Dear colleagues,
Happy New Year!
As the deadline for abstract submission for the 2017 EGU is fast approaching (January 11th, 2017, 13:00 CET) we would like to invite you to submit a contribution to the following session:
Environmental Seismology: Deciphering Earth's surface processes with seismic methods
GM1.5/CR2.6/GI3.14/NH4.10/SM4.7
Details:
- new session at the EGU General Assembly
- aims at bringing together scientists who use seismic methods to study Earth surface dynamics
- contributions from the field of geomorphology, cryospheric sciences, seismology, natural hazards, volcanology, soil system sciences and hydrology
- theoretical, field based and experimental approaches are highly welcome
Best wishes and we look forward to your submissions,
| Anne Schöpa Florent Gimbert Wei-An Chao Velio Coviello Andrea Manconi |
Session description:
Seismic techniques are becoming widely used to detect and quantitatively characterise a wide variety of natural processes occurring at the Earth's surface. These processes include mass movements such as landslides, rock falls, debris flows and lahars; glacial phenomena such as icequakes, glacier calving/serac falls, glacier melt and supra- to sub-glacial hydrology; snow avalanches; water storage and water dynamics phenomena such as water table changes, river flow turbulence and fluvial sediment transport. Where other methods often provide limited spatial and temporal coverage, seismic observations allow recovering sequences of events with high temporal resolution and over large areas. These observational capabilities allow establishing connections with meteorological drivers, and give unprecedented insights on the underlying physics of the various Earth's surface processes as well as on their interactions (chains of events). These capabilities are also of first interest for real time hazards monitoring and early warning purposes. In particular, seismic monitoring techniques can provide relevant information on the dynamics of flows and unstable slopes, and thus allow for the identification of precursory patterns of hazardous events and timely warning.
Dr. Anne Schöpa
Section 5.1 Geomorphology
Building F, Room 427
Tel.: +49 (0)331/288-28828
Fax: +49 (0)331/288-1814
E-Mail: schoepa@gfz-potsdam.de
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Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Public Law Foundation State of Brandenburg
Telegrafenberg
D-14473 Potsdam
Germany
