Landscapes Live Thursday 25th February: Allison Pfeiffer

 Dear all,

We are very pleased to announce our third “Landscapes Live” online seminar of 2021 by Allison Pfeiffer (Western Washington University) that will occur this week on Thursday 25th February at 7 am PST / 10 am EST / 3 pm GMT / 4 pm CET on:

Sediment supply controls river bed (in)stability in the Pacific Northwest 

Abstract: Gravel river channel beds aggrade and incise through time via the process of coarse sediment transport and in response to temporal variation in the upstream supply of water and coarse sediment. However, we lack a thorough understanding of which of these (high flow events or sediment pulses) is the dominant driver of channel bed elevation change. This lack hampers flood hazard prediction, as changes to the bed elevation can either augment or reduce flood heights. In this talk, I will explore the drivers of channel change using multidecadal time series of river bed elevation at 49 United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauge sites in the uplands of Washington State, USA. 


This seminar will be live on Zoom and open to anyone interested (with a limit of 300 participants). You can register in advance for this Zoom meeting here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctd-6pqjovGNFyCa6dNIA6-UcQfaP5ZtWB


After registering, you should receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We will also post the Zoom link for this meeting on the seminar website: https://osur.univ-rennes1.fr/LandscapesLive/.

The Landscapes Live online seminar series will then continue the following weeks with:

  • Thursday 4th March at 3 pm GMT/ 4 pm CET: Karl Lang, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Thursday 11th March at  3 pm GMT/ 4 pm CET: Ajay Limaye, University of Virginia
  • Thursday 18th March at 3 pm GMT/ 4 pm CET: Roman DiBiase, Pennsylvania State University   
  • Thursday 25th March at 3 pm GMT/ 4 pm CET: Simon Mudd, University of Edinburgh     

Previous talks are available on the website (https://osur.univ-rennes1.fr/LandscapesLive/). We are already planning a second seminar series this spring. Feel free to contact us if you have questions or suggestions: landscapesliveseminar@gmail.com

Landscapes Live is the EGU Geomorphology Division's virtual webinar series focused on sharing exciting geomorphology research throughout the international scientific community.

Best wishes, 

The Landscapes Live team,

Rebekah Harries, Michal Ben-Isreal, Pierre Valla, Philippe Steer, Steffi Tofelde, Charlie Shobe, Vivi Pederson and Boris Gailleton

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