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2020 Hochstetter Lecture: How Tectonic & Surface Processes Interact to Shape the Landscape

Date / Time
Nov 05, 2020 @ 10:30am - 12:00pm
Organizer
Australian Geomechanics Society
Branch
Bay-of-plenty
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Presented by Phaedra Upton, Senior Scientist, Geodynamics Team Leader, GNS Science

The landscape serves as a link between the solid Earth and the atmosphere. At many spatial and temporal scales, landscape morphology and topography provide a constraint on the tectonics of the Earth and processes active within it. To unravel these, we need to understand the complex relationships between surface processes, their drivers and the rocks upon which they act. I will explore recent developments in modelling tectonics and surface processes within a single deformational framework. I will focus on collisional settings such as New Zealand’s Southern Alps, SE Alaska and the Himalaya where rapid uplift combines with vigorous climate regimes to create dynamic landscapes.

RSVP: james.griffiths@beca.com

Thanks to our venue sponsor: GEOTECHNICS

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