Topical Advisory Panel
- Geophysics Section
- Natural Hazards Section
- Hydrogeology Section
- Geomechanics Section
- Structural Geology and Tectonics Section
- Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology Section
Members
Interests: micromechanics of granular materials; random vibrations; structural and general optimization; energy harvesting
Interests: clastic sedimentology; factors that control sediment composition; climate and weathering transformations; provenance studies; paleogeographic reconstructions; geological mapping
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Interests: computational geotechnics; foundations and soil–structure interaction; offshore geotechnics; landslides and slope stability
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Interests: geoheritage; geoscience education; sedimentary provenance studies; sedimentary rocks weathering; Sedimentology; Sedimentary Petrology; clay minerals; microtextures; paleoenvironments; paleoclimates
Interests: seafloor mapping; GIS and spatial data analysis; geomorphological mapping; marine geosciences
Interests: geotechnical engineering; soil-mechanics; slope-stability; seismic geotechnical engineering
2. Instituto de Investigação em Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos (IVAR), Universidade dos Açores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Interests: volcanology; physical volcanology; explosive volcanism; submarine volcanism; ocean island volcanoes; eruptive processes; magmatism; volcanic geology; volcanic hazard assessment; geological hazards
2. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Guadeloupe, Université de Paris, 97113 Gourbeyre, Guadeloupe, France
Interests: volcanology; volcanic gases; volatile in magmas; hydrothermal systems; melt inclusions; monitoring
Interests: rock fracture dynamics; explosion and blasting engineering; rock burst; high strain rate; dynamic strengths
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Interests: snow and ice mechanics; avalanche formation; avalanche release; snow sta-bility; avalanche forecasting; collapse mechanisms; hazard mitigation
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Interests: geological engineering; rock mechanics; soil mechanics; slope instabilities; seismicity; geological risks; stresses in situ
Interests: seismic structure and dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and lithosphere; geodynamics of subduction zones; seismic anisotropy and tomography; spatiotemporal variations of the Earth’s crust elastic parameters; earthquake seismology; fault zone structure analysis
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Interests: magmatic petrology; economic geology; geological heritage; geoecology
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Interests: landslide mapping and monitoring; land subsidence; InSAR data interpretation; geohazard monitoring; EO techniques
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Interests: fluvial geomorphology; coastal geomorphology; tectonic geomorphology; coastal management; natural hazards; water resources; GIS
Interests: environmental geochemistry; surface complexation modeling; speciation
Interests: fault zone structure; fault rocks; microstructures; structural geology; rock mechanics; earthquakes; carbonates; 3D modelling
Interests: geological engineering; erosion processes and mechanics; weathering and sedimentology; landform evolution; surface and ground water
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Interests: field volcanology; petrology; geochemistry; tephra
2. PNK GeoScience, Tampa, FL, USA
Interests: Igneous rocks; mantle petrology and geochemistry; subduction zone processes; volcanic arc geochemistry; ore-forming processes and fluids; highly siderophile and chalcophile metals; diamonds; geology and geochemistry of wine
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Interests: stratigraphy and sedimentology; geothematic map; coastal-marine geology; geographic information systems; remote sensing; siliclastic and evaporitic deposits; sedimentary basin analysis; semiquantitative models of erosion-transport-sedimentation processes; management of natural resources; landslide and subsidence
Interests: location-based social media big data analytics; (geo) visual-analytics; urban complexity and human mobilities; geo-computing and spatial interaction (high performance, Web, and mobile GIS)
Interests: paleomagnetism; rock magnetism; environmental magnetism
Interests: seismic microzonation; empirical rainfall threshold applied to shallow landslides; geostatistical methods applied to hazard mapping and geotechnical subsoil characterization; stability numerical analyses of rock cavities
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Interests: volcano seismology; source mechanism modelling; nonlinear dynamical systems; data analysis
Interests: geology of mélanges and broken formations; subaqueous mass transport deposits and processes; mud diapirs and volcanoes; analogue modelling of geologic processes; brittle tectonics
Interests: isotope cosmo- and geo-chemistry; noble gas isotopes; meteorites; planetary sciences; stable isotope cosmochemistry; early solar system chronology
Interests: landslides; earthquakes; unsaturated soils; natural hazards
Interests: petroleum geology; structural geology; reservoir fracture
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Interests: structural geology; tectonics; geological mapping; geochronology; synorogenic basins; mass-wasting; orogenic belts; Variscan belt; Paleozoic continental margins