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Abstract Volume Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2024, Basel

The Anthropocene – Past, Present and Future

Abstract Volume SGM 2024
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1. Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics
2. Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
3. Environmental Biogeochemistry of Trace and Major Elements
4. Palaeontology
5. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology: processes of formation, transport and transformation through time
6. Alpine Hazards: Early Detection, Monitoring, Warning, Modelling, Mitigation
7. Seismic Hazard and Risk in Switzerland: From Science to Mitigation
8. Deep geothermal energy, CO2-storage and energy-related exploration of the subsurface.
9. Studying geoscience processes in underground research laboratories
10. Quaternary environments: landscapes, climate, ecosystems and human activity during the past 2.6 million years
11. Geomorphology
12. Soil: Formation, Processes, and Conservation
13. Hydrology and Hydrogeology
14. Limnology and Oceanography
15. Cryospheric Sciences
16. Atmospheric Composition and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
17. Urban environments and climate change
18. Tackling the Climate Crisis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change Education and Communication
19. Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
20. Geodesy
21. Living well in mountains: Interdisciplinary contributions from the geosciences and beyond
22. Human Geographies: critical perspectives from the margins
23. Human Geographies: Housing in and beyond Switzerland
24. Human Geographies: Inequalities, social justice in/through education
25. Spatial data science: extracting knowledge from geo-environmental data

Authors: Dr Pierre Dèzes, Platform Geosciences
Publishing house: Swiss Academy of Sciences
Pages: 682

Categories

  • Cryosphere
  • Gaciology
  • Geochemistry
  • Geochronology
  • Geodesy
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics
  • Geosciences
  • Geosphere
  • Geothermics
  • Hydrogeology
  • Hydrology
  • Hydrology, Limnology, Glaciology
  • Hydrospheres
  • Palaeontology (geosci)
  • Pedology
  • Permafrost
  • Quarternary research
  • Sediment
  • Stratigraphy