Geological processes are generally too slow, too rare, or too deep to be observed in-situ or to be monitored with a resolution high enough to understand their dynamics. Analogue models and numerical simulations have thus become an integral part of the Earth explorer's toolbox to select, formulate, and test hypotheses on the origin and evolution of geological phenomena.

To foster synergy between the rather independently evolving experimentalists and modelers, we provide a multi-disciplinary platform to discuss research on tectonics, structural geology, rock mechanics, geodynamics, volcanology, geomorphology, and sedimentology.

We therefore invite contributions demonstrating the state-of-the-art in analogue/physical and numerical/analytical modelling on a variety of spatial and temporal scales. We encourage diversity in the applications from earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions to sedimentary processes, plate tectonics and landscape evolution. We are particularly interested in sharing experiences through presentations that discuss model strengths and weaknesses, expose limitations and challenges, explore comparisons and coupling between different modelling techniques to more realistically simulate and better understand Earth's behavior.