Icehouse conditions have characterized the evolution of Earth's surface over multiple timescales. Their recurrence and intensity are paced by the interplay among surface and deep-seated processes, as well as astronomical forcing. Under colder climate conditions, landscapes are modified by the physical action of ice masses, including polar ice sheets, high-elevation and high-latitude ice caps, and valley glaciers. Each stage of landscape evolution can be traced through erosion of the substrate beneath and around the ice bodies, and through the subsequent transport and deposition of eroded material. Tracing these sediment-routing pathways is a key tool for understanding past and present ice dynamics.
Through numerical modeling of sediment and provenance proxies, it is possible to investigate how glacial landscapes are eroded and evolve in response to climate variability and tectonics through time.
We especially welcome contributions focusing on, but not limited to, the Cenozoic, encompassing the development of high-latitude polar environments and the recurrent advances and retreats of mountain glaciers during the Quaternary. We encourage studies employing approaches that bridge sedimentology, geomorphology, and related disciplines, including cosmogenic nuclides, thermochronology, detrital geochronology, geochemical provenance tracer, and petrographic and mineralogical characterization of grains. Contributions integrating these techniques with remote sensing, GIS-based analyses, and numerical modeling are encouraged.