IS – Interdivision Sessions

Urbanisation and its complex interactions with the Biosphere and the water cycle (co-organized)
Convener: A. Svirejeva-Hopkins 
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Mountain Hydrology and Climatology: present state and future scenarios (co-organized)
Convener: D. Viviroli  | Co-Conveners: C. de Jong , W. Buytaert 
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Basin Dynamics (co-organized)
Convener: M. Scheck-Wenderoth  | Co-Conveners: Bayer , F. Roure 
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Karst systems: dynamics, evolution and paleoenvironmental recordings (co-organized)
Convener: Gilli  | Co-Convener: J. De Waele 
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Flash flood events: observations, processes and forecasting (co-organized)
Convener: M. Borga  | Co-Conveners: J. Szolgay , R. Weingartner , G. Blöschl , G. T. Aronica 
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Coasts and Estuaries (co-organized)
Convener: HHG Savenije  | Co-Conveners: A. Rinaldo , A.C.W. Baas , M. Toffolon 
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Physical Oceanographic Applications of Combined Sea Level and Ocean Gravity measurements (co-organized)
Convener: J. Schröter  | Co-Convener: VZ Zlotnicki 
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Heavy-metal contamination of water, air, soil, and foodcrops (co-organized)
Convener: J. A. Holden  | Co-Conveners: B. D. Malamud , L. Li , K. Kostarelos 
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Natural and anthropogenic hazards in karst areas (co-organized)
Convener: M. Parise  | Co-Conveners: J. De Waele , Gutierrez 
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Gravity Waves (co-organized)
Convener: U. Achatz  | Co-Conveners: E. Becker , R. Plougonven , Sharman 
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The Alpine-Himalayan orogeny: from the Mediterranean to SE Asia (including Stephan Mueller Medal Lecture) (co-organized)
Convener: C. Faccenna  | Co-Conveners: S. Schmid , A. Robertson , Dr Govers , ten Veen 
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Ensemble hydrological forecasting: from theory to practice (co-organized)
Convener: Prof. Ranzi  | Co-Conveners: F Pappenberger , J. Thielen-del Pozo , G. Balint , C. Hegg 
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Precipitation: from measurement to modelling and application in catchment hydrology (co-organized)
Convener: R. Uijlenhoet  | Co-Conveners: A. A. Carsteanu , C. Onof , G. Grossi , P. Burlando 
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Assessment of Weather-related Risk on Agricultural Production and Agribusiness (co-organized)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: N. R. Dalezios , M. Semenov , F. Burgaz 
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Earthquake Risk and Loss Estimates: New Directions (including Sergey Soloviev and Plinius Medal Lectures) (co-organized)
Convener: M. Wyss  | Co-Conveners: J. Zschau , Wiemer 
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Education, Computational Methods and Complex Systems in Nonlinear Proceses in Geophysics (co-organized)
Convener: Petkaki  | Co-Conveners: D. Schertzer , J. M. Redondo , L. Sorriso-Valvo 
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Open Session on Geoscience Instrumentation (co-organized)
Convener: H. Svedhem  | Co-Conveners: A.-M. Harri , Prof. Korepanov 
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Planetary Geomorphology (co-organized)
Convener: M. Balme  | Co-Conveners: Gupta , Bargery , C. Gallagher 
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Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warnings (co-organized)
Convener: J. Zschau  | Co-Convener: S. Tinti 
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Wildfire in Forest Landscapes: Desertification, Degradation, Debris Flows, & Damage Control (co-organized)
Convener: Wittenberg  | Co-Conveners: D. G. Neary , Bautista 
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Multidisciplinary Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (co-organized)
Convener: I. M. Artemieva  | Co-Convener: A. G.. Jones 
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Climate change impacts on glaciers, permafrost and related hazards (co-organized)
Convener: C. Huggel  | Co-Conveners: A. Kääb , C. Schneider , B. Raup 
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Observation and interpretation of the geomagnetic secular variation (co-organized)
Convener: A. Fournier  | Co-Conveners: Olsen , S. Macmillan , V. Lesur 
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General System Design, Image Processing and Data Infrastructures (co-organized)
Convener: W. Schmidt  | Co-Convener: J.-L. Josset 
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New Views of the Mantle: combining mineral physics, seismology and geodynamics (co-organized)
Convener: S. Speziale  | Co-Conveners: S. Goes , Reichmann , E. Garnero 
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Chemical and physical monitoring of the critical zone (co-sponsored by EAG) (co-organized)
Convener: Gaillardet  | Co-Convener: N. Hovius 
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Climate, Water and Health (co-organized)
Convener: A. A. Carsteanu  | Co-Conveners: A. Porporato , G. Christakos , E. Quentin 
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Landslide Forecasting (co-organized)
Convener: F. Guzzetti  | Co-Conveners: M. Parise , G. G.R. IOVINE 
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Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires: models, theory, and reality (co-organized)
Convener: R. Lasaponara  | Co-Conveners: Millington , L. Telesca , McKenzie 
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Astrobiology, Mars and robotic exploration (co-organized)
Convener: Westall  | Co-Conveners: C. Muller , J. Toporski , J. L. Vago 
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Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: Current issues - future concerns (co-organized)
Convener: Reynolds  | Co-Conveners: C. Huggel , D.J. Quincey 
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Composition and mineralogy of terrestrial planets and the Moon: new constraints from experiments, modelling, and space missions (co-sponsored by EAG) (co-organized)
Convener: van Westrenen  | Co-Conveners: R. Ziethe , M. Koch-Müller , E. Tronche 
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Natural hazard risk management: From risk assessment to economic aspects and societal decision making (co-organized)
Convener: S. Fuchs  | Co-Conveners: T.A. Bogaard , M. Jaboyedoff , C. Kuhlicke , K. Sudmeier-Rieux 
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Wildfires, Weather and Climate (co-organized)
Convener: M.G. Pereira  | Co-Conveners: R. Trigo , Wotton 
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Soil erosion, sedimentation and the carbon cycle (co-organized)
Convener: N. J. Kuhn  | Co-Conveners: T. Hoffmann , Martínez-Mena , L.H. Cammeraat , Dr Glatzel , Jacinthe 
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Seamless Approaches in Weather and Climate (co-organized)
Convener: Rodwell  | Co-Conveners: Jung , Brunet 
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Glacial Isostatic Adjustment, Upper Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, and Quaternary Climate (co-organized)
Convener: M. Poutanen  | Co-Conveners: B. Vermeersen , V. Klemann , Gregersen 
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Shaping the topography of the continents from the Inside Out (co-organized)
Convener: J. Ebbing  | Co-Convener: R W England 
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Water transfer, element fluxes and carbon export from soils to streams and rivers: Processes, modelling and implications at the catchment scale (co-sponsored by EAG) (co-organized)
Convener: Köhler  | Co-Convener: Futter 
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Floodplain mapping and flood prevention techniques in the 21st century (co-organized)
Convener: G. Di Baldassarre  | Co-Conveners: R. Moussa , F Pappenberger , M. Disse , G. J.-P. Schumann 
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Stable Isotopes in Geosciences - Open Session (include Blocks of Special Attention; see session description ) (co-organized)
Convener: P. De Groot  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Bojar , E. Kerstel , J. Hoogewerff , Dr Meier-Augenstein , Coplen 
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Sumatra: Deformation Processes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis (co-organized)
Convener: McCloskey  | Co-Conveners: FJ Tilmann , Chlieh 
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Hydrological processes in landslide research: analysis and quantification (co-organized)
Convener: T.A. Bogaard  | Co-Conveners: E. Zehe , J.-P. Malet , Lindenmaier , L. Borgatti 
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Large-scale solar wind structures and their impact on Earth and other planets (co-organized)
Convener: B. Lavraud  | Co-Conveners: A.P. Rouillard , Borovsky , Wood 
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Fire in the Earth System (co-organized)
Convener: A. Spessa  | Co-Convener: O. Wild 
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Scales and scaling in surface and subsurface hydrology (co-organized)
Convener: J. L. M. P. de Lima  | Co-Conveners: W. Krajewski , Marani 
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Stochastic Transport and Emergent Scaling on the Earth's Surface (co-organized)
Convener: E. Foufoula  | Co-Convener: R. Schumer 
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Improving coordination between European civil protection and the scientific community (co-organized)
Convener: P. Nardin  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Eder , Cordonnier , P. Albrito 
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Solid Earth geocomplexity: surface processes, morphology and natural resources over wide ranges of scale (co-organized)
Convener: Gaonac'h  | Co-Convener: Q. Cheng 
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Climate tracers for the present to the deep past: observations, models and proxies (co-sponsored by EAG) (co-organized)
Convener: A Paul  | Co-Conveners: G. Lohmann , D. Vance , P. De Groot , P. Valdes , G. Ramstein , M Werner 
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Chaotic and Stochastic Climate Dynamics (co-organized)
Convener: Dr. Ghil  | Co-Conveners: E. Simonnet , Dr Chekroun 
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Lightning and its Atmospheric Effects (co-organized)
Convener: H. D. Betz  | Co-Conveners: S. Soula , Y. Yair , CG Price , T. Neubert , M. Fullekrug 
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Landslides, ground-failures and mass movements induced by earthquakes and volcanic activity (co-organized)
Convener: V. Del Gaudio  | Co-Conveners: R. W. Jibson , J. Wasowski , Keefer 
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Complexity and nonlinearity in soils (co-organized)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: E. Perrier , R. M. Lark 
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Teaching Hydrology, Water Resources Management and Hydrologic Modelling (poster only) (co-organized)
Convener: G. Hörmann  | Co-Conveners: N. Fohrer , T. Wagener 
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Natural and anthropogenic hazards related to water reservoirs (co-organized)
Convener: J. Rohn  | Co-Conveners: T. Scholten , L. King 
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Uncertainty, Random Dynamical Systems, Climate Trends and Stochastic Modeling in Geophysics (co-organized)
Convener: Pavlyukevich  | Co-Conveners: D. Schertzer , J. Duan , X. L. Wang , Penland 
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Climate time series analysis: Novel tools and their application (co-organized)
Convener: M. Mudelsee  | Co-Conveners: M. Schulz , M. Trauth 
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Coupling geophysical modelling, geodesy and active tectonics to unravel the physics of active faults (co-organized)
Convener: Sabadini  | Co-Conveners: R. Barzaghi , Aoudia 
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Novel approaches to quantifying the timing and rate of landscape change (co-organized)
Convener: L. Kirstein  | Co-Conveners: J. Foeken , Codilean , Garcia , S. M. Mudd 
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Heterogeneity of catchment processes at multiple scales - benchmarking observations, conceptualisation and prediction (co-organized)
Convener: D. Tetzlaff  | Co-Conveners: M.J. Kirkby , H. Laudon , McGuire , Carey 
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Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment (co-organized)
Convener: Foote  | Co-Conveners: R. Muir-Wood , Bresch , Smolka 
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European Networks and Data Infrastructures (co-organized)
Convener: Giardini  | Co-Convener: van Eck 
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Theory and simulations of solar system plasmas (co-organized)
Convener: J. Büchner  | Co-Conveners: G. Belmont , M. Leubner 
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From large to small scales for potential fields - tools and models? (co-organized)
Convener: E. Thebault  | Co-Convener: A. Eicker 
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Shale gas, source rocks and organic-rich mudstones: new perspectives (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-organized)
Conveners: Taylor , H.-M. Schulz  | Co-Conveners: Krüger , R. F. Sachsenhofer  , J. Macquaker 
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How, when, and why to submit an IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) project proposal (co-organized)
Convener: Coplen 
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Flooding and climate during the last two millennia (co-organized)
Convener: V.R. Thorndycraft  | Co-Conveners: Dr Chiverrell , Dr Macdonald 
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Tectonics, climate and landscape (co-organized)
Convener: A. Whittaker  | Co-Conveners: Sinclair , R. Thiede 
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Rainfall triggered landslides and debris flows and their effect on erosion and sediment yield in river catchments (co-organized)
Convener: J. Bathurst  | Co-Conveners: G. Crosta , P. Frattini 
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Hydrological extremes: from droughts to floods (co-organized)
Convener: G. Laaha  | Co-Conveners: A. Castellarin , J. Szolgay , L. M. Tallaksen 
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Electric, magnetic and electro-magnetic phenomena related to earthquakes (co-organized)
Convener: P.F. Biagi  | Co-Conveners: M. Hayakawa , Molchanov 
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Beyond 2013 - The future of European scientific drilling research (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-organized)
Convener: G. Camoin  | Co-Convener: Stein 
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Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (co-organized)
Convener: S.J. Carr  | Co-Conveners: Grab , K. Martens , Sames 
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Processes and rates of rock slope erosion: weathering, detachment, and transport (co-organized)
Convener: JR Moore  | Co-Conveners: Krautblatter , S. Loew 
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Planetary cores: dynamical motions, their evolution and effects on the compass' needle (co-organized)
Convener: Costin  | Co-Convener: D. Breuer 
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Constraining the Crust and Upper Mantle with Electromagnetic/MT data (co-organized)
Convener: Pous  | Co-Conveners: R. Carbonell , T. Korja , X. Garcia , Brasse , Heise , Jegen 
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Tracing sediments and colloids in the environment (co-organized)
Convener: Prof. Quinton  | Co-Conveners: Michaelides , J. A. Gomez , M. Nearing 
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Nonlinear Cryosphere Dynamics (co-organized)
Convener: C. Schoof  | Co-Convener: Ng 
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Long-term platforms as tool for understanding biogeochemical cycles under climate change (co-organized)
Convener: Chabbi  | Co-Convener: C. Rumpel 
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Aeolian dust: initiator, player, and recorder of environmental change (co-organized)
Convener: J.-B. Stuut  | Co-Conveners: P. Knippertz , A.C.W. Baas 
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Lakes and Inland Seas (co-organized)
Convener: P. Zavialov  | Co-Convener: J. Friedrich 
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Natural Hazards Education and Communications to Students, Government Officials and to the Public (co-organized)
Convener: B. D. Malamud  | Co-Conveners: M.C. Llasat , C.J. van Westen , Stewart , Liverman , Bell 
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Volcanic threats: hazard identification, assessment and risk mitigation (co-organized)
Convener: Vye  | Co-Conveners: G. De Natale , M. Watson 
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Seismic hazard evaluation, precursory phenomena and reliability of prediction (co-organized)
Convener: M. E. Contadakis  | Co-Conveners: P.F. Biagi , J. Zschau 
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Active Source Images of the Crust (sponsored by IGCP 559) (co-organized)
Convener: R. Stephenson  | Co-Conveners: R. Carbonell , A. Korja , Goleby 
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Earthquakes, fluids and metamorphism (co-organized)
Convener: T. John  | Co-Convener: Vannucchi 
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Research and Development in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (co-organized)
Convener: A. Becker  | Co-Conveners: K. Koch , B. Kalinowski , D. BROWN , Estabrook 
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Time-dependent earthquake processes and seismic hazard: physics and statistics (co-organized)
Convener: S. Hainzl  | Co-Conveners: G. Zöller , M. Cocco , I. Main 
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Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications (co-organized)
Convener: N. Crosby  | Co-Convener: M. Voiculescu 
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Growth of the Tibetan Plateau: Origin? (co-organized)
Convener: R. Gloaguen  | Co-Convener: L. Ratschbacher 
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Climate Science Education and Communications to Students, Government Officials and to the Public (co-organized)
Convener: G. Lohmann  | Co-Convener: C. Laj 
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Ground Movement: Measurements, Subsurface Causes, and Interpretation (co-organized)
Convener: Fokker  | Co-Conveners: Muntendam-Bos , G. Bawden 
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Growth of the Tibetan Plateau: Erosion, surface processes, climate (co-organized)
Convener: R. Gloaguen  | Co-Convener: L. Ratschbacher 
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Education and Communications to Students, Government Officials and to the Public in Cryospheric Sciences (co-organized)
Convener: C. de Jong 
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Deformation processes and accompanying mechanical and electromagnetic phenomena, for rocks and other materials, from the laboratory to the geophysical scale (co-organized)
Convener: K. Eftaxias  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Nomicos , T. Chelidze 
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