Information - GM5 Late Cenozoic erosion and sedimentation: climate change or tectonics?
Event Information
Controversy surrounds the notion that on a global scale, mountain landscapes have been rejuvenated by an accelerated erosional capacity of the climate. Supporting evidence for this theory primarily comes from sedimentation patterns and rates, and erosional histories in mountain belts derived from thermochronology; arguments against demonstrate the importance of tectonic forcing for many of the examples. This session aims to attract a broad spectrum of researchers from theoretical modellers to regional geologists and geomorphologists who can give examples, and discuss mechanisms to explain late Cenozoic erosion and sedimentation and its impact on present-day mountainous landscapes.
Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers
R. S. Anderson (Colorado, US)
P. Clift (Aberdeen, UK)
J. Kuhlemann (Tuebingen, Germany)
J. Van Den Driessche (Rennes, France)
Co-Sponsorship
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