Call for Abstracts
Session CR 20: Open Session on Permafrost
European Geosciences Union 2007 General Assembly
15-20 April 2007
Vienna, Austria
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 15 January 2007
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007/
or contact:
Stephan Gruber
University of Zurich
E-mail: stgruber [at] geo.unizh.ch
Abstracts are now being accepted for the following session at the
European Geosciences Union 2007 General Assembly:
Session CR 20: Open Session on Permafrost
Session Description:
Permafrost is a widespread phenomenon in polar areas and cold mountain
terrain. Geomorphic processes that are associated with permafrost have
also had a strong influence on the morphogenesis of vast areas in the
mid latitudes during the Pleistocene. In the light of present and likely
future climate changes, permafrost environments are expected to undergo
rapid changes. Alterations in the thermal regime may cause geotechnical
and environmental problems, mainly in terms of thaw subsidence,
increased frequencies of rapid mass movement, and severe changes of soil
moisture contents and water balance. Permafrost research can thus
contribute to the understanding of present and past periglacial
processes and landforms, help to obtain valuable information from, for
example, geomorphology or monitoring networks, and provide the basis for
simulations of possible future developments within this fragile
environment.
Session organizers invite contributions about permafrost and related
topics from all disciplines, backgrounds, applied methodologies, and
geographic areas, including those that do not explicitly belong to any
of the other specialized sessions.
Convener:
Stephan Gruber
University of Zurich
E-mail: stgruber [at] geo.unizh.ch
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007/