Luca C Malatesta @_geoLuca
https://t.co/EikZSGHapo, @[email protected] climatic and tectonic geomorphology at @GFZ_SurfMod, @GFZ_Potsdam, he/him. gfz-potsdam.de/en/staff/luca-… Berlin, Germany Joined March 2017-
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PhD opportunity at @GFZ_Potsdam to study why and how marine terraces are created and preserved in tectonically active coastal landscapes, with a focus on Japan. Field/num.mod./GIS. Project is co-led with @SumikoTsukamoto . Contact me if you are interested!
Interested in cracking landscapes? @_geoLuca @_absrp @keliankaz and I have proposed an #AGU23 session exploring links between #tectonic fracturing, #erosion and the #CriticalZone. Join the #tectonicRockCrusher fun by submitting your abstract! 👇 agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/preli… @AGU_EPSP
Erdbebengefährdete #Küstenregionen: In einem Projekt @dfg_public untersuchen in #Japan Forschende des #LIAG + des @GFZ_Potsdam den Einfluss von #Tektonik, Meeresspiegelschwankungen & unterschiedlichen Wellenstärken auf die Entstehung von #Meeresterrassen t.ly/N3Ef
Under the #MSCA4Ukraine 🇪🇺🇺🇦 initiative, 13 doctoral candidates and 111 postdoctoral researchers from Ukraine will receive funding to continue their work in EU Member States and #HorizonEU associated countries. Read more about the selection results ⬇️
On Friday, @bar_oryan will show how rivers can help map patterns of long-term uplift at subduction zones, and draw connections with sort-term seismic cycles (15:55 in S102ab, T55A-02) #AGU22
🎁 Surprise in the mail today! Four @raspishake to be deployed in Ukraine by @AmashukeliTanya in a pilot project to help with the maintenance and modernization of the 🇺🇦 seismic network ahead of the recovery. 👀 @_absrp
Five weeks in Japan and I could not catch a Lechonk! Sorry @boris_gailleton , I'm just bringing you a pokeball we can use for a later catch
Beautiful clouds as we flew around typhoon 15 (I think). Just west of Tokyo. #台風15号
Large sediment plumes in the Suruga Bay after the passage of #台風15号 in Shizuoka Pref. where it rained >300mm in last 24:00. Shizuoka on ⬅️, typhoon moving east on ➡️, Fuji san peeks through the clouds. Looking north on a Nagasaki>Tokyo ✈️
0.7m of rain over 24h at the Kirishima Kinkowan Ntnl Park!!! The flanks of Shinmoedake (📷 from last yr) must have eroded quite a lot! Curious about the state of the rivers downstream. We're in Fukuoka, 👁 passed a few hours ago, now quiet and dry.
Finished 3 day on Sado Island (Sea of 🗾) to scope out sampling sites for a larger project w/ @SumikoTsukamoto et al. (if funded 🤞🏻). Steep treads & v. thick sediment cover. Straths & outcrops overgrown in summer🌿🌲🌳🌱, a few ❌ on the map nonetheless! thx @sado_geopark #佐渡島
Congratulations to Joanne on submitting her PhD thesis after almost 5 years of hard work! She will defend privately on September 26th, which will be followed by a public defense later in the year.
In Landscape Evolution Models, the choice of the method that resolves how/where water flows out of local minima (here depressions on an initially rough surface) has large consequences for the end result as Boris shows 👨🏻🏫🏞️🏔️🖥️
In Landscape Evolution Models, the choice of the method that resolves how/where water flows out of local minima (here depressions on an initially rough surface) has large consequences for the end result as Boris shows 👨🏻🏫🏞️🏔️🖥️
Identical initial landscapes, same stream power law and flow routine parameters, but different methods to resolve local minima ⛰️💻🧐

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