Sedimentology and Society

Understanding the societal impacts of, and improving resilience in response to Earth surface processes requires advancing and applying process sedimentology research in a wide range of environments. This means that these are exciting times for sedimentologists, as we have a growing range of tools, a...

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description Understanding the societal impacts of, and improving resilience in response to Earth surface processes requires advancing and applying process sedimentology research in a wide range of environments. This means that these are exciting times for sedimentologists, as we have a growing range of tools, approaches and expertise to tackle some of the key challenges that face society; such as better understanding natural hazards, forecasting fluxes of contaminants through sediment transport pathways, and understanding the long-term transfer and storage of carbon. For instance, sedimentology has a key role in improving our understanding of both the frequency and impact of a wide range of geohazards that both directly and indirectly impact global communities, especially in more vulnerable Developing Countries. In particular, the links between cascades of hazards, and their response to anthropogenic changes are important but poorly understood. Recent advances in monitoring and analytical methods, as well as adaption of existing approaches, provide the opportunity to fill these outstanding knowledge gaps, as well as gaps in other areas, such as the dispersal of pollutants (e.g. microplastics, pesticides) in the natural environment. Understanding pollutant, and other important particulate (e.g. organic carbon) transport pathways, and their ultimate fates, requires detailed characterisation of the sedimentary processes within and between environments, over a wide range of timescales.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-737242024-04-04T19:18:29Z Sedimentology and Society Owen, Amanda Andrew Clare, Michael Mauz, Barbara sedimentology society natural hazards pollutant dispersal carbon transfer and storage coastal change thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGB Physical geography and topography Understanding the societal impacts of, and improving resilience in response to Earth surface processes requires advancing and applying process sedimentology research in a wide range of environments. This means that these are exciting times for sedimentologists, as we have a growing range of tools, approaches and expertise to tackle some of the key challenges that face society; such as better understanding natural hazards, forecasting fluxes of contaminants through sediment transport pathways, and understanding the long-term transfer and storage of carbon. For instance, sedimentology has a key role in improving our understanding of both the frequency and impact of a wide range of geohazards that both directly and indirectly impact global communities, especially in more vulnerable Developing Countries. In particular, the links between cascades of hazards, and their response to anthropogenic changes are important but poorly understood. Recent advances in monitoring and analytical methods, as well as adaption of existing approaches, provide the opportunity to fill these outstanding knowledge gaps, as well as gaps in other areas, such as the dispersal of pollutants (e.g. microplastics, pesticides) in the natural environment. Understanding pollutant, and other important particulate (e.g. organic carbon) transport pathways, and their ultimate fates, requires detailed characterisation of the sedimentary processes within and between environments, over a wide range of timescales. 2021-11-18T16:23:24Z 2021-11-18T16:23:24Z 2020 book ONIX_20211118_9782889635726_856 9782889635726 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/73724 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/9266/sedimentology-and-society#overview https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/9266/sedimentology-and-society#overview Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88963-572-6 10.3389/978-2-88963-572-6 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889635726 194 open access
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carbon transfer and storage
coastal change
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Sedimentology and Society
title Sedimentology and Society
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title_full_unstemmed Sedimentology and Society
title_short Sedimentology and Society
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topic sedimentology
society
natural hazards
pollutant dispersal
carbon transfer and storage
coastal change
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pollutant dispersal
carbon transfer and storage
coastal change
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