TIMESCALES OF SEDIMENT DYNAMICS, CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES (SedyMONT) Associate project 2: Sediment transfer processes in glaciated and unglaciated landscapes (Southern Alps and Northern Apennines)

This project intend to analyse the relationship between tectonic uplift, erosion rate and sedimenttransfer processes in two sample areas of northern Italy, characterized by different landscapes and geology. The Southern Alps show a complex glacial history, not yet unravelled. In selected locations, we intend to analyze the role of the glacial inheritance for the sediment transfer processes. The Reno catchment in the Northern Apennines will provide an example where sediment discharge and landscape change has been controlled by bedrock with different erodibilities In particular, we may quantify the long-term (106 years) and middle-term (103-104 years) erosion rate due to tectonic uplift and glacial processes, and evaluate its effects on hazardous geomorphic processes such as debris flows and earthflows, which shape the topography at much shorter timescales (100-102 years)