Fjord sediment archives in the north
eastern North Atlantic
7-8 April 2018, Vienna, Austri
a
This workshop will gath
er a broad spectrum of scientists willing to share their expertise and deve
lop original concepts on the identification and reconstruction of post-glac
ial paleoclimate changes and coastal geohazards based on fjord sediment arc
hives. It will stimulate the submission of a Full IODP proposal for the Oct
ober 2018 deadline, as an extended and reviewed version of the IODP 915-Pre
proposal “Fjord sediment archives in the northeastern North Atlantic”.
Norwegian and Svalbard fjords communicate with the Norwegian Sea an
d Greenland Sea/Fram Strait, respectively, and constitute extensions of the
open ocean towards land. Changes in their modern hydrology and sedimentary
budget are related to changes in the volume transport and physical-chemica
l signature of Atlantic and Arctic-derived water masses circulating over th
e continental margin, to the seasonal development of sea-ice such as in coa
stal Svalbard, as well as to processes acting on the hinterland such as pre
cipitation variations and the dynamics of tidewater glaciers (when present)
. Finally, fjords are characterized by frequent mass-movement events whose
understanding is of vital importance given their catastrophic impacts on co
astal infrastructures and human lives.
The general paucity of hi
gh resolution, continuous, coupled marine and continental records of Holoce
ne environmental changes in the northeastern North Atlantic region since th
e initial demise of the NW European ice-sheets has precluded any firm under
standing of (1) high and low frequency behaviors, and the impact in this re
gion of internal modes of the climate variability such as NAO and AMO, (2)
interactions with external climate forcing acting over short and long time-
scales, (3) the coupled ocean/cryosphere/atmosphere dynamics and the connec
tions between marine and continental climates, (4) the synchronicity and tr
igger mechanisms of past mass movements in high latitude coastal environmen
ts of Northwestern Europe.
These four overarching themes will be
thoroughly debated throughout the workshop in the form of keynotes and ope
n discussions covering a wide range of disciplines and topics related to th
e motivation and objectives of “FANA”.
This recently endorsed Magellan
Plus workshop will be organized as a pre-EGU event, in order to guarantee t
he participation of key scientists who will also be attending the General U
nion Meeting from April 9th, 2018.
Scientists interested in contributing to the
workshop are invited to submit an expression of interest by 15 Mar
ch 2018 to This email address is being prot
ected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Researchers will be accepted based on
their research interest related to the scientific goals of the workshop. A
pplicants will be informed on the outcome immediately after deadline. Early
Stage Researchers are particularly welcomed to apply.
The works
hop will take place at hotel ARCOTEL KAISERWASSER Vienna within walking dis
tance to the EGU convention Center. It will be limited to 30 pp. max.
All participants will be offered a two nights single bedroom package (arriv
al April 6th, departure April 8th) + catering. Travel costs to Vienna will
be under the sole responsability of the participants.
Or
ganizer:
Jacques Giraudeau, CNRS – Université de Bordeaux, Fr
ance. On behalf of IODP 915-Pre co-proponents.