Dear Colleagues, We invite abstract submissions to the “Ecogeomorphology: feedbacks between biota and sediment transport at the earth surface” session at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting.
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session1632.html Session description: The feedbacks between biota and landscape are often difficult to determine. The roles of life as control of earth surface morphodynamics is largely unknown and only recently researchers have started exploring these intricate interactions. The goal of this session is to investigate how the earth surface is shaped by vegetation, animals and micro-organisms and subsequently how these ecosystems evolve within the newly generated landscape. Examples of study topics in this new and exciting field are the feedbacks between sediment transport and biology and the spatial organization of vegetation on terrestrial landscapes. We encourage submissions of ecogeomorphic studies based on observations, laboratory experiments, and numerical modeling. Emphasis will be given to novel research that investigates the resilience of coupled ecological-geomorphic systems to climate change. In particular, we seek ecogeomorphic contributions in coastal and marine processes, aeolian processes, hillslope dynamics, glacial and periglacial landscapes, and tectonic geomorphology. *Invited speakers* include: A. Brad Murray (Duke University) Joanna Nield (University of Southampton) Mariano Moreno De Las Heras (Durham University) Andrea D’Alpaos (University of Padova) Looking forward to see you in San Francisco, Sergio Fagherazzi (Boston University) Gregory S. Okin (University of California Los Angeles) William Nardin (Boston University)
