EP024
Land Surface Hazards: Linking Processes Across Landscapes
Land Surface Hazards: Linking Processes Across Landscapes
Session ID#: 252444
Session Description:
Natural hazards may arise from single triggering events or set off cascading surface processes that amplify impacts to life and property well beyond the initial disturbance. Both climatic (e.g., extreme weather, wildfire, climate change) and geologic (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes) events can initiate landslides, debris flows, and other mass movements. As the landscape and critical zone adjust to these disturbances, the spatial variability and dynamic nature of Earth’s surface can give rise to complex hazard chains—such as landslide-induced sedimentation and flooding, or fire–storm–debris flow sequences, among others. This session highlights cutting-edge research on both individual extreme events and cascading hazards, with a focus on interactions among atmospheric, hydrologic, and geologic systems. We welcome contributions that examine geomorphic processes and hazard cascades through observational (ground-based or remote sensing), theoretical, modeling, or applied approaches across a range of landscapes.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:
1402 - Critical Zone [CRITICAL ZONE]
1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
1824 Geomorphology: general [HYDROLOGY]
4306 Multihazards [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Brian J Yanites, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, United States
Conveners: Seulgi Moon, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Scott W McCoy, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, United States and A. Joshua West, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Chan-Mao Chen, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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