration of morphotectonic, structural, geophysical and geochronological data. Such analyses greatly benefit from the growing availability of high-resolution DEMs, GIS-based tools, landscape metrics and geomorphic indices, all supporting traditional activities such as field survey and photo-interpretation. This session aims to attract multidisciplinary studies on landscapes, where the combined interpretation of geological, geomorphological, geophysical and geochronological data provides new insights about the landscape/landform modification induced by regional to local scale tectonic processes. We welcome transversal studies to disciplines such as geomorphology, geochemistry, tectonics, and geodynamics, which aim to: i) exploring topographic, drainage and river network evolution; ii) studying uplift/exhumation rates of mountain ranges; iii) extracting tectonic deformation at different temporal and spatial scale from high-resolution DEMs and landscape metrics.