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  Information - GM11 Hunting for active tectonic signals in plate interior geomorphology (co-listed in TS)

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The landscape results from a competition between tectonic activity and surface processes. Along plate boundaries where tectonic deformation is large, tectonic signals win over that of surface processes. Tectonic geomorphologists have developed suites of tools to study these large landforms and understand how deformation has acted for several hundreds of thousands of years. In plate interiors, however, deformation is comparatively small, surface processes take over the tectonic signal and swiftly degrade traces of active tectonism. In such settings, the landscape rapidly forgets its tectonic history and only conspicuous geomorphic markers, young landforms or large regions still preserve a record of it. The advent of new surveying techniques and detailed topographic data sets provide new means to study active tectonics at the regional and local scale in plate interiors. We encourage contributions reporting ways in which to study the geomorphic response of landscapes to slow deformation, with a special emphasis on the markers and technological tools used to decipher the tectonic signature of rapidly evolving landscapes.

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