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  • Programme Groups: SSS2

SSS – Soil System Sciences

Programme Group Chairs: Horst Herbert Gerke, Nunzio Romano, Jaume Bech, Ana Maria Tarquis, Axel Don, Paolo Tarolli, Claudio Zaccone, Daniela Sauer, Elena Korobova, Agata Novara, Heike Knicker, Saskia Keesstra, Giuseppe Provenzano, César Plaza, Lily Pereg (deceased), Anna Smetanova, David C. Finger, Bradley Miller

SSS2 – Land Degradation and Soil Conservation

Programme Group Scientific Officer: Agata Novara

SSS2.1

Land Degradation and Development. A State-of-the-Art
Convener: Saskia Keesstra 
Orals
 / Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 13:30–17:30
 / Thu, 27 Apr, 08:30–12:15  / 13:30–17:15
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.3/HS11.46

The use of check dams for soil restoration at watershed level: resolving or generating hydrological, soil and environmental problems? (co-organized)
Convener: Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja  | Co-Conveners: Guillaume Piton , Mary Nichols , Carlos Castillo , Demetrio Antonio Zema , Yang Yu 
Orals
 / Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–12:15
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.4

Gully and rill erosion: recent research progress
Convener: Javier Casalí  | Co-Conveners: Miguel A. Campo-Bescós , Robert Wells , Fenli Zheng , Christian Conoscenti 
Orals
 / Tue, 25 Apr, 13:30–15:15
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.5/GM4.6/HS9.10/NH9.25

Connectivity in hydrology and sediment dynamics: concepts, measuring, modelling, indices and societal implications (co-organized)
Conveners: Saskia Keesstra , Manuel López-Vicente  | Co-Conveners: Rens Masselink , John Wainwright , Ronald Pöppl 
Orals
 / Mon, 24 Apr, 08:30–12:15  / 13:30–15:15
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 24 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.8/BG9.44

Soil quality assessment in degraded ecosystems: Global advances and challenges (co-organized)
Convener: Isabel Miralles Mellado  | Co-Conveners: Raúl Zornoza , Felipe Bastida , Mirko Castellini , R. Lal , Maurício Cherubin 
PICOs
 / Thu, 27 Apr, 15:30–17:00

SSS2.10

Soils of marginal lands – definition, assessment and land use options
Convener: Werner Gerwin  | Co-Conveners: Wibke Dr. Baumgarten , Federica Barbera , Diego Mattioli 
Orals
 / Tue, 25 Apr, 08:30–12:30
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.16/GM7.7/HS11.50

Agricultural terraces of the world. Their pedological, geomorphological and hydrological role (co-organized)
Convener: Paolo Tarolli  | Co-Conveners: Corrado Camera , Roey Egozi , Estela Nadal Romero , Markus Dotterweich , Yuanmei Jiao , Wei Wei 
PICOs
 / Thu, 27 Apr, 13:30–15:00

SSS2.18

New challanges in Land Degradation and Restoration research
Convener: Agata Novara  | Co-Conveners: Joris de Vente , Saskia Keesstra , Joel Sankey , Joanna Nield 
Orals
 / Tue, 25 Apr, 15:30–17:15
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.19

Get immersed in the Soil Sciences: bright ideas shared among avatars
Convener: Encarnación Taguas  | Co-Conveners: Leovigilda Ortiz , M Carmen del Campillo , Elvira Fernández-Ahumada , M. Carmen Beato , Natalia Uribe , Ramón González-Merino , Ana Maria Tarquis 
Mon, 24 Apr, 15:30–17:00

SSS2.20/HS11.51

Innovation and new challenges in sharing research results and knowledge of soil and water resources: experiences on strategic thinking, technologies and collaborative work. (co-organized)
Convener: Encarnación Taguas  | Co-Conveners: Agata Novara , Emmanouil Varouchakis 
PICOs
 / Wed, 26 Apr, 13:30–15:00

SSS2.22/HS9.12/NH9.24

Advances and gaps in understanding, predicting and preventing hydrological and erosional risks in fire-affected watersheds. (co-organized)
Convener: Jonay Neris  | Co-Conveners: Stefan Doerr , Gary Sheridan 
Orals
 / Tue, 25 Apr, 08:30–12:15
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00

SSS2.23

Salt affected soils: monitoring, risk assessment and effects on plants
Convener: Konstantin Ivushkin  | Co-Conveners: Sjoerd E.A.T.M. van der Zee , Albino Maggio , Luis Santos Pereira , Hongbo Shao , Vanessa Wong 
Orals
 / Fri, 28 Apr, 13:30–15:15
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

NH3.7/GM8.5/SSS2.24

Mechanics of Mass Flows (co-organized)
Convener: Roland Kaitna  | Co-Conveners: Brian McArdell , Jim McElwaine , Elisabeth Bowman 
Orals
 / Mon, 24 Apr, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 24 Apr, 17:30–19:00

NH3.11/GM8.4/SSS2.25

Rockfalls, rockslides and rock avalanches (co-organized)
Convener: Michael Krautblatter  | Co-Conveners: Axel Volkwein , Anja Dufresne , Stuart Dunning , Samuel McColl , Daniel Draebing 
Orals
 / Fri, 28 Apr, 15:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

NH7.1/SSS2.26

Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires: models, theory, and reality (co-organized)
Convener: Mário Pereira  | Co-Conveners: Ricardo Trigo , Marj Tonini , Nikos Koutsias 
Orals
 / Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 17:30–19:00

NH3.3/GI3.11/SSS2.27

Characterizing and monitoring landslide processes using remote sensing and geophysics (co-organized)
Convener: Michel Jaboyedoff  | Co-Conveners: Vincenzo Del Gaudio , Janusz Wasowski , Marc-Henri Derron , Denis Jongmans , Gilles Grandjean 
Orals
 / Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 17:30–19:00

GM9.5/BG9.50/HS11.22/SSS2.28

Interactions of geomorphology, dams and flood hazard (co-organized)
Convener: Christiane Zarfl  | Co-Conveners: Jürgen Berlekamp , Gordon Grant , Ana Lucía , Ian Pattison , Tom Coulthard , Heather Haynes , Sarah Twohig 
Orals
 / Fri, 28 Apr, 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

GM4.3/HS11.15/NH8.12/SSS2.30

Hillslope and fluvial denudation, source-to-sink fluxes and sedimentary budgets under changing climate and other perturbations (co-organized)
Convener: Achim A. Beylich  | Co-Conveners: Katja Laute , Luca Mao , Sara Savi , David Morche 
Orals
 / Fri, 28 Apr, 15:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

GM11.1/SSS2.33

Aeolian Processes and Landforms (co-organized)
Convener: Joanna Nield  | Co-Conveners: Matthew Baddock , John Gillies , Clement Narteau 
Orals
 / Tue, 25 Apr, 10:30–12:00
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00

GM4.1/BG9.35/GMPV2.12/SSS2.34

Coupling chemical weathering and physical erosion: Insights from geomorphic and geochemical studies (co-organized)
Convener: Joel Scheingross  | Co-Conveners: Sebastien Carretier , Jean Braun , Yves Godderis , Jeremy Caves Rugenstein , Grit Steinhoefel 
Orals
 / Fri, 28 Apr, 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

NH4.6/SM3.10/SSS2.36

Soil liquefaction; susceptibility, hazard and mitigation measures (co-organized)
Convener: Harun Sonmez  | Co-Convener: George Papathanassiou 
PICOs
 / Tue, 25 Apr, 08:30–10:00