[Aqualist] InQua session 2011 - Palaeofloods in Earth's history

[Juergen Herget]

Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the following session at the  
congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research
(INQUA) taking place in July, 20-27, 2011 in Berne, Switzerland.
We would be pleased to welcome you personally there - with kind regards,

Juergen Herget & Neil Macdonald

(herget at giub.uni-bonn.de <mailto:herget at giub.uni-bonn.de>)
(Neil.Macdonald at liverpool.ac.uk <mailto:Neil.Macdonald at liverpool.ac.uk>)

*Session title:*
Palaeofloods in Earth's history

*Conveners:*
Juergen Herget (Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany)
and Neil Macdonald (School of Environmental Sciences, University of 
Liverpool, United Kingdom)

*Keynote speakers:
*Christian Pfister (on extraordinary historic flood events in Europe)
Samuel Toucanne (on the Pleistocene Fleuve Manche in the British Channel)

*Session description:*
Flood events during the Pleistocene and Holocene have significantly 
changed the Earth's surface,  modified climates by changing ocean 
currents and brought disaster and suffering to settlements throughout 
history. An improved understanding of the origin, mechanisms and 
dynamics of past high magnitude floods will help in appreciating and 
predicting current events and estimating the potential for future flood 
magnitudes. This is critical in determining potential sources of 
unexpected events within globally changing environmental conditions, 
such as melting glaciers, decay of permafrost, or changes in atmospheric 
circulation patterns.
In this oral and poster session presentations on the interpretation of 
floods from the Pleistocene to historic times are welcome. The session 
will focus on studies of principal importance to the topic, with 
interpretations and conclusions adaptable to other examples. Poster 
presentations are strongly encouraged, permitting extended and intensive 
discussions of particular details.

*Abstract deadline:*November 30, 2010

For more details on the INQUA congress and instructions for abstract 
submission visit http://www.inqua2011.ch