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ITS3.10/NH13.17 | Past, Present, and Future Marine Geological Processes and their relevance for society
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Past, Present, and Future Marine Geological Processes and their relevance for society
Convener: Gert J. De Lange | Co-conveners: Michele Rebesco, Shu Gao, Natascha Riedinger
Marine geological processes cover a range of different disciplines and their understanding usually requires an interdisciplinary approach. The interaction of tectono-sedimentary, physical oceanographic, chemical and biological mechanisms in marine geological processes are important. These range from sediment erosion and deposition, to hydrothermal and fluid flow systems, early diagenesis and geomicrobiology, and long-term evolution of ocean-basins. Such processes may take place in shallow or deep, in tropical and glacial environments, and they may be natural or partly human-influenced. Climate-ecosystem and material cycling induced perturbations in marine geological processes have occurred in present and past, and potentially will also occur in the future. Several of these processes may also have a profound impact on human society, including Geohazards such as tsunamis generated by tectonic or mass-wasting events, coastal land and habitat loss in response to changed currents or river discharge, and sediment gravity flow in deep waters affecting human infrastructures. Moreover, marine geological archives contain records of climate change occurring in the past, that are relevant for present and potentially future changes. We encourage comprehensive and interdisciplinary abstracts within the broad field of marine geological processes or marine deposits that provide comprehensive evidence for present or past geo-physical and geo-(bio)chemical processes.