Convenors:
Dr. José Matildo Paredes (UNPSJB); Dr. Carina Colombi (IMCN, FCEFN, UNSJ – CIGEOBIO, CONICET); Dr. Silvia Barredo (ITBA – IGP – UBA); Dr. Andrew Miall (University of Toronto, Canada).
The symposium is intended as an open, rigorous, and stimulating forum for academic exchange on recent advances concerning the processes that govern the behavior of fluvial systems, their spatiotemporal evolution, and their expression in the sedimentary and stratigraphic record. The symposium welcomes contributions addressing modern and ancient fluvial systems from sedimentological, stratigraphic, geomorphological, hydrological, geochemical, geophysical, numerical, and applied perspectives. It aims to foster dialogue among studies focused on fluid dynamics, sediment transport, the morphodynamics of channels and bars, the architecture of floodplains and channel belts, as well as those concerned with the generation, preservation, and interpretation of the fluvial geological record.
Particularly welcome are contributions on fluvial processes and products across multiple scales, including relationships among hydrodynamics, bedforms, channel migration and avulsion, mechanisms of stratigraphic construction, sediment connectivity, and the evolution of fluvial-fill basins. Likewise, the symposium calls for studies on the autogenic and allogenic controls governing the organization of fluvial systems, such as climate, tectonics, base level, changes in sediment supply, internal feedbacks, self-organization, and nonlinear responses of fluvial systems. In this context, special emphasis will be placed on approaches that interpret fluvial systems as complex adaptive systems and nonlinear systems, as well as on contributions based on conceptual, physical, or computational modeling of water and hydrocarbon reservoirs, including data-driven and integrated subsurface modeling approaches.
We also encourage submissions addressing the evolution of contemporary fluvial systems in response to natural or anthropogenic forcings, including climate variability, land-use change, hydrologic regulation under future climatic forcing, and human impacts on water and sediment budgets. Contributions integrating field observations, subsurface data, experimental approaches, remote sensing, and numerical tools to discuss processes, scales, and preservation patterns are especially encouraged.
The symposium is conceived as a broad forum for exchange, both for established researchers and for graduate students and early-career professionals wishing to present preliminary results, thesis progress, or new lines of research. Contributions will be accepted in oral presentation and poster formats, promoting discussion of ideas, methods, and diverse case studies related to the dynamics and evolution of fluvial systems and their geological record.
