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Horizon 2020Call: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015

Topic: MSCA-RISE-2015Action: MSCA-RISE

Proposal Number: 690890

Proposal Acronym: RISE-CRYOCRISIS

Table of contents

Section Title Action

1 General information

2 Participants & contacts

3 Budget

4 Ethics

5 Call-specific questions

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This proposal version was submitted by David PALACIOS on 26/04/2015 14:57:03 CET. Issued by the Participant Portal Submission Service.



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Proposal ID 690890 Acronym RISE-CRYOCRISIS

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1 - General information

Topic MSCA-RISE-2015 Type of action MSCA-RISE

Call identifier H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 Acronym RISE-CRYOCRISIS

Proposal title Environmental effects of deglaciation: case studies in contrasted geographic landscapes

Note that for technical reasons, the following characters are not accepted in the Proposal Title and will be removed: < > " &

Duration in months 36

Panel ENV - Environmental and Geosciences

Please select up to 5 descriptors (and at least 1) that best characterise the subject of your proposal, in descending order of relevance. Note that descriptors will be used to support REA services in identifying the best qualified evaluators for your proposal.

Descriptor 1 Paleoclimatology, paleoecology Add

Descriptor 2 Natural resources and environmental economics Add Remove

Descriptor 3 Climatology and climate change Add Remove

Descriptor 4 Geographical information systems, cartography Add Remove

Free keywords NATURAL HAZARDS, CRYOSPHERE EVOLUTION, WATER RESOURCES,

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to compile a multidisciplinary review and investigation of the environmental effects produced by deglaciation of mountainous a nd polar regions worldwide, collected from case studies of areas of particular sensitivity to climate change (high mountain areas) from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present global-warming-induced melting of glaciers. For each case study, through analysis of the terrain’s geomorphology, we will deduce the evolution of glacial ice masses, to infer paleoclimatic trends in each specific situation. From these results, we plan to obtain an absolute chronology of the climatic changes in different parts of the world through the application of suitable dating methods. The final outcome of the basic research will be improved knowledge of the Cryosphere’s response to global warming in each area. These results should allow us to identify areas that may become unstable and pose future mass movement hazards, and they should allow us also to identify downstream areas where future water shortages could become acute due to loss of glaciers and permanent snow fields. Such information can also help to improve climate models and refine our understanding of post-glacial plant colonization. Proposed experimental sites include mountain ranges of the Iberian Peninsula, other in the Cascades (USA), other correspond to tropical mountains (Peru) and other more is in the polar latitudes (Iceland and Antartica). Seven methodologic work packages (WP) will be employed in each selected area, where the Beneficiaries and Partner Organizations have an important previous experience. The first three WP are related to the basic research: WP.1 Geomorphologic evolution of deglaciated areas; WP 2 The evolution of the Cryosphere; and WP.3 Absolute dating of deglaciation. The last four are related to the application/implementation? of the results: WP.4 Natural and cultural heritage in deglaciated areas; WP.5 Mitigation of the effects of deglaciation

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Has this proposal (or a very similar one) been submitted in the past 2 years in response to a call for proposals under the 7th Framework Programme, Horizon 2020 or any other EU programme(s)? Yes No

Declarations

1) The coordinator declares to have the explicit consent of all applicants on their participation and on the content of this proposal.

2) The information contained in this proposal is correct and complete.

3) This proposal complies with ethical principles (including the highest standards of research integrity — as set out, for instance, in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity — and including, in particular, avoiding fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or other research misconduct).

4) The coordinator confirms:

- to have carried out the self-check of the financial capacity of the organisation on https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/lfv.html or to be covered by a financial viability check in an EU project for the last closed financial year. Where the result was “weak” or “insufficient”, the coordinator confirms being aware of the measures that may be imposed in accordance with the H2020 Grants Manual (Chapter on Financial capacity check); or

- is exempt from the financial capacity check being a public body including international organisations, higher or secondary education establishment or a legal entity, whose viability is guaranteed by a Member State or associated country, as defined in the H2020 Grants Manual (Chapter on Financial capacity check); or

- as sole participant in the proposal is exempt from the financial capacity check.

5) The coordinator hereby declares that each applicant has confirmed:

- they are fully eligible in accordance with the criteria set out in the specific call for proposals; and

- they have the financial and operational capacity to carry out the proposed action.

The coordinator is only responsible for the correctness of the information relating to his/her own organisation. Each applicant remains responsible for the correctness of the information related to him and declared above. Where the proposal to be retained for EU funding, the coordinator and each beneficiary applicant will be required to present a formal declaration in this respect.




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According to Article 131 of the Financial Regulation of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (Official Journal L 298 of 26.10.2012, p. 1) and Article 145 of its Rules of Application (Official Journal L 362, 31.12.2012, p.1) applicants found guilty of misrepresentation may be subject to administrative and financial penalties under certain conditions.

Personal data protection

Your reply to the grant application will involve the recording and processing of personal data (such as your name, address and CV), which will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Unless indicated otherwise, your replies to the questions in this form and any personal data requested are required to assess your grant application in accordance with the specifications of the call for proposals and will be processed solely for that purpose. Details concerning the processing of your personal data are available on the privacy statement. Applicants may lodge a complaint about the processing of their personal data with the European Data Protection Supervisor at any time.

Your personal data may be registered in the Early Warning System (EWS) only or both in the EWS and Central Exclusion Database (CED) by the Accounting Officer of the Commission, should you be in one of the situations mentioned in: -the Commission Decision 2008/969 of 16.12.2008 on the Early Warning System (for more information see the Privacy Statement), or -the Commission Regulation 2008/1302 of 17.12.2008 on the Central Exclusion Database (for more information see the Privacy Statement) .




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2 - Administrative data of participating organisations

CoordinatorPIC999874546

Legal nameUNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

Short name: UCM

Address of the organisation

Town MADRID

Postcode 28040

Street AVENIDA DE SENECA 2

Country Spain

Webpage http://www.ucm.es

Legal Status of your organisation

Research and Innovation legal statuses

Public body .................................................... yes Legal person ...............................yes

Non-profit ...................................................... yes

International organisation .................................. no

International organisation of European interest ...... no

Secondary or Higher education establishment ....... yes

Research organisation ..................................... yes

SME self-declared status................................... 2013 - no

SME self-assesment ........................................ unknown

SME validation sme.......................................... unknown

Based on the above details of the Beneficiary Registry the organisation is not an SME (small- and medium-sized enterprise) for the call.

Academic Sector .........................yes

Nace code 853 -

Enterprise Data




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Department(s) carrying out the proposed work

Department name ANALISIS GEOGRÁFICO REGIONAL Y GEOGRAFÍA FÍSICA


Town MADRID

Same as organisation address

Department 1

Country Spain

Postcode 28040

Dependencies with other proposal participants

Character of dependence Participant




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Contact address of the Host Institution and contact person

The name and e-mail of Host Institution contact persons are read-only in the administrative form, only additional details can be edited here. To give access rights and contact details of Host Institution, please save and close this form, then go back to Step 4 of the submission wizard and save the changes. Please note that the submission is blocked without a contact person and e-mail address for the Host Institution.

Organisation Legal Name UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

Town MADRID Postcode 28040


First name* David

E-Mail* [email protected]

Position in org. FULL PROFESSOR

Department ANÁLISIS GEOGRÁFICO REGIONAL Y GEOGRAFÍA FÍSICA

Phone2/Mobile +xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx


Last name* PALACIOS

Country Spain

Phone +34689682148

Male FemaleGender




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ParticipantPIC998162884

Legal nameCEREGE

Short name: CEREGE


Town Aix-en-Provence

Postcode 13545

Street avenue Philibert

Country France

Webpage www.cerege.fr



Public body .................................................... no Legal person ...............................yes

Non-profit ...................................................... yes



Secondary or Higher education establishment ....... no


SME self-declared status................................... unknown





Nace code - Not applicable

Enterprise Data




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Department name cosmogenic laboratory


Town Aix-en-Provence


Department 1

Country France

Postcode 13545






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Contact address of the participant and main contact

The name and e-mail of Partner Organisation contact persons are read-only in the administrative form, only additional details can be edited here. To give access rights and contact details of Partner Organisation, please save and close this form, then go back to Step 4 of the submission wizard and save the changes. The contact person needs to be added as 'Main Contact' for the Partner Organisation.

Organisation Legal Name CEREGE

Town Aix-en-Provence Postcode 13545


First name* Irene


Position in org. RESEARCHER

Department COSMOGENIC LABORATORY



Last name* Schimmelpfennig

Country France

Phone +33442971500

Male FemaleGender




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Legal nameIcelandic Institute of Natural History

Short name: Icelandic Institute of Natural History


Town Garðabær

Postcode IS-210

Street Urriðaholtsstræti 6-8

Country Iceland

Webpage www.ni.is




Non-profit ...................................................... yes










Nace code 721 -

Enterprise Data




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Department name DEPARTAMENT OF AKUREYRI

Street Borgir við Norðurslóð, 602

Town AKUREIRY


Department 1

Country Iceland

Postcode XXXX






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Organisation Legal Name Icelandic Institute of Natural History

Town AKUREYRI Postcode XXXX

Street Borgir við Norðurslóð, 602

First name* Skafti



Department Please indicate the department of the Contact Point above in the org



Last name* Brynjólfsson

Country Iceland

Phone +3544600500

Male FemaleGender




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Legal nameInstituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio da Universidade de Lisboa

Short name: IGOT UL


Town LISBOA

Postcode 1600-214

Street IGOT - Edif. Fac. Letras - Alameda da Universid

Country Portugal

Webpage www.igot.ul.pt




Non-profit ...................................................... yes





SME self-declared status................................... 2010 - yes



Based on the above details of the Beneficiary Registry the organisation is an SME (small- and medium-sized enterprise) for the call.


Nace code 7220 -

Enterprise Data




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Department name PHYSICAL GEOGRAPPHY

Street IGOT - Edif. Fac. Letras - Alameda da Un

Town LISBOA


Department 1

Country Portugal

Postcode 1600-214






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Organisation Legal Name Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio da Universidade de Lisboa

Town LISBOA Postcode 1600-214

Street IGOT - Edif. Fac. Letras - Alameda da Universidade

First name* Marc



Department PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY



Last name* Oliva

Country Portugal

Phone +351217940218

Male FemaleGender




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Legal nameINSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO METALURGICO

Short name: ingemmet


Town LIMA

Postcode 41

Street Av. Cánada 1470

Country Peru

Webpage http://www.ingemmet.gob.pe/form/Inicio.aspx




Non-profit ...................................................... no




Research organisation ..................................... no





Academic Sector .........................no

Nace code

Enterprise Data




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Department name GEOLOGY


Town LIMA


Department 1

Country Peru

Postcode 41






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Organisation Legal Name INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO METALURGICO

Town LIMA Postcode 41


First name* Lionel


Position in org. DIRECTOR

Department GEOLOGY



Last name* Fidel Smoll

Country Peru

Phone +005116189800

Male FemaleGender




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Legal nameGUIAS DE ESPELEOLOGÍA Y MONTAÑA

Short name: GUÍAS DE ESPELOLOGÍA Y MONATÑA


Town Madrid

Postcode 28010

Street Martínez Campos 39 ·

Country Spain

Webpage http://onggem.wordpress.com/




Non-profit ...................................................... no










Nace code

Enterprise Data




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Department name investigación


Town Madrid


Department 1

Country Spain

Postcode 28010






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Organisation Legal Name GUIAS DE ESPELEOLOGÍA Y MONTAÑA

Town Madrid Postcode 28010


First name* JOSE


Position in org. COORDINATOR

Department Please indicate the department of the Contact Point above in the org



Last name* UBEDA

Country Spain

Phone +34656408790 /

Male FemaleGender




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Legal namePortland State University

Short name: PSU


Town Portland OR

Postcode 97207-0751

Street 1600 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 110

Country United States

Webpage www.pdx.edu




Non-profit ...................................................... yes










Nace code

Enterprise Data




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Department name GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY


Town Portland OR


Department 1


Postcode 97207-0751






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Organisation Legal Name Portland State University

Town Portland OR Postcode 97207-0751


First name* Andrew


Position in org. PROFESSOR

Department GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY



Last name* G. Fountain


Phone +5037253386

Male FemaleGender




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Legal nameUNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Short name: USGS


Town RESTON

Postcode 20192

Street Sunrise Valley Drive 12201


Webpage http://www.usgs.gov/




Non-profit ...................................................... no










Nace code

Enterprise Data




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Department name CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY

Street 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Building 10

Town Vancouver, Washington


Department 1


Postcode 98683-9589






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Organisation Legal Name UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Town Vancouver, Washington, Postcode 98683-9589

Street 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Building 10,

First name* TOM



Department CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY



Last name* PIERSON


Phone +3609938900

Male FemaleGender




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Legal nameUNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO

Short name: UNAM


Town MEXICO DISTRITO FEDERAL

Postcode 04510

Street TORRE DE RECTORIA 9º. PISO, CIUDAD UN

Country Mexico

Webpage




Non-profit ...................................................... yes










Nace code

Enterprise Data




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Department name INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFÍA

Street TORRE DE RECTORIA 9º. PISO, CIUDAD UNIV

Town MEXICO DISTRITO FEDERAL


Department 1

Country Mexico

Postcode 04510






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Organisation Legal Name UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO

Town MEXICO DISTRITO FEDERAL Postcode 04510

Street TORRE DE RECTORIA 9º. PISO, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, D.F.

First name* JOSE JUAN


Position in org. RSEARCHER

Department INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFÍA



Last name* ZAMORANO

Country Mexico

Phone +52156230222

Male FemaleGender


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4 - Ethics

1. HUMAN EMBRYOS/FOETUSES Page

Does your research involve Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)? Yes No

Does your research involve the use of human embryos? Yes No

Does your research involve the use of human foetal tissues / cells? Yes No

2. HUMANS Page

Does your research involve human participants? Yes No

Does your research involve physical interventions on the study participants? Yes No

3. HUMAN CELLS / TISSUES Page

Does your research involve human cells or tissues (other than from Human Embryos/Foetuses, i.e. section 1)?

Yes No

4. PERSONAL DATA (ii) Page

Does your research involve personal data collection and/or processing? Yes No

Does your research involve further processing of previously collected personal data (secondary use)?

Yes No

5. ANIMALS (iii) Page

Does your research involve animals? Yes No




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6. THIRD COUNTRIES Page

Does your research involve non-EU countries? Yes No

Do you plan to use local resources (e.g. animal and/or human tissue samples, geneticmaterial, live animals, human remains, materials of historical value, endangered fauna orflora samples, etc.)? (v)

Yes No

Do you plan to import any material from non-EU countries into the EU? For data imports, please fill in also section 4. For imports concerning human cells or tissues, fill in also section 3.

Yes No

Do you plan to export any material from the EU to non-EU countries? For data exports, please fill in also section 4. For exports concerning human cells or tissues, fill in also section 3.

Yes No

If your research involves low and/or lower middle income countries, are benefits-sharing measures foreseen? (vii)

Yes No

Could the situation in the country put the individuals taking part in the research at risk? Yes No

7. ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH and SAFETY See legal references at the end of the section. (vi)

Page

Does your research involve the use of elements that may cause harm to theenvironment, to animals or plants? For research involving animal experiments, please fill in also section 5.

Yes No

Does your research deal with endangered fauna and/or flora and/or protected areas? Yes No

Does your research involve the use of elements that may cause harm to humans,including research staff? For research involving human participants, please fill in also section 2.

Yes No

8. DUAL USE (vii) Page

Does your research have the potential for military applications? Yes No

9. MISUSE Page

Does your research have the potential for malevolent/criminal/terrorist abuse? Yes No

10. OTHER ETHICS ISSUES Page

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I confirm that I have taken into account all ethics issues described above and that, if any ethics issues apply, I will complete the ethics self-assessment and attach the required documents.

How to Complete your Ethics Self-Assessment




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5 - Call specific questionsOpen Research Data Pilot in Horizon 2020

If selected, all applicants have the possibility to participate in the Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 20201, which aims to improve and maximise access to and re-use of research data generated by actions. Participating in the Pilot does not necessarily mean opening up all research data. Actions participating in the Pilot will be invited to formulate a Data Management Plan in which they will determine and explain which of the research data they generate will be made open.

Yes NoWe wish to participate in the Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020 on a voluntary basis

Participation in this Pilot does not constitute part of the evaluation process. Proposals will not be evaluated favourably because they are part of the Pilot and will not be penalised for not participating.1According to article 43.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 December 2013, laying down the rules for participation and

dissemination in "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)" and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006.

Data management activities

The use of a Data Management Plan (DMP) is required for projects participating in the Open Research Data Pilot in Horizon 2020, in the form of a deliverable in the first 6 months of the project.

All other projects may deliver a DMP on a voluntary basis, if relevant for their research.

Are data management activities relevant for your proposed project? Yes No


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Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Call: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Table B1. Participants table Participant number (as table §A.2)

Partnership Member

Legal Entity Short

Academic (Y/N)

Country

Beneficiary 1 Beneficiaries Universidad Complutense de Madrid

UCM Y SPAIN

Beneficiary 2 Guías de Espeleología y Montaña GEM N SPAIN Beneficiary 3 Centre de Recherche et d'Enseignement de

Géosciences CEREGE Y FRANCE

Beneficiary 4 The Icelandic Institute of Natural History IINH Y ICELAND Beneficiary 5 Universidade de Lisboa UL Y PORTUGAL Beneficiary 6 Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico INGEMME

T N PERU

Partner Organisations

Partner 1 Portland State University PSU Y USA Partner 2 Cascades Volcanic Observatory CVO N USA Partner 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM Y MEXICO

Table B2. Data for non-academic beneficiaries

Name

Location of research premises (city / country)

Type of R&I activities

No. of full - time employees

No. of employees in R&I

Web site

Annual turnover (approx., in Euro)

Guías de Espeleología y Montaña

Madrid.,Spain

Land planning consultancy 5 0 https://onggem.wordpress.com/ 0.1

The Icelandic Institute of Natural History

Akureyri, Iceland

Natural resources spatial planning

45 35 https://www.cerege.fr 4.0

Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico

Lima / Perú

Natural Resources planning and geological hazards prevention

434 124 http://www.ingemmet.gob.pe 18.5



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1. Summary The purpose of this project is to compile a multidisciplinary review and investigation of the environmental effects produced by deglaciation of mountainous a nd polar regions worldwide, collected from case studies of areas of particular sensitivity to climate change (high mountain areas) from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present global-warming-induced melting of glaciers. For each case study, through analysis of the geomorphology, we will deduce the evolution of glacial ice masses, to infer paleoclimatic trends in each specific situation. From these results, we plan to obtain an absolute chronology of the climatic changes in different parts of the world through the application of suitable dating methods. The final outcome of the basic research will be improved knowledge of the Cryosphere response to global warming in each area. These results should allow us to identify areas that may become unstable and pose future mass movement hazards, and they should allow us also to identify downstream areas where future water shortages could become acute due to loss of glaciers and permanent snow fields. Such information can also help to improve climate models and refine our understanding of post-glacial plant colonization. Proposed experimental sites include mountain ranges of the Iberian Peninsula, other in the Cascades (USA), other correspond to tropical mountains (Peru) and other more is in the polar latitudes (Iceland and Antartica). Seven methodologic work packages (WP) will be employed in each selected area, where the Beneficiaries and Partner Organizations have an important previous experience. The first three WP are related to the basic research: WP.1 Geomorphologic evolution of deglaciated areas; WP 2 The evolution of the Cryosphere; and WP.3 Absolute dating of deglaciation. The last four are related to the application/implementation? of the results: WP.4 Natural and cultural heritage in deglaciated areas; WP.5 Mitigation of the effects of deglaciation in natural hazards and water resources; With the support of the experienced collaborative teams of the RISE-Cryocrisis, whose research interests correspond closely to the above mentioned work packages and to their cutting-edge scientific infrastructures, this project should be able to accomplish the ambitious objectives described here. In addition, a large number of Institutions related to land planning activities would benefit from the results of this proposal.



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2. Excellence 2.1 Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research (including inter/multidisciplinary aspects) Please develop your proposal according to the following lines:

project to the scope of the call and in relation to the "state of art".

2.1.1. - Hypotheses This project proposal is based on several steadfast scientific hypotheses that are described in detail as follows: a) Geomorphic analysis is a reliable tool for monitoring climate change in a specific area. It is especially useful in areas where ice masses exist or existed in the form of glaciers or subsurface ground ice, because the presence of ice leaves evidence in the landforms.

b) The study of the landforms reveals their origin, the climate and the cryospehere conditions existing at the time of their development.

c) Geomorphic indicators help to reconstruct the paleoclimate for a specific time and establish reliable statistical criteria such as the glacier Equilibrium Line Altitude or the rock glacier Initiation Line Altitude, and also provide a reasonable estimate extension of the ice masses existing on mountain slopes in the past.

d) Modern dating techniques such as lichenometry and dendrochronology are used for recent time periods while cosmogenic isotopes and thermoluminiscence are used for earlier ones. The techniques operate with a very small margin of error, and are accurate enough to date geomorphic elements to determine the existence of ice masses on a mountain at any given time. The same techniques will be used to evaluate the age of geomorphological evidences of hazards since they can reveal time frequencies for extreme events.

e) Cause and effect relationships between climate and deglaciation, past and present, and mass processes are established to identify and prevent future catastrophic events. An adequate hazard prevention system requires a thorough study of natural processes including their evolution prior to deglaciation.

f) Mathematical simulation models are a valuable aid to science, because they can detect natural risks and predict the development of hazardous processes, providing the in-put data and past conditions reflect true conditions.

g) Archeology may provide complementary information to the geomorphologic knowledge regarding paleoevironmental issues and deglaciation evolution.

h) A multidisciplinary knowledge of the deglaciation development and the Cryosphere regression will let us delimit and promote the protection of special geographic areas.

i) The deglaciation knowledge will let us establish an accurate chronology of the vegetal colonization's phases on new exposed areas and clearly help to the knowledge of the Biosphere development and the understanding of vegetal series sequence.



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2.1.2. Background and previous results

The research groups responsible of RISE-CRYOCRISIS have been pioneer in the study of deglaciation in the main analyzed areas. Along the five past years several doctorate thesis about these topics in the study regions have been done by members of the group. The previous results achieved by the research group represent the first deglaciation chronology generated in these regions, and development a solid methodology for analysis and prime approach to the deglaciation effects on solid water reservoirs so as to human habitats' risks generation in these sectors. As a result of this work, several impact international papers have been published, and communications in international conferences have been presented along the past two years, always focused on the deglaciation process and its consequences in terrestrial ecosystems.

3.1.3 Objectives ry ones that are developed

according to a schedule of interim goals for the various stages of the research.

Main Objective The purpose of this project is to provide a multidisciplinary point of view of the environmental effects produced by the deglaciation, by analyzing case studies of areas of particular sensitivity to climate change (high mountain and polar areas) from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present.

In each study case, through the analysis of its geomorphology (WP1), the project will deduce the evolution of water resources in the form of ice, to infer paleoclimate specific situations (WP2). From these results, the project will obtain an absolute chronology of the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate situations and geomorphological evidences related to present-day hazards, through the application of suitable dating methods (WP3). The final outcome of the basic research will be the knowledge of the CCryosphere evolution and its environmental effects in each area. The same project will apply these results to the delimitation of areas of interest for their protection (WP4), to the prevention of natural and water resources deficit derived from deglaciation (WP5). For this purpose the studied key areas will be located in contrasted geographic landscapes regarding latitude, climate conditions, morphostructural conditions, environmental features and land planning.

Secondary Objectives The main aim includes a series of secondary objectives, associated to Work Packages of the project:

1. To carry out an accurate geomorphological analysis of deglaciated areas so as to be able to determine through the landforms the different advance and retreat phases of the Cryosphereand the relationship between the evolution of the CCryosphere and the formation of catastrophic erosive processes (WP.1. Geomorphologic evolution of deglaciated areas).

2. To contribute to a better understanding of climate change in these areas by decoding information recorded in geomorphological evidence of its impact on the evolution of the CryosphereCryosphere (WP 2. The evolution of the Cryosphere).



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3. To determine the chronology of the deglaciation from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present day, and the geomorphological evidences of natural hazards, in the selected study areas by applying absolute dating techniques (WP.3. Absolute dating of deglaciation).

4. To produce an inventory and evaluation of natural and cultural heritage based on the study and analysis of deglaciation-related geomorphosites, to ensure their conservation and protection and at the same time promote their sustainable use as a tourist resource (WP.4. Natural and cultural heritage in deglaciated areas).

5. To analyze the deglaciation effects on water reservoirs and contribute to the prevention and mitigation of the related risks, basically massive flows (WP.5. Mitigation of the effects of deglaciation in natural hazards and water resources).

3.1.4 State-of-the-art

For the last 26.000 years the Earth's climate has suffered drastic changes, from the cooling responsible for the last maximum expansion of the continental ice to the present warming, passing through several thermal and rainfall pulses, which had been recorded as glacier fluctuations in high mountain areas at different latitudes. The Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and geomorpholigical response to these pulses has produced large surface, all this within the chronological framework where the human race expanded and diversified. The last cold pulse, probably the strongest one of the Holocene, finished in the middle 19th century and since then the Cryosphere is shrinking and its lower limit receding upwards in the mountains, with significant environmental consequences. In view of the need of future scenarios about climate warming, it is highly relevant to determine the relationship between these variations in the Cryosphere and the evolution of the atmospheric dynamics that produced them.

The thawing of most of the ice-sheets in the northern hemisphere began between 20,000 and 19,000 years ago, and finally ended around 8,000 years ago, when the ice-sheets reached their the approximate current volume and extension. However, it is probable that part of the ice in Western Antarctica continued to melt until very recently; and it is likely to consider that the retreat of the coastal ice platforms, evident in some areas of Maritime Antarctica, is simply a continuation of the deglaciation which began approximately twenty thousand years ago. Much still remains unknown about the start of the last deglaciation. Ice cores indicate that what occurred in Greenland was sometimes out of step with that which occurred in the Antarctica. Not even the classic theory that the deglaciation began earlier in the Northern Hemisphere than in the southern one is altogether clear, since evidence has been uncovered which indicates that during the course of various interstadials, the Antarctic warming occurred before that of Greenland. It also seems that in the tropical Andes, the last deglaciation occurred several thousand years earlier than in the Northern Hemisphere.

The knowledge of the Iberian Peninsula's deglaciation process is still very limited but also the absolute dating of its chronology is self-contradictory, so the outputs can't be related to other ones obtained in different European regions. Something similar occurs in tropical



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mountains, where primary results are currently being obtained and seem to be difficult to compare with the polar and temperate areas'. These big gaps in the deglaciation's study make difficult to understand the reason of the atmospheric dynamic changes that originated the onset of this process, as well as the current global warming, its future tendencies and the human-nature interaction role and responsibility involved.

On the other hand, the current deglaciation process supposes a complete transformation of human habitats but also the natural ones, like; sea level rise, hydrological cycle alteration, drastic changes in the Biosphere, slopes instability, intensity disturbance of the erosion processes and, as a result, the global tectonics dynamic transformation. Human beings have adapted to these changes, but the last century's a huge urban and industrial, development, represents new challenges, most of them unknown.

In order to achieve valuable general conclusions about environmental consequences of deglaciation, the study of specific, close cases as the Iberian Peninsula ones and the contrasted areas like tropical and (sub)polar landscapes is needed.

The aim of the RISE-CRYOCRISIS project is to complete the study of deglaciation in poorly understood areas and reach specific relevant conclusions for land planning, but also provide key information to build-up climate change models and prevent possible catastrophic effects.

The deglaciation study of this project would take place mainly in four geographic sites: the Iberian Peninsula, the Peruvian Central Andes and Cascades (USA) and the Polar areas of Iceland and Maritime Antarctica. Currently the deglaciation studies in these places are taking place, although the first results of the absolute dating show plenty of contradictions, so different high prestigious research groups are trying to sort them out.

Methodological approach highlighting the types of research and innovation activities proposed and their originality.

The project is organized into five Working Packages. The first three are related to the basic research, namely: WP.1.- Geomorphologic evolution of deglaciated areas; WP.2.- The evolution of the Cryosphere; WP.3.- Absolute dating of deglaciation.

First, the project will select the case studies, depending on the final funding available, using the following criteria: the research team must already have prior wide-ranging knowledge of the research area; the central reference mountains must be in the Iberian Peninsula and the contrasted areas must be in very different environments such as tropical and sub-polar mountains. In each case study we will investigate the process of deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum to the present. Once the case study has been selected, WP1 will produce a geomorphological map of the area and use geomorphological criteria to deduce the morphogenetic phases that have occurred in the area. Special attention will be paid to areas



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of special geomorphological value, areas with archaeological remains and areas where catastrophic effects of deglaciation are observed. From the WP1 results, WP2 will deduce the evolution of water resources in the form of ice within the sector. From this evolution, the palaeoclimatic parameters associated with the Cryosphere situation in each phase will be inferred. Using the results from WP 1 and 2, we will establish a direct relationship between morphogenetic periods, the Cryosphere situation in each period and the palaeoclimatic parameters, with the archaeological remains in the deglaciated area and the palaeoenvironmental evidence of these remains. From the results of WP 1, and 2, WP 3 the research team will select a series of stations within the study area, and apply absolute dating methods so that an absolute chronology can be assigned to each of the deduced morphogenetic, cryological, palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental phases. The final result of the basic research project will be a better understanding of how the Cryosphere evolved in the study areas together with its main environmental consequences.

The goal of the other packages is to apply the results of this basic research to improve the land planning taking into account global change dynamics. These packages are: WP.4.- Natural and cultural heritage in deglaciated areas; WP.5.- Mitigation of the effects of deglaciation in natural hazards and water resources. WP5 will use the results of the basic research (WP 1, 2 and 3) to delimit the areas within each case study which are outstanding for their high information content on the evolution of the Cryosphere and the related environmental changes. In these areas, it will apply a methodology to select sites of maximum ecological interest, leading to their protection and tourist use within a sustainable economy. WP 5 will use the results of the basic research to identify hazard areas related to e deglaciation process, basically the risk of mass flow formation.



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WP 2. CRYOSPHERE EVOLUTION

From glacial and periglacial landforms, rebuilt the main

evolution phases in the cryosphere in each study area

WP 1. GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

Analysis of the glacial and deglaciated landforms in

each study area

WP 3 ARCHEOLOGICAL ANÁLYSIS

From archeological remains, rebuilt paleoenvironments related with cryosphere evoluction in each study area

WP 4. ABSOLUTE DATING

From geomorphological, cryological and archeological information, to date with absolute methods, the main phases of the deglaciation.

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WP 5. NATURAL HAZARDS AND WATER RESOURCES

- To analyze the deglaciation effects on water reservoirs and contribute to the prevention and mitigation of the related risks

APPLICATION OF BASIC RESEARCH RESULTS TO IMPROVE THE LAND PLANNING

TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION TO THE LAND PLANNING INSTITUTIONS AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

WP 4. NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

- To produce an inventory and evaluation of natural heritage based on the study and analysis of deglaciation-related geomorphosites



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Inter/multidisciplinary types of knowledge involved, if applicable. The methodology for the project is consists of an innovative multi-proxy approach , with several complementary techniques to analyze different aspects of the hydrology, climate, meteorology, topography, ground physics, liquid state physics, glaciers, snow, permafrost, sediments, geomorphology, dating techniques, the dynamics of landscape and land use planning. Research data will be integrated in a common data base linked to a GIS, which makes it easier to attain project objectives. Once the methodology is verified for the geographic domain chosen for the research, it can be extrapolated to other deglaciated areas.

The cornerstone of the project is the collaboration among researchers from Europe and America, all experts in the project disciplines. The project will also assist land planning agencies in each country by applying the results to local efforts to manage/assist in the environmental consequences of the deglaciation process.

Dervied from our findings, the international scientific community would acquire an integrated research model for deglaciation and land use planning. Scientists from countries affected by deglaciation processes could participate in the project as an incentive to continue their research in this field. Efforts should be made to support sustainable development in communities affected by deglaciation by providing them knowledge about natural resources and procedures to mitigate the associated risks.

Mass slope processes derived from deglaciation are among the most dangerous natural hazards, because they have the highest fatality rate and cause the greatest property damage. The integrated model developed by this project is a tool that can help control these processes by analyzing water reserves, climatic change and past catastrophic events, to predict future events and their ecological and social impact. The information compiled by the project will provide land use planners with knowledge about the risks to communities, and will assist them in finding ways to mitigate the effects.

The results will be updated in real time as the project progresses and will be posted at https://www.ucm.es/gfam. This page is also linked to other deglaciation prevention networks. Papers and conferences will be presented at national and international forums and articles will be published in international scientific journals. An international convention on deglaciation will be organized and a compendium of the papers presented will be published.



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2.2 Clarity and quality of knowledge sharing among the participants in light of the research and innovation objectives Please develop your proposal according to the following lines: Approach and methodology used for knowledge sharing. WP 1. GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF DEGLACIATED AREAS Geomorphology studies the E surface to identify and classify the relief depending on its origin, morphology, modelling processes, evolutionary stages and age. This means that an analysis of the geomorphological evolution of selected deglaciated areas is the first step to differentiate a series of natural processes determined by climate and the Cryosphere, which are shown in superimposed relief landforms. These landforms show the possible effects of glaciation in catastrophic erosive processes on the human habitat and on ground stability and colonization by vegetation.

The main aim of this WP is to carry out a geomorphological analysis of deglaciated areas so as to be able to determine through the landforms: the different expansion vs shrinkin phases of the Cryosphere; the relationship between the evolution of the Cryosphere and the formation of catastrophic erosive processes; the relationship between the geomorphologic evolution and human settlement; and the relationship between the evolution of the Cryosphere, ground stability and plant colonization.

WP 2: EVOLUTION OF THE CRYOSPHERE The main aim of this WP is to contribute to a better understanding of climate change by decoding information recorded in geomorphological evidence of its impact on the evolution of the Cryosphere. The evolution of the Cryosphere (glaciers, rock glaciers, permafrost and snow cover) is a key factor in our global understanding of climate change. The data obtained from these ice masses can be contrasted with equivalent information from other latitudes and a wide range of palaeoclimatic proxies (palaeotemperature of the ocean

18 rate in glacial ice cores, lacustrine sediments, potential palaeovegetation, pollen records, archaeological evidence, etc). To observe the Cryosphere evolution, parameters must be measured which reflect its changes over time. To do this, WP2 will use four geo-indicators:

a) Equilibrium Line Altitude of glaciers (ELA) and palaeoglaciers (palaeoELA): The ELA or palaeoELA is an isohypse (m) which separates the accumulation and ablation zones of a glacier or palaeoglacier, where the mass balance is in equilibrium (b=0 mm). ELAs and palaeoELAs can be reconstructed using different techniques, with the Area x Altitude Balance Ratio-AABR statistical method obtaining the best results. The ELA is a statistical concept which must be linked to a date (ELAs) or absolute dating of a glacial phase (palaeoELAs).

b) Rock-glacier Initiation Line Altitude (RILA or palaeoRILA): Rock glaciers are rock masses with interstitial ice which slide downslope from the effect of gravity. One of the effects of global warming is the deactivation of rock glaciers as a result of the elevation of the annual 0ºC isotherm. The interstitial ice disappears, thus overlying rock masses stabilize and transform into paleo rock palaeoglaciers. The main parameter for interpreting the palaeoclimatic significance of this process is to evaluate the Rock-glacier Initiation Line Altitude (RILA or palaeoRILA). Producing detailed maps delimiting the rock glaciers or palaeoglaciers in a Geographical Information System (GIS) enables RILAs and



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palaeoRILAs to be identified automatically, combining the corresponding layer with the Digital Terrain Model (DTM).

c) Permafrost: the presence or absence of permafrost (sub-surface layers of permanent ice) is also a geo-indicator of climate evolution. Its space and time distribution can be evaluated by monitoring the ground temperature which allows non-frost days, permanent frost days and freeze-thaw cycles to be precisely quantified.

d) Snow cover: depending on the altitude and latitude of high mountain areas, precipitation occurs during part or all of the year in the form of snow. Research on snow cover is particularly useful because as well as acting as a climate change geo-indicator, it plays an important role in thermal insulation, affecting ground temperature distribution and freeze-thaw cycle related periglacial processes. The evolution of snow cover can be seen from aerial photos, orthophotos, satellite images and field photographs.

WP. 3. DEGLACIATION AND NATURAL HAZARDS ABSOLUTE DATING The main aim of this WP is to determine the chronology of deglaciation from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present day in the selected study areas applying absolute dating techniques. The changes in the global climate system over the last 2.6 Ma are defined to a large extent by the advance and retreat of the ice masses on different spatial scales. To study these variations it is essential to present time coordinates, to obtain a landscape evolution sequence corresponding to climate variations. Modern absolute dating techniques are now being successfully applied to define the chronology of glacier evolution from the Last Glacial Maximum until the present. In this context, e.g., Balco (2011) reviews the application of cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating techniques to glacier chronology over the last 20 years. The results obtained include glacial chronologies obtained in mountain areas where the landforms are practically the only evidence of climate changes. Luminescence dating techniques have also been used to reconstruct deglaciation chronology (Raukas et al., 2010). Dendrochronology is another absolute dating technique used to establish the chronology of geomorphic surfaces and determine climate changes. The time range measured is from 0 - 10 ka, obtaining very accurate results. This technique has recently also been applied to dating the advance and retreat of moraines during the Holocene; to the reconstruction of the glacial mass balance; and to the variability of the Equilibrium Line Altitude (dendroglaciology) (Wood et al. 2011). Finally, in alpine rock ecosystems lichenometric techniques are used to date surfaces recently exposed to colonization. This method has been successfully used to date moraines and rock surfaces exposed by glacial retreat (Wiles et al. 2010). Furthermore, these techniques also allow to obtain the ages of geomorphological evidences of natural hazards.

WP.4. NATURAL HERITAGE IN DEGLACIATED AREAS. The aim is to produce an inventory and evaluation of natural and cultural heritage based on the study and analysis of deglaciation-related geomorphosites, to ensure their conservation and protection and at the same time promote their sustainable use as a tourist resource.

Mountain areas are some of the most important Protected Natural Areas of significant value in terms of natural or cultural heritage. However, the outstanding natural value of these areas makes them fragile environments, especially sensitive to natural or human threats. This means that e.g. the effects of climate change may result in an appreciable loss of water resources or increased natural risks deriving from rapid deglaciation. On the other hand, the



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lack of appropriate planning for these areas, which generally have high tourist potential, may lead to adverse environmental impact and the resulting deterioration of natural and cultural resources.

Within the diversity of natural heritage, relief is the feature underpinning other natural resources and is a main attraction (Serrano et al., 2009). In this context, a relief landform

geomorphosite (Panniza, 2001). The importance and relevance of a geomorphosite is that it leads to a better understaits value is also cultural, archaeological, ecological and socioeconomic (Reynard et al., 2007).

Over the last ten years an increasing number of natural heritage studies have been published with special relevance to inventory and evaluation methods applied to sites of geomorphological interest (Carcavilla et al., 2007; Panizza, 2001, Reynard et. al. 2007),

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in the Iberian Peninsula (Trueba and Serrano, 2008; Gómez Ortiz et al., 2013).

WP.5.- MITIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF DEGLACIATION IN NATURAL HAZARDS AND WATER RESOURCES. The aim of this WP is to analyze the deglaciation effects on water reservoirs and contribute to the prevention and mitigation of the related risks, basically massive flows.

The global climate change is expected to affect the performance of water resource systems according to current indicators and findings (IPCC, 2007). An alteration in the climate could change the resource capacity as well as the pattern by which the resource is used by the adjacent population. On the other hand, numerous studies indicate that both the climate and the socioeconomic vulnerability to weather and climate extremes are changing (Downton et al., 2005; Pielke et al., 2008).

The related effects and impacts are particularly relevant on high mountain environments where climate change can suppose the reduction of water reserves and might determine the hazard associated with slope processes specially hydrovolcanic ones. In response to the potential threats societies should increase their capacity by effective risk prevention and land management.

In this context, it is extremely important to find out how the deglaciation affects water resources and influence the frequency and magnitude of hydrovolcanic related risks.

This risk assessment and mitigation should be done with a multidisciplinary approach including climatic, geographical, geological, urban planning and engineering aspects. Consequently this WP has to interact with almost all the project WPs in order to build risk scenarios and to get the necessary input data. The main objective is to apply empirical and numerical models (SPH, LaharZ & Titan2D) to simulate potential massive flows related to the deglaciation and to calculate their speed, thickness and extension. The models results will be used in risk zoning prevention and mitigation.

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The main aim of this WP is to transmit the information generated by WP 1, 2, 3 and 4 to contrast the monitoring carried out by the network with past climatic situations, to improve climate evolution models and forecast scenarios for climate change.

One of the primary interests in the numerical simulation of Earth systems on many temporal and spatial scales is to develop, test, and adapt physical parameterizations and numerical implementations for processes not resolved by the overall numerical schemes. This is particularly true for the boundary layer processes which are at the centre of the investigations of the participating groups. 2.3 Quality of the interaction between the participating organisations Please develop your proposal according to the following lines: 12 A work package is defined as a major subdivision of the proposed project. PROPOSAL CRYOCRISIS_ RISE Part B - Page X of Y Contribution of each participant in the activities planned, including the participants' interactions in terms of content and expertise provided to

Works Packages (WP) Main Researcher

Main Colaborators

WP.1.- Geomorphologic evolution of deglaciated areas UCM, INGEMMET, PSU,

CVO, UL, CEREGE

WP 2.- The evolution of the Cryosphere UL, IINH INGEMMET, UCM, PSU, CVO, UL

WP.3.- Absolute dating of deglaciation and natural hazards CEREGE UCM, INGEMMET,

CVO, IINH

WP.4.- Natural and cultural heritage in deglaciated areas GEM UCM, CVO, CEREGE,

PSU, UNAM

WP.5.- Mitigation of the effects of deglaciation in natural hazards and water resources

INGEMMET, CVO, GEM, UNAM

JUSTIFICATION OF NETWORKING ACTIVITIES

Work Packages (WP) Tasks 2016 2017 2018

WP1.

Geomorphologic evolution of deglaciated areas

Previous mapping and fieldwork

Lab GIS analysis: mapping

Obtain results and contrast with other areas

Transfer data to WPs 2, 3, 4, 5, Receive data from WP 3.

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WP2.

The evolution of the Cryosphere

Fieldwork and laboratory

Lab GIS analysis: -Glaciers: evolution maps, surfaces, volumes, ELAs; -Rock glaciers: RILAs; -Permafrost: GIS modelling; -Snow cover: mapping.


Transfer data to WPs 5, . Receive data from WPs 1, 3

Global conclusions

WP3.

Absolute dating of deglaciation of natural

hazards

Fieldwork and samples collection

Cosmogenic lab analysis


Transfer data to WPs 1, 2, 5. Receive data from WP 1.

Global conclusions

WP4.

Natural and cultural heritage in deglaciated areas

Previous Geopmorphosites inventory and mapping

Fieldwork and Geomorphosites final map

Lab GIS analysis: geomorphosites assesment

- Scientific, Ecological, Aesthetic, Cultural, and Socioeconomic criteria.

Lab GIS analysis: geomorphosites cartographic products

- Cards for each geomorphosite; Geodiversity map; Geoturist map.

Transfer data to WPs 5. Receive data from WPs 1, 2, 3, 5,.

Global conclusions

WP5.

Mitigation of the effects of deglaciation in natural

hazards and water resources

Fieldwork:

- Previous identification of hazards; - Vulnerability analysis

Lab GIS analysis (data from WP1, WP2, WP3):

- DEMs preparation; - Simulation models: LAHAR Z, SPH ; - Risk assessment and global conclusions

Transfer data to WPs 4, 7. Receive data from WPs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7.

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3. Impact RISE-CRYOCRISIS impact will take place at four levels: a) Better understanding of the cryosphere evolution in each area. b) Application of basic research results to improve the land planning. c) Communication and dissemination of the results and conclusions. d) Enhancing human resources skills and provide new career perspectives.

3.1 Enhancing research and innovation-related human resources, skills, and working conditions to realize the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives The opportunity of RISE-CRYOCRISIS is to bring together highly qualified partners from academic and non- tc.) dealing with most aspects of environmental effects of deglaciation.

In this regard the Project will allow to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to develop various doctoral theses and make new synergies among institutions. This will be reflected in high impact scientific papers (SCI journals, technical reports, etc.). For this, the following activities will be carried out: 1) Scientists exchange will allow knowledge transfer inside the RISE-CRYOCRISIS network. Special attention will be given to young scientists exchanges allowing them to visit partner institutions for a period of 6-12 months/year. Therefore scientific careers of young researchers will strengthen both the learning of basic investigation, and applicable methods and technics in the private sector (laboratory and administration). 2) One of the tasks of senior researchers during their stay will be to give a short course either to the hosting researchers and/or to the general public. Workshops will be organized regularly to ensure knowledge transfer inside the RISE-CRYOCRISIS project. 3) Cryocrisis final conference: At the last year of RISE-CRYOCRISIS, a multidisciplinary assembly among participants and institutions will be organized, with dual purpose: a) to present the results and state of knowledge about

knowledge transfer and technical innovation and the development of multidisciplinary skills of the researchers involved. 4) Virtual courses based on the RISE-CRYOCRISIS website will be organized. Enhance the initiative and skills of young researchers in relation to the preparation of scientific papers from the initial approach to reflect the results in scientific journals and conference presentations. All the reports, papers, communication in congresses, books and audiovisual material produced by RISE-CRYOCRISIS partners will be stored in the project website. In this way the knowledge generated will be available to students, researchers, teachers and general public.

3.2 To develop new and lasting research collaborations, to achieve transfer of knowledge between research institutions and to improve research and innovation potential at the European and global levels RISE-CRYOCRISIS project deals with the environmental effects produced by deglaciation of mountainous regions worldwide, collected from case studies of areas of particular sensitivity to climate change (high mountain areas) from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present global-warming-induced melting of glaciers.



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Thus, the knowledge transfer, grouped in 7 WP's, will allow to consolidate the cooperation and exchange among network participants. This shall be carried out at both basic research related to the evolution of cryosphere and applied research related to environmental effects:

(i) Better understanding of the cryosphere evolution in each area: Through analysis of the

response to global warming in each area is the most important impact which will be produced by RISE-CRYOCRISIS project. Improvements on understanding of cryosphere evolution will allow the mitigation of deglaciation environmental effects.

(ii) Application of basic research results to improve the land planning: The impact of the -related geomorphosite conservation

and promote their sustainable use as a tourist resource (WP4), to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of the deglaciation related risks (WP5), to improve climate change models (WP6) and to improve our understanding of post-glacial plant colonization. For this purpose the study of key areas will be located in contrasted geographic landscapes by latitude, morphostructural conditions, environmental properties and land planning.

3.3 Effectiveness of the proposed measures for communication and results dissemination

One of the priorities of the RISE-CRIOCRYSIS network is the communication of results through publications in scientific and technical journals and in dissemination magazines that shows the active participation of the different members of each institution.

Also, the results of the different studies were presented at scientific conferences, national and especially international, among which may be mentioned the prestigious annual meeting of Earth Sciences (EGU), the International Conference on Geomorphology, or specific meetings related to the topics of the RISE-CRIOCRYSIS (e.g. International Permafrost Association).

It is expected, publishing articles in specialized journals (high impact journals) in each of the subject areas defined in the WP´s. Also, the dissemination of results will be made in divulgate journals, such as National Geographic, Ecosystems, Natural History, All-Science, etc., so that the achievements of the RISE-CRIOCRYSIS network reach to the people in general. The aim is to provide greater environmental awareness of the problem of deglaciation and the value of geomorphological heritage of the areas studied. Also, RISE-CRIOCRYSIS network prepare a biannual bulletin to ensure the progress of each group or individual researchers (realized exchange tasks performed, achievements, etc.). From these bulletins reports to participating institutions will be issued.

Also, in nowadays society, controlled by digital communications technology (websites, social networks, etc.), website-database and audiovisual products are chosen as main diffusion channels. The website-database is a digital platform that includes the project goals. The content is referred to: participants, activities carried out, study areas, scientific papers, multimedia information and electronic resources. Furthermore, the website is posed as a communication forum among WP, who can access and store research data developed by RISE-CRYOCRISIS project. This data exchange guarantee knowledge transfer and ideas exchange. Other of the channels consists of the development of audiovisual products, which present an educational nature. Thematic documentaries are proposed as the main products; they will be recorded in study areas, and are addressed to scientific community



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and society. The project researchers and communication professionals will participate in these documentaries. For example, researchers have already experience in recording some videos in glaciated areas of Perú (CRYOPERU Project, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r0jmeXYV48; Permafrost, expedition in Peruvian Andes http://www.campusmoncloa.es/es/media/video/divulgacion-cientifica/permafrost-expedicion-en-los-andes-peruanos.php), which present information referred to water resources availability, climatic change and natural hazards (lahars).

Traditional media will also be used for the dissemination of the results, by leaflets, workshops and press. The project content (goals, results and fieldwork campaigns) would be presented by printing leaflets with promotional and information purposes. On the other hand, the methodological content of the methods applied for the research will be included in technical reports for each study area. Workshops are posed as an information transference way, and will be managed by WP coordinators. Academic and non-academic institutions will participate in these workshops. At last, the most important and useful information for the society will appear in press according to maximum diffusion principle. Among available information, the related to natural hazards and water resources will take preference.

It is important to notice that above described impacts (understanding, conservation, mitigation and communication) will address several important social groups: (i) Scientific and Technical; (ii) Decision makers at several levels (ministries, regional and local government); (iii) Stake holders and population living in mountain areas.



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4. Implementation: Management structure and procedures WP 1. GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF DEGLACIATED AREAS The WP 1 research will start by producing a detailed geomorphological map of the deglaciated area and relevant adjoining sectors, to deduce the main deglaciation phases and later morphogenetic periods. The most important feature will be the genetic classification of landforms. Wherever necessary, a sedimentological analysis will be carried out to classify the origin of the deposits. This map will be used to calculate the area and volume of the landforms and accumulations of ice detected, essential for evaluating the cryosphere evolution and the magnitude of the catastrophic erosive processes. Particular attention will be paid to the representation of the drainage channels for the fusion waters deriving from the glaciation (deglaciation channels), and their monitoring to calculate the intensity of the erosive-sedimentary processes and to obtain the hydric parameters of the catastrophic flows which run through them.

WP. 1 RESEARCH STRATEGY (UCM)

WP2 WP3 WP 4 WP5 INGEMMET, PSU, CVO, UL, CEREGE

1st PHASE

Sedimentological analyses

Geomorphological mapping

Calculation of area and volume of deglaciated areas

2nd PHASE

WP5 INGEMMET

3rd PHASE

Control of geomorphic variations in deglaciation channels

Analysis of hydrologic parameters of past catastrophic debris flow processes

WP2 UL, IINH

Enhancement of Digital Elevation Models for implementing geomorphologic

analysis.

4th PHASE

5th PHASE

WP2 UL, IINH

6th PHASE

WP3 CEREGE,

WP5 WP5 INGEMMET



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WP 2. CRYOSPHERE EVOLUTION To observe the Cryosphere evolution, parameters must be measured which reflect its changes over time. To do this, WP2 will use four geo-indicators:

a) Equilibrium Line Altitude of glaciers (ELA) and palaeoglaciers (palaeoELA): The ELA or palaeoELA is an isohypse (m) which separates the accumulation and ablation zones of a glacier or palaeoglacier, where the mass balance is in equilibrium (b=0 mm). ELAs and palaeoELAs can be reconstructed using different techniques, with the Area x Altitude Balance Ratio-AABR statistical method obtaining the best results. The ELA is a statistical concept which must be linked to a date (ELAs) or absolute dating of a glacial phase (palaeoELAs).

b) Rock-glacier Initiation Line Altitude (RILA or palaeoRILA): Rock glaciers are rock masses with interstitial ice which slide downslope from the effect of gravity. One of the effects of global warming is the deactivation of rock glaciers as a result of the elevation of the annual 0ºC isotherm. The interstitial ice disappears, thus overlying rock masses stabilize and transform into paleo rock palaeoglaciers. The main parameter for interpreting the palaeoclimatic significance of this process is to evaluate the Rock-glacier Initiation Line Altitude (RILA or palaeoRILA). Producing detailed maps delimiting the rock glaciers or palaeoglaciers in a Geographical Information System (GIS) enables RILAs and palaeoRILAs to be identified automatically, combining the corresponding layer with the Digital Terrain Model (DTM).

c) Permafrost: the presence or absence of permafrost (sub-surface layers of permanent ice) is also a geo-indicator of climate evolution. Its space and time distribution can be evaluated by monitoring the ground temperature which allows non-frost days, permanent frost days and freeze-thaw cycles to be precisely quantified.

d) Snow cover: depending on the altitude and latitude of high mountain areas, precipitation occurs during part or all of the year in the form of snow. Research on snow cover is particularly useful because as well as acting as a climate change geo-indicator, it plays an important role in thermal insulation, affecting ground temperature distribution and freeze-thaw cycle related periglacial processes. The evolution of snow cover can be seen from aerial photos, orthophotos, satellite images and field photographs.

With this strategy, this WP contribute to a better understanding of climate change by decoding information recorded in geomorphological evidence of its impact on the evolution of the cryosphere and obtain the follows aims:

1. Identify evidence of the impact of climate change on the cryosphere, using geomorphological maps (WP1)., 2. Define the current climate through representative climate series and bioclimatic diagrams for each territorial area. 3. Produce palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the test areas, in the phases defined by archaeological research (WP3) and absolute dating (WP4)., 4. Propose a model to explain the evolution of the cryosphere and climate in each test area with WP3, by comparing the results obtained and contrasting them with other evidence on regional and global scales.



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Monitoring temperature and humidity in air and soil

Phase 1

DATA

Delineation of geoindicators at different phases

Definition of glacial expansion phases and deglaciation

WP1 UCM


Analysis of rock glaciers in a

Delineation of the spatial and seasonal permafrost regimes

Delineation of the spatial and seasonal snow cover regimes

WP1

UCM


Phase 2

DATA

Glaciers and paleoglaciers

ELAs and paleoELAs

Paleotemperature

Paleoprecipitation

RILAs y paleoRILAs

Rock glaciers and rock paleoglaciers

Characterization in space and time

Climatic

and paleoclimatic context

Permafrost

WP1 UCM


Snow cover

Phase 3 Assignment of absolute chronologies (WP4) to paleoclimatic conditions defined in phase 2

WP3 CEREGE

Absolute

dating

Phase 4 Contrast the results obtained in previous phases with paleoclimate series, paleoclimatic proxies and archaeological evidences

Input data from others WP

Output data to others WP

WP5 INGEMENT

Paleoenvironmental framework

Characterization of Cryosphere

WP.2.- RESEARCH STRATEGY (UL, IINH)



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WP. 3. DEGLACIATION AND NATURAL HAZARDS ABSOLUTE DATING The main aim of this WP is to determine the chronology of deglaciation from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present day in the selected study areas applying absolute dating techniques. The specific objectives are as follows: 1.- Obtain an accurate understanding of the advance and retreat of moraine ridges using cosmogenic dating techniques. 2.- Relate different deglaciation phases to temporal records of fluvio-glacial deposits, applying thermoluminescence absolute dating techniques. 3.- Establish a time-based relationship between deglaciation processes and vegetation colonization using lichenometric and dendrochronological techniques. 4.- Propose a time sequence model for deglaciation in each area studied . 4. Research method and strategy

The proposed methodology is based on the application of four absolute dating techniques which will be applied considering the different evidence which may be found (vegetation, rock surfaces, blocks, fluvio-glacial deposits) and the date range possibilities offered by each method. On the other hand, by using different methods the aim is to obtain estimates which are both strictly chronological and which can be validated with each other.

The methodological procedure will be divided into different phases:

A.- Selection of test sampling areas. The work already carried out by WP 1, 2 and 3 will be the basis for selecting the specific sampling sites, to ensure that these are relevant to the study. The samples will be extracted from in situ rock surfaces (abrasion thresholds) or from large stable blocks (moraines, rock glaciers).

B.- Sample extraction . At least 500g of rock will be obtained directly from the surface at each sampling point. The following characteristics of the sampling point will also be recorded: slope, orientation, altitude, geographical coordinates; possible depth of previously eroded rock from the configuration of the geomorphological unit and the estimated shielding effect, which causes reduced radiation due to the surrounding relief, the vegetation, soil and snow cover.

C.- Processing the samples The physical processing of the samples will start in the LAB-UCM, where the rock samples extracted will be ground and sieved to select 200g samples. Then LAB-Prime (USA) will determine the percentage of each chemical element, especially the measurement of the 36Cl isotope concentration, using particle acceleration mass spectrometry (AMS). The percentage of trace elements present will be obtained in ACT-LABS (Canada).

D.- Determining the exposure age. The isotopic percentages obtained in the chemical processing of samples will be processed with CHLOE software (Phillips & Plummer, 1996, version 3 - 2003) and with the CRONUS program version 36Cl-. The calculations accept the 36Cl production rate; scaling factor for latitude and altimetry; the effect of shade, vegetation, snow, burns and variations of the magnetic field proposed or referred to by Gosse & Phillips (2001). The estimated surface erosion rate is between 0 and 5 mm per 1000 years. From this premise, the exposure age of the sample surface will be obtained.



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W.3.- RESEARCH STRATEGY (CEREGE)

DATA SAMPLING

WP1, WP2, WP3

UCM, UL, IINH

CEREGE Selection of the probe locations (representative)

Cosmogenic dating

OSL dating

Tree-ring dating

Lichenometry

Application of techniques depends on context.

Physical and chemical processing at Lab.

Sampling according to technique.

Counting rings; observation of

growth patterns and anomalies

L b

Establishment of the growth-rate curve.

Measurement max. diameter of thalli.

PROCESSING

DETRMINIG SURFACE

AGEStatistical treatment according to the technique

INTERPRETATION AND DISCUSSION

Comparison of results with paleoclimatic proxies, relative dating and archaeological evidences.

WP1, WP2:

UCM, UL, IINH

Landscape evolution maps.

Deglaciation temporal sequencing for each of the study areas.

WP3: dating of the deglaciated areas.

CEREGE

WP4: heritage from the deglaciation processes

GEM

WP2: Cryosphere Evolution

UL, IINH

WP5: Assessment of the natural area depending on

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WP.4. NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN DEGLACIATION This study of the natural and cultural heritage will be carried out following the methodology recently proposed by various authors (Reynard et al., 2007, González-Trueba and Serrano, 2008, García-Cortés and Carcavilla, 2009, Serrano et. al, 2009). The methodology will be divided into a series of phases:

Phase 1: Geomorphosite identification and inventory

This initial phase will include: a) Analysis and interpretation of geomorphological maps produced by WP1, information on cryosphere evolution (WP 2), archaeological remains (WP 3) and absolute dating of landforms (WP4), which together with photos, aerial photos and field-based study, will enable the location and definition of geomorphosites of significant natural and cultural value. b) Processing and management of the geomorphosite maps in a GIS with the corresponding database. c) Obtaining geomorphosite visibility maps using a GIS. The Digital Terrain Model (DTM) will be used to define viewsheds to ensure optimal topographical observation points.

Phase 2: Geomorphosite analysis and evaluation.

This phase will include geomorphosite analysis and evaluation based on scientific, ecological, landscape and cultural criteria. Finally socio-economic criteria will also be considered, with a view to the geomorphosite use and management. These basic criteria will in turn be defined through a series of parameters, evaluated and rated on a semi-

ento metodológico para la elaboración del Inventario Español de Lugares de Interés Geológico (García-Cortés and Carcavilla, 2009), and in other scientific proposals for classifying and evaluating geomorphosites (Reynard et. al., 2007).

Evaluation parameters used to define the importance of a geomorphosite: a) Scientific. The scientific value is the result of the evaluation of the geomorphological importance of each geomorphosite, depending on to what extent it is representative and unique in terms of the deglaciation of the region, its conservation level, exceptional features and palaeoclimatic and archaeological significance. b) Ecological. This parameter evaluates the importance of the geomorphosite depending on its significance within the vegetation colonization process of deglaciated areas. c) Aesthetic. This criterion evaluates the visual quality of each geomorphosite. The visibility maps produced in the previous phase will allow the observation conditions of each geomorphosite to be defined and evaluated in relation to its environment. d) Cultural. The cultural value of each geomorphosite will be evaluated using the method proposed by Reynard et al. (2007

Phase 3. Producing evaluation cards and maps for the geomorphosites. In this final phase combined fact files will be produced, containing the information, mapping and evaluation for each geomorphosite. These documents will be passed to the relevant management bodies, to inform decision-making for the geomorphosite management, use and conservation.



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WP4.- RESEARCH STRATEGY (GEM)

WP1 WP 2

WP3 WP 4

UCM, UL, IINH, CEREGE, GEM

PHASE 1

Geomorphosites identification and

Geomorphosites treatment and management in a GIS, and obtaining visibility maps.

Delineation of geomorphosites based on geomorphological maps, evolution of the cryosphere, archaeological remains and absolute chronology of the landforms

Analysis of the geomorphological value, based on its integrity, representativeness, rareness and paleoclimatic interest

Ecological.- The importance of geomorphosite in the process of plant colonization in deglaciated enviaronment

Aesthetic.- This criteria takes into account the visibility of a site ((e.g. site visible from several viewpoints, relative altitude, colouristic contrast, landscape perception)

Cultural.- Analysis of archaeological and historical relevance, religious, literary and arts significance and, finally, geohistorical value in relation to the meaning of each geomorphosite for earth sciences history

Socio-economic.- Analysis of the use and potential use and management of the site (e.g. accessibility, natural risks, annual number of visitors; official level of protection;

PHASE 2

Geomorphosites valuating based upon numerical

assessment criteria's

PHASE 3

Production of cards and maps of each

WP 3

CEREGE

Cards with the collection of general data of each geomorphosite Geomorphosites map Geotourist map

Tools available to managers for decision

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WP.5.- MITIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF DEGLACIATION IN NATURAL HAZARDS AND WATER RESOURCES. General purpose is to analyze the deglaciation effects on water reservoirs and contribute to the prevention and mitigation of the related risks, basically massive flows. With specific objectives: 1- Characterize the status and evolution of water reservoirs but also identify the deglaciation impacts on them. 2- Identify and quantify deglaciation's potential threats, namely referred to massive flows. 3- Apply simulation models to risk's maps development. 4- Study the affected areas vulnerability based on detected hazards.

There are six specific work lines in this work package:

1- Perform a synthesis of WP1 (geomorphologic evolution), WP2 (cryosphere dynamic), WP3 (human settlements based on archeological remains) and WP4 (absolute dating)

essentially glaciers and frozen soil (permafrost) present on the study areas.

2- Identify deglaciation's potential threats on water reserves, taking into account the WP1, WP2, WP3 and WP4 results, that have caused catastrophic massive flows (landslides and debris flows) their frequency and magnitude.

3- Link the future climate scenarios obtained by the WP7 with the results of WP3 and WP4 in order to set up the water reservoirs tendencies, the frequency of catastrophic processes

4- Quantify the risk elemenAccordingly, an inventory of these elements, including the cultural heritage studied by WP5, will be done.

5- Use previous parameters and the terrain information improved by the WP1 in order to apply simulation models to massive flows in an effective way.

6- mitigate the deglaciation effects.



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WP1 & WP2 UCM, UL, IINH Cartography and Cryosphere evolution

1st PHASE

Recognize the effects of deglaciation on water reservoirs

Characterize the status and evolution of water solid water reservoirs using aerial photo-interpretation and remote sensing

Identify deglaciation's potential threats

2nd PHASE

3rd PHASE

Recognize the effects of deglaciation on the neighboring population vulnerability

Apply simulation models (LaharZ, SPH & Titan2D) in order to reproduce past events

Simulation of potential fast flows related to the deglaciation

Delimit the hazardous areas using the results of simulation models.

WP1, WP2, WP3 & WP4

Deglaciation threats

UCM, UL, IINH, CEREGE

Identify Risk Scenarios

Quantify catastrophic events frequency and magnitude

Models improvement and calibration

4th PHASE Vulnerability assessment

5th PHASE

Estimate the deglaciation related risks and build corresponding maps

6th PHASE

WP5.- RESEARCH STRATEGY (INGEMMET)



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Risk management The quality management of this project consists of several control tasks to guarantee that the project is consistent during all the phases. The main planned control tasks are: - Original scientific content and quality: Verification that all the produced scientific content is original and high quality. - Periodicity of publications: Publications must be realized during all the phases of the project. - Punctuality and term accomplishment of the activity schedule: All activities must be realized on time, papers submitted when provided and communications of the results made punctually. - Quality review of the papers and communication of the results: The papers and communications will be reviewed by several internal reviewers before publication. The risk management of this project is planned for identify the possible risks and assess, monitor and mitigate them as far as possible. Starting from a detailed planning of all the activities of the project, potential risks that may appear during the realization of the activities must be identifyed and classified by type and probability of occur. Once a risk has been identified and categorized by type and probability, the impact has to be calculated in order to establish the mitigation strategy. Before the mitigation plan a risk analysis (quantitative and qualitative) has to be done, including a contingency time and costs. After applying a mitigation strategy a monitoring of the risk has to be realized, trying to know the risk triggers, determining whether the strategy applied is valid and carrying out corrective actions if necessary. Conflict resolution will be dealt with at the immediate superior level to where it appears. Task leaders will solve problems within the task and Work Package coordinators within the WPs.



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6. Capacity of the participating organisations All organisations (whether beneficiaries or partner organisation) must complete the appropriate table below. Complete one table of maximum one page per beneficiary and half a page per partner organisation. The experts will be instructed to disregard content above this limit. (Min font size: 9) Beneficiary 1: UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID, SPAIN (UCM) General Description The Complutense University has a wide range of links with universities and strategic partners

throughout the world and has established research and teaching collaborations and staff and student exchange programmes. In addition to our network of university partners across Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East, Africa and Oceania, the University has also signed international collaboration agreements with various institutions around the world. The UCM is in the way of transformation of into a centre of reference for knowledge and technology in selected thematic areas, as a leader in these fields.

The specific objectives at present are to: Increase the global impact of scientific publications. Improve the human and material resources for research. Multiply the number of post-doctoral study visits by foreign researchers to the campus. Increase the level of participation in international R&D projects by group members.

Role and Profile of David Palacios, has coordinated Spanish teams for a European project and four national projects. He has also been principal investigator for several projects funded by foundations and regional governments in Spain. All of these activities have received excellent evaluation surveys.

key people

Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and Equipment

SEVERAL LABORATORIES FOR EACH WORK PACKAGES

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1.- Evaluation of the current impact of climate change on the Cryosphere: studying the impact of current global warming on the snow cover and permafrost on mountains in the centre and south of the Iberian Peninsula, including the following aspects:

1.1.- Geo-ecology of snow niches: observation of the distribution and geo-ecological

the snowfields and icefields in the Sierras de Guadarrama and Gredos to detect changes in their surface area and internal dynamics.

1.2.- Permafrost: analysis of permafrost distribution and evolution in the Sierra Nevada, by locating, defining and monitoring the areas with permanent sub-superficial ice or permafrost. Study of the permafrost evolution and how it is related to global warming. Evaluating the influence of the snow cover and slope dynamics in the conservation of the frozen levels.

2.- Reconstruction of the impact of climate change on the Cryosphere, from the late Pleistocene to the present: studying the effects of climate evolution on the existing glacial mass in different mountains worldwide, from the late Pleistocene to the present day. Within this context four work strategies have been developed:

2.1.- Palaeo-glaciers in the Iberian Peninsula: evolution of ice masses in mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula (Pyrenees, Sistema Central and Sierra Nevada), from the late Pleistocene until their complete disappearance or reduction to their current size. This work is



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based on detailed geomorphologic analysis and absolute dating obtained by cosmogenic methods and optical luminescence techniques.

2.2.- Tropical glaciers: evolution of glacial masses in the central Andes and Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, from the late Pleistocene to the present day, applying the same methods as in the Iberian Peninsula with supporting lichenometric techniques to obtain recent dating. This is the aim of the work underway in the Nevado Coropuna, Ampato-Sabancaya-Hualca Hualca and Chachani volcanic complexes in southern Peru and on the Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl, Pico de Orizaba and Colima stratovolcanoes in Mexico.

2.3.- High latitude glaciers: evolution of glacier fronts in polar regions, from the Little Ice Age to the present day. Evaluation of colonization by vegetation linked to the retreat of the ice masses and its effect on slope stabilization. Research carried out in collaboration with the Complutense University of Madrid (Departamento de Biología Vegetal II) in the Cordillera Darwin (Tierra de Fuego) and the Trollaskagi peninsula (Iceland), using lichenometric dating techniques.

2.4- Palaeoclimatology and prehistoric populations: influence of palaeoenvironmental conditions on population patterns in hunter-gatherer societies. Using geomorphologic records and palaeoclimatic data to generate tools to contextualize prehistoric archaeological evidence and assign chronologies to it.

Current involvement PRESENT INTERNATIONAL PROJECT

in Research and Title: Environmental effects of deglaciation: case studies in contrasted geographic landscapes.

Principal Investigator: David Palacios

Innovation projects

Publications and/or

Arróniz-Crespo, M., Pérez-Ortega, S., De los Ríos, A., Allan Green, T.G., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Casermeiro, M.A., Cruz, M.T., Pintado, A., Palacios, D., Sancho, L.G. 2014 The role of bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations during primary succession in recently deglaciated areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile). PLOS ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0096081 published 12 May 2014

Oliva, M., Gómez-Ortiz A., Palacios D., Salvador-Franch, F., Salvà-Catarineu, M. 2014. Environmental evolution in Sierra Nevada (South Spain) since the Last Glaciation based on multi-proxy records. Quaternary International 353, 195-209 DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.02.009

García-Ruiz, J.M., Palacios, D., de Andrés, N., Valero-Garcés, B.L., López-Moreno, J. I., Sanjuán, Y. 2014. Holocene and 'Little Ice Age' glacial activity in the Marboré Cirque, Monte Perdido Massif, Central Spanish Pyrenees. The Holocene. 24 (11): 1439-1452, DOI: 10.1177/0959683614544053

Calvo, L., Haddad B., Pastor M., Palacios D. 2015. Runout and deposit morphology of Bingham fluid as a function of initial volume: implication for debris flow modelling. Natural Hazards, 75(1): 489-513. DOI 10.1007/s11069-014-1334-x

Palacios, D., Andrés, N., Gómez-Ortiz A., Vázquez-Selem, L., Oliva M., Salvador-Franch, F. 2015. Maximum extent of Late Pleistocene glaciers and Last Deglaciation of La Cerdanya Mountains, Southeastern Pyrenees. Geomorphology 231 116129doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.037

Palacios, D., Andrés N., López-Moreno J.I., García-Ruiz J. M. 2015. Late Pleistocene rapid deglaciation in the Central Pyrenees: the Upper Gállego Valley. Quaternary Research (accepted)



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Beneficiary 2: GUÍAS DE ESPELEOLOGÍA Y MONTAÑA, SPAIN (GEM) General Description Since 2004 the NGO GEM has cooperated in the R & D projects led by project coordinator

CRYOCRISIS (Dr David Palacios), including the following initiatives: 1) Logistics for conducting fieldwork in high mountain areas on the Central Andes (2004-2015). 2) Programme of practises for students of graduate, master's and doctorate at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), which since 2004 has obtained the following results: 3) Practices of 35 students. 4) A Degree thesis, three Master theses and a PhD thesis on topics related to CRYOCRISIS project (see publications bellow). Currently, the specific objectives of the NGO are: - Promoting the scientific, technical and academic cooperation with peruvian institutions and the student participation in such actions. - The outreach of the scientific projects. Web site: http://onggem.wordpress.com/

Role and Profile of Profile: PhD in Geography from the Complutense University of Madrid (2010), with a thesis on the impact of climate change on the glaciers of Nevado Coropuna that obtained excellent cum laude and extraordinary doctorate prize. He has participated in 20 R & D projects with public funding and 11 research campaings in the Central Andes of Peru. Currently working on updating and publishing the results of his doctoral thesis and the project implementation of scientific cooperation projects between spanish and peruvian institutions, to decode the glacial record of climate change in the Andes and evaluate their effects on the cryosphere hydric resources. Role: main coordinator of RISE project in Peru and CRYOPERU project.

key people Dr. Jose Úbeda ([email protected])


Two support facilities in Spain for research stays and the organization of training courses in technical high mountain: Casilla de El Mortero (Torremocha Jarama-Madrid) and Casilla de La Lastra (Alpedrete Sierra-Guadalajara). Facilities provided since 1996 by Canal de Isabel II Gestión (http://www.canalgestion.es/) for the use of projects of the NGO GEM.

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research premises?

Previous Involvement in Research and innovation projects

2004-2014: Annual fieldwork campaigns in the Andes of Peru (GFAM-GEM). July-October 2010: Geoarchaeological and paleontological sampling of deposits in Cueva del Reguerillo (Patones, Madrid, Spain) and Abrigo del Monte (El Vellón, Madrid, Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega, Fernando Colino, Rosa Rodriguez. June-August 2009: Archaeological excavation in Abrigo del Monte (El Vellón, Madrid, Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega, Fernando Colino, Rosa Rodriguez. September 2008: Archaeological excavation in Abrigo del Palomar (Yeste, Albacete, Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega, Fernando Colino and Dra. Paloma de la Peña. July-October 2008: Master Plan for Cueva del Reguerillo (Patones, Madrid, Spain). Funding: Community of Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega, Dra. Paloma de la Peña, Fernando Colino, Fernando Gutierrez and Rosa Rodriguez. July-October 2008: Archaeological project on Cueva del Reguerillo (Patones, Madrid, Spain). Rock Art Survey of First Floor and Second Floor archaeological survey. Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega. July-October 2007: Archaeological excavation at Abrigo del Monte (El Vellón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega, Dra. Paloma de la Peña and Fernando Colino.



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July-October 2007: Archaeological Surveys on the approaches to the second and third floors and archaeological monitoring of the works of the enclosure to the second floor in Cueva del Reguerillo (Patones, Madrid, Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega. April-October 2006: Evaluation of the archaeological potential of the Pleistocene deposits in caves and shelters located in the limestone fringe of the Sierra Norte de Madrid (Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega. November-December 2006: works of protection and enclosure on Cueva del Reguerillo (Patones, Madrid, Spain). Funding: Comunidad de Madrid (Regional Government). Direction: Dr. Luis Gerardo Vega, Fernando Colino and Dra. Paloma de la Peña.

Current involvement CRYOPERU Project (since 2013): http://cryoperu.pe/

in Research and Principal Investigator: Dr. Jose Úbeda.

Innovation projects Partners: - NGO Guides of Speleology and Mountain (Guías de Espeleología y Montaña-GEM). - National Water Authority of Peru (Autoridad Nacional del Agua-ANA). - Peruvian geological survey (Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico-INGEMMET). - High Mountain Physical Geography Research Group (Grupo de Investigación en Geografía Física de Alta Montaña-GFAM/UCM). - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO-Lima).

Publications and/or

Campos, N. (2012). Glacier evolution in the South West slope of Nevado Coropuna (Cordillera Ampato, Perú). Tesis de maestría. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 55 pp.

Fernández (2014). Aplicaciones de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica a la reconstrucción de paleoglaciares .El caso del aparato glaciar Tera-Cárdena-Segundera (Sierra Segundera, Zamora). Tesis de maestría. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 85 pp.

García, E. (2013). Evolución Glaciar del cuadrante noroeste del Nevado Coropuna. Tesis de maestría. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 52 pp.

Giráldez, C. (2011). Glacier evolution in the South West slope of Nevado Hualcán (Cordillera Blanca, Perú). Tesis de maestría. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 61 pp.

Martín de la Calle (2014). Evolución reciente de los glaciares de la vertiente Sur del Nevado Salcantay (Perú). Tesis de maestría. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 58 pp.

Pérez (2014). Análisis del registro del cambio climático en el último avance de los glaciares en la vertiente norte de la Cordillera Pariaqaqá (Andes Centrales Occidentales de Perú). Tesis de maestría. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 52 pp

Quirós (2013). Impacto del Cambio Climático en los glaciares de las montañas Chollquepucro y Pariaqaqa (Perú). Tesis de graduación. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 51 pp.

Úbeda et al (2015). Geophysical surveys on permafrost in Coropuna and Chachani volcanoes (southern Peru). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-12592-2, 2015.

Úbeda, J, Campos, N., Giráldez, C., García, E., Quirós, T., Palacios D. (2015). Evaluation of Little Ice Age cooling in Western Central Andes, suggested by paleoELAs, in contrast with global warming since late 19th century deduced from instrumental records. Geophysical Research AbstractsVol. 17, EGU2015-13835-3, 2015.

Úbeda, J, Campos, N., Giráldez, C., García, E., Quirós, T., Palacios D. (2014). Evaluación del enfriamiento del clima durante la Pequeña Edad del Hielo en los Andes Centrales deducido de la altitud de la línea de equilibrio de glaciares actuales y pasados. Boletín del Colegio de Geógrafos del Perú, 1: 1-19.

Úbeda, J. (2011) El impacto del cambio climático en los glaciares del complejo volcánico Nevado Coropuna (Cordillera Occidental de los Andes Centrales). Tesis Doctoral. Departamento de Análisis Geográfico Regional y Geografía Física. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 594 pp. ISBN 978-84-694-2060-7.

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Beneficiary 3: , FRANCE (CEREGE)

General Description

(CEREGE) is a Joint Research Unit (JRU/UMR 34) composed of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille University, the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and the Collège de France. Established in 1995, it hosts 90 permanent research scientists and faculty lecturers and supports forefront research in the fields of surface geosciences, active tectonics, paleoclimatology, environmental geochemistry and geoarcheology. Due to its high-level theoretical, methodological and technological approaches, CEREGE is internationally involved in interdisciplinary research projects. Of particular importance for this project, CEREGE is one of the world-leading centers for the utilization of cosmogenic nuclides in Earth Sciences, hosting state-of-the-art laboratory and measurement facilities and renowned experts in this field.

Role and Profile of Irene Schimmelpfennig Profile: Research scientist with expertise in surface exposure dating, cosmogenic nuclide methodology and investigation of mountain glacier chronologies (moraine and bedrock dating, mapping); 2005-2009 PhD in Environmental Earth Sciences at CEREGE/Aix-Marseille University; 2010-2012 Postdoctoral researcher at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University (New York, USA); 2012-2014 Associate Research Scientist at the Chair of Climate and Ocean Evolution of the Collège de France (CEREGE); since 2014 CNRS Researcher at CEREGE Role in the project: Coordinator of surface exposure dating using cosmogenic nuclides: participation in sampling campaigns; management and supervision of physical and chemical sample preparation and cosmogenic nuclide measurements using the facilities at CEREGE; data reduction and interpretation

Key people


CEREGE hosts the following facilities: - the National cosmogenic nuclide laboratory (LN2C), which is composed of several

top-level physical and chemical preparation laboratories for the extraction of cosmogenic 10Be, 26Al and 36Cl from terrestrial rocks, operated by 3 fulltime technicians.

- Accélérateur pour les Sciences de la Terre, Environnement, Risques), dedicated to high-precision measurements of 10Be, 26Al and 36Cl and other rare isotopes, operated by a team of 3 engineers, under the supervision of Prof. Didier Bourlès.

CEREGE can host several researcher visitors within this project, who will be provided with: - office space - laboratory access - the possibility for constructive interaction with the researchers at CEREGE. In

particular, the cosmogenic nuclide dating team is composed of 7 permanent researchers, 4 of which (Dr. Irene Schimmelpfennig, Dr. Lucilla Benedetti, Dr. Régis Braucher et Prof. Didier Bourlès) were deeply involved in the European Marie Curie

- -2008), which largely contributed to the improvement of cosmogenic nuclide methodologies. These researchers will offer the opportunity for fruitful discussions during data acquisition and interpretation.

- support in finding accommodation in one of the nearby cities, which are well connected to CEREGE by public transportation.

Do you have independent research premises?

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2005-2008: Cosmic ray produced nuclide systematics on Earth The European contribution. (Marie Curie Actions Research Training Networks) Project coordinator: Tibor Dunai, University of Edinburgh, UK 2010-2012: Chronology of Climate Change from Holocene Moraines in the Tropical Andes (Bolivia) and in the Northern Mid-Latitudes (Western USA) constrained by high-precision Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating. (German Academic Exchange Service Postdoctoral research project) 2013: Reconstruction of glacier fluctuations in the Rhône-Mediterranean Bassin during the Holocene based on cosmogenic nuclide dating. (CEREGE-internal funding project) 2013: Carbon-14 produced in quartz: a novel chronometer to quantify recent landscape evolution.

Current involvement 2013-2015: Carbon-14 in quartz: a novel chronometer to study the impact of climate warming in PACA (Board of Regional Economy, Innovation and Higher Education of the Region PACA, France) 2014-2019: Rates of the processes controlling the morphologic and environmental changes in the Mont-Blanc massif. (ANR, French National Research Funding Agency) Principal investigator: Jean-Louis Mugnier, University of Savoie, France

2015: Did the Ancient Gods ever get Cold? Defining the history of Holocene Glaciation of Mount Olympus, Greece. (Latsis foundation, Greece) Principal Investigator: Mike Styllas, Thessaloniki, Greece

2014-2015: Quaternary climate reconstruction via age determination of Carpathian moraines using in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides. Principal investigators Zsófia Ruszkiczay Rüdiger, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Hungary; Régis Braucher, CEREGE

in Research and Innovation projects

Publications and/or research/innovation

Recent relevant peer-reviewed publications: 2014 Schimmelpfennig, I., Schaefer, J., Putnam, A., Koffman, T., Benedetti, L., Ivy-Ochs, S., ASTER Team, Schlüchter, C. (2014): 36Cl production rate from K-spallation in the European Alps (Chironico landslide, Switzerland). Journal of Quaternary Science 29, 407-413. Schimmelpfennig, I., Schaefer, J.M., Akçar, N., Koffman, T., Ivy-Ochs, S., Schwartz, R., Finkel, R.C., Zimmerman, S., Schlüchter, C. (2014): A chronology of Holocene and Little Ice Age glacier culminations of the Steingletscher, Central Alps, Switzerland, based on high-sensitivity beryllium-10 moraine dating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 393, 220-230. 2012 Schimmelpfennig, I., Schaefer, J., Akçar, N., Ivy-Ochs, S., Finkel, R., Schlüchter, C. (2012): Holocene glacier culminations in the Western Alps and their hemispheric relevance. Geology 40, 891 894. Schimmelpfennig, I., Schaefer, J., Goehring, B., Lifton, N., Putnam A., Barrell D. (2012): Calibration of the in situ cosmogenic 14

Journal of Quaternary Science 27, 671 674. 2011 Schimmelpfennig, I., Williams, A., Pik, R., Burnard, P. Niedermann, S., Finkel, R., Schneider, B., Benedetti, L. (2011): Inter-comparison of cosmogenic in-situ 3He, 21Ne and 36Cl at low latitude along an altitude transect on the SE slope of the Kilimanjaro volcano (3°S, Tanzania). Quaternary Geochronology 6, 425-436. Schimmelpfennig, I., Benedetti, L., Garreta, V., Pik, R., Blard, P.H., Burnard, P., Bourlès, D., Finkel, R. Ammon, K., Dunai, T. (2011): Calibration of cosmogenic 36Cl production rates from Ca and K spallation in lava flows from Mt. Etna (38°N, Italy) and Payun-Matru (36°S, Argentina). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 2611-2632. Research innovation: Irene Schimmelpfennig is currently implementing the first French laboratory for extraction of cosmogenic in situ 14C from terrestrial samples at CEREGE.



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Beneficiary 4: THE ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY, ICELAND (IINH) General Description The main role of the IINH is to conduct basic research and consult other institutions and companies

on the geology and biology of Iceland, to systematically document and map the nature of Iceland and preserve research findings and specimens in scientific collections. The main topics of the geology department at IINH;

- Map and analyse environmental changes and sedimentary formations related to the deglaciation of Iceland, glacier changes at present or other cryospheric changes at present.

- Run a landslide and snow avalanche data base in cooperation with the Icelandic Met Office. Study landslides and monitor the risk of them according to glacier changes, snow melt and heavy precipitation events in Iceland.

- Petrology researches and bedrock mapping are also import fields within the IINH.

Role and Profile of Skafti Brynjólfsson Profile: Research geologist, gained his MSc. From University of Iceland in 2009 and will finish his PhD (from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU) in spring 2015. Since 2008, he has worked on glacier changes and landslide activities according to constantly developing cryosphere conditions in Iceland. Role: Coordinator of IINH in this project.

Key people


IINH offers: - Working space for 2-4 scientists - Basic laboratory for storing and preparation of geological samples and equipment. - Digital aerial photos, cartographic data and elevation models of Iceland. - Logistical and administrative facilities in two institutional offices; Reykjavík the capital in

SW Iceland and Akureyri in N Iceland. Do you have independent research premises?

Yes


Deglaciation of the Vestfirðir peninsula in northwest Iceland; natural climate change the last 10.000 years assessed from lacustrine sediment cores and tephra-chronolgy. Cooperation between Aarhus University in Denmark, NTNU in Norway and IINH (2012-2014).

High latitude glaciers: evolution of glacier fronts in polar regions, from the Little Ice Age to the present day. Evaluation of colonization by vegetation linked to the retreat of the ice masses and its effect on slope stabilization. Research carried out in collaboration with the Complutense University of Madrid (Departamento de Biología Vegetal II) in the Cordillera Darwin (Tierra de Fuego) and the Trollaskagi peninsula (Iceland), using lichenometric dating techniques.

Geomorphological and sedimentary processes of a recently deglaciated area, Nordenskiold-glacier in Svalbard (2012-2014)

Current involvement PRESENT INTERNATIONAL PROJECT Title: Environmental effects of deglaciation: case studies in contrasted geographic landscapes. Principal Investigator: David Palacios Dynamics and glacier history of Drangajökull ice cap northwest Iceland (2011-2015) Principal investigator: Skafti Brynjólfsson



2015

- Skafti Brynjólfsson, Anders Schomacker Esther Ruth Guðmundsdóttir and Ólafur Ingólfsson, 2015. A 300 year surge history of the Drangajökull ice cap, northwest Iceland, and its maximum during the Little Ice Age. The Holocene (in press).

- Skafti Brynjolfsson, Anders Schomacker, Ólafur Ingólfsson, Jakob K Keiding, 2015. Early Holocene extent of the Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland, constrained by 36Cl cosmogenic



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Beneficiary 5: INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL PLANNING - UNIVERSITY OF LISBON , PORTUGAL, (UL) General Description

The Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) University of Lisbon was created in 2009 and aims at promoting geography and planning higher education, advanced training and research. The Centre of Geographical Studies (CEG) is the research unit of IGOT. Established in 1943, CEG is the main Portuguese institution conducting research in the field of Geography. The research environment at CEG IGOT benefits from belonging to the University of Lisbon, which is the largest and one of the most prestigious universities in Portugal. CEG is organised in three Thematic Lines, which coordinate the activities of 7 Research Groups. Currently, around 200 researchers, of which 78 PhD graduates, work at CEG. CEG work is global in scope and addresses cutting-edge subjects of contemporary Human and Physical Geography and Planning inquiries, aiming at contributing to theoretical, methodological and empirical knowledge on the field. CEG owns and publishes continuously since 1965 the prestigious journal Finisterra. CEG is involved in several collaborative research partnerships and networking activities, both at international and national scales. Due to the high quality of research environment and facilities, such as a specialized library and a vast Map Collection, CEG hosts numerous visiting Scholars and Researchers as well as graduate students from around the world, including from some of the most prestigious research centres in the field.

Role and Profile of key people

Marc Oliva is research scientist at the IGOT-CEG of the University of Lisbon. During the last years he has coordinated several research projects (through public and private funding) in Antarctica focused on present and past geomorphological processes and climate variability. He has also conducted research in other cold-climate environments, such as mid-latitude high mountain ranges (Sierra Nevada, Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Patagonia) and the Arctic (Svalbard). This field experience has provided him a wide

exposure dating. The Norwegian Geological Winter Meeting, Stavanger 12-15 January 2015. - Palacios, D., Andres, N., Sæmundsson, Þ., Brynjólfsson, S. 2015. The deglaciation of the

Tröllaskagi Peninsula, Northern Iceland, based oncosmogenic datings Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-9648.

- Andres, N., Palacios, D., Sæmundsson, Þ., Brynjólfsson, S. 2015. Time needed for first lichen colonization of terminal moraines in the Tröllaskagi peninsula (North Iceland). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-9873. 2014

- Skafti Brynjólfsson, Anders Schomacker and Ólafur Ingólfsson, 2014. Geomorphology of the Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland, with focus on its three surge-type outlets. Geomorphology 213, 292-304.

- Skafti Brynjólfsson 2014. The glacial history and dynamics of Drangajökull ice cap, northwest Iceland. UNGGEO, Young Norwegian Geological meeting, Trondheim, Norway, 21 January 2014.

- Skafti Brynjólfsson, Anders Schomacker, Ólafur Ingólfsson, 2014. Geomorphology of the Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland, with focus on its three surge-type outlets. The Nordic geological winter meeting, Lund, Sweden, 7-10 January 2014.

- Skafti Brynjólfsson, Anders Schomacker Esther Ruth Guðmundsdóttir and Ólafur Ingólfsson, 2014. A 300 year surge history of the Drangajökull ice cap, northwest Iceland. 47th American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-19 December 2014.

- Anders Schomacker, Skafti Brynjólfsson, Ólafur Ingólfsson and Jakob K Keiding, 2014. Deglaciation of the Drangajökull Ice cap, NW Iceland; Preliminary results from 36Cl exposure dating. 47th American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-19 December 2014.



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comprehension of Earth surface processes and interactions among the different land systems in cold-climate environments.

Gonçalo Vieira is Associate Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon and senior researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, in the research group on Climate Change and Environmental Dynamics, where he coordinates the Geocryology team. He has coordinated several permafrost and periglacial research projects in the Antarctic and in the Portuguese mountains, and is involved in research in Svalbard and sub-Arctic Canada.


The researchers of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) participating in this proposal form part of the Geocryology research group, which has coordinated several research projects during the last years. Within these projects, the team has acquired cutting-edge scientific equipment both for polar and mountain regions, such as drillers, UAV, remote sensing laboratory, DGPS, reistivimeters, coring systems for lacustrine and terrestrial sedimentary archives, etc. It is expected that this equipment will be used in some of the activities of the RISE project. As part of the University of Lisbon, the IGOT members have free access to a complete set of infrastructures that are fully available for the success of the project. IGOT researchers involved in this proposal collaborate intensely with researchers from the Faculty of Sciences and benefit from the cutting-edge laboratories existing in this school. These laboratories are fully equipped for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological studies, including facilities for determining XRF, XRD, organic matter and stable isotopes grain size, magnetic properties, etc.

Besides, the IGOT through the Geocryology research group, also coordinates the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR). This project is responsible for providing logistical and technical support to Portuguese researchers working in Polar regions and promoting research in polar regions in collaboration with other international partners. Regarding the proposed activities of RISE, the previous experience of this group on several key issues for conducting research in polar regions (logistics, environmental authorizations, medical permissions, cargo, etc) will be of crucial importance for ENSOANTAR.

Do you have independent YES research premises? Previous Involvement in Research and innovation projects

During the last years the recent of the group has focused on the: 1. Use of geoindicators to evaluate the impact of recent climate trends on the

Cryosphere, through a wide range of cutting-edge techniques with the purpose of: 1.1 Mapping of geomorphological processes and landforms in order to

identify the spatial zonation of present-day geomorphic processes in polar regions (Arctic, Antarctic) and Iberian mountain ranges.

1.2 Determining the role of snow through remote sensing imagery to study the effects of climate change on permafrost in these areas.

1.3 Monitoring of permafrost, active layer dynamics and periglacial processes in the Maritime Antarctica.

2. Reconstruction of past environments in cold-climate environments since the Last Glaciation, namely:

2.1 Deciphering the maximum extent of Pleistocene glaciations in Iberian ranges and the subsequent environmental evolution. Significant advances on the chronology of past glacial and periglacial events have been achieved through a wide range of absolute dating techniques in different sedimentary archives from Sierra Nevada, Pyrenees, Serra da Estrela and Cantabrian Mountains.

2.2 Reconstructing the Mid-Late environmental sequence in the High Arctic (Svalbard) and geomorphological processes associated to changing climate conditions.

2.3 Establishing a chronology for the deglaciation process in different Maritime Antarctic environments (Livingston Island, King George Island) based on the analysis of lake sediment records, tephrochronology and cosmogenic dating techniques.

Current involvement in Research and Innovation

Long-Term Ecological Researches on King George Island to Predict Ecosystem Responses to



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Projects Climate Change, PE14020, Korean Polar Research Institute. Holocene permafrost environments and climate variability in the Maritime Antarctic. AXA

Research fund, 2014-2016. PI: Dr Marc Oliva. -

Climate change impacts on vegetation and permafrost, their interactions and feedbacks for

biodiversity along a latitudinal transect between 60º and 67ºS in maritime Antarctic, 2014 2016, Programa Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartida. Itália.

3D ANTÁRTIDA. Monitoring of Antarctic Permafrost Environments. PPL Crowdfunding. 21,000 euro, 2014 2015, PI: Dr Gonçalo Vieira.

ADAPT-PT. Arctic Development and Adaptation to Permafrost in Transition Portuguese Branch. PROPOLAR, 2014 2015. Dr Gonçalo Vieira.

Balanço da energia superficial e seu controle no permafrost e na camada ativa da península Fildes, Antártica Marítima, 2014-2015. Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS), "Programa Pesquisador Gaúcho PqG n. 001/2013. PI: Dr Ulisses Bremer.

HOLOANTAR - Holocene environmental change in the Maritime Antarctic. Interactions between permafrost and the lacustrine environment. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, PTDC/CTE-GIX/119582/2010, 2012-2015. PI: Dr Marc Oliva.

- -PI: Dr Gonçalo Vieira.

Portuguese Polar Program PROPOLAR 2013-14.. FCT-FACC. 110,000 euro, 2013 2014. PI: Dr Gonçalo Vieira.

PERMANTAR-3 - Permafrost and Climate Change in the Antarctic Peninsula. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, PTDC/AAC-CLI/119463/2010, 2013-2015. PI: Dr Gonçalo Vieira.

Evolución del paisaje reciente de cumbres de Sierra Nevada. Interés científico de registros naturales y documentos escritos de época. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain, CSO2012-30681, 2013-2015. PI: Dr Antonio Gómez Ortiz.



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Beneficiary 6: INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO Y METALÚRGICO PERU, (INGEMMET). General Description

Peruvian Geological Survey. The main aims of the Peruvian Geological Survey are obtaining, storing, recording, processing, management and diffusion of scientific information on basic geology, subsurface resources, geological hazards and environment.

Role and Profile of Ing. Lionel Fidel Smoll Profile: Engineer Geologist by Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (1977). Ing. Lionel Fidel Smoll has 35 years of experience as geologist in INGEMMET, 8 years as Director of the Environmental Geology and Geological Risk Service). Role: INGEMMET coordinator in the RISE project.

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- INGEMMET offers space and resources for 4 researchers, including the following: - Logistics for field works (4x4 vehicle, driver, fuel, field assistants, etc.). - Central research center in Lima (central laboratories and the Directorate of Environmental Geology and Geological Risk). - Laboratories: petro-mineralogy, analytical chemistry (water and soil), X-ray, remote sensing and surface exposure datings(SED) from beryllium-10 (2015). - Logistical and administrative facilities in five institutional offices (ODs) distributed throughout the country: Trujillo, Arequipa (OVI), Puno, Cusco and Madre de Dios. Coming soon Huaraz and Huancayo (2015). - INGEMMET Volcanological Observatory in Arequipa (OVI), close to the study areas included in the CRYOCRISIS project: volcanoes Coropuna, Misti and Chachani.

Do you have

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research premises?

- Lima: Environmental Geology and Geological Risk Service (Central research center). - Arequipa: INGEMMET Volcanological Observatory in (OVI).


- Geological hazard by glacial processes in the Cordillera Blanca (Ancash): risk maps, flood simulations and models (in publishing process). - Multinational Andean Project-Geoscience for Andean Communities (PMA-GCA): involving the geological surveys of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Canada. - Other projects on geological hazards and communication (five regional publications). - Founding of the INGEMMET Volcano Observatory in Arequipa (OVI).

Current involvement

- Creation of SED laboratory (beryllium-10). - Climate change geoindicators deduced from the observation of the Cryosphere in the Central Andes (CRYOPERU). Project in cooperation with two institutions involved in the proposal CRYOCRISIS (ANA and GFAM-UCM), along with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Research Institute for Development - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD-France).



Evans, S.G., Bishop, N. F., Fidel, L., Valderrama, P., Delaney, K.B., Oliver-Smith, A. (2009), A reexamination of the mechanism and human impact of catastrophic mass flows originating on Nevado Huascarán, Cordillera Blanca, Peru in 1962 and 1970, Engineering Geology (108), 96 118. Fidel, L., A. Guzmán, et al. (2005). Investigation of the origin and magnitude of debris flows from the Payhua Creek basin, Matucana area, Huarochiri Province, Perú. Landslide risk management. O. Hungr, R. Fell, R. Couture and E. Eberhardt. London, Taylor & Francis Group: 467-475. Rivera, M., Thouret, J-C., Mariño, M., Berolatti, R., Fuentes, J., (2010). Characteristics and management of the 2006 2008 volcanic crisis at the Ubinas volcano (Peru). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Researc (198), 19 34. Spiske, M., Piepenbreier, J., Benavente, C., Kunz, A., Bahlburg, H., Steffahn, J. 2013: Historical tsunami deposits in Peru sedimentology, inverse modeling and optically stimulated luminescence dating. Quaternary International, 305, 31-44. Spiske, M., Piepenbreier, J., Benavente, C., Bahlburg, H., 2013: Preservation potential of tsunami deposits on arid siliciclastic coasts. Earth-Science Reviews, 126, 58-73.



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Partner 1- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, USA (PSU) General Description Portland State University , Public institution

Role and Profile of Dr. Andrew G. Fountain Professor of Geology and Geography Portland State University

key people


Sediment laboratory, rock preparation room, and computer facilities

Do you have independent yes research premises? Previous Involvement in Research and innovation projects

The department has been active in revealing geologic evidence for past seismic events along the coast, geomorphology of the Columbia River, glacier change in the US and internationally, groundwater studies in the state, soil analysis and landslide work in the state, studies of meteorites.

Current involvement SEE ABOVE in Research and Innovation projects

Publications and/or

McCabe, G. and Fountain, A.G. 2013. Glacier Variability in the Western United States during the Twentieth Century. Climatic Change, 116, 565- 577, doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0502-9. Basagic, H., and Fountain A.G. 2011. Quantifying twentieth century glacier change in the Sierra Nevada, California. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43, 317-330. Fountain, A.G., Campbell, J.L., Schuur, E.A.G., Stammerjohn, S.E., Williams, M.W. and Ducklow, H.W. 2012. The disappearing Cryosphere: Impacts and ecosystem responses to rapid Cryosphere loss. Bioscience, 62(4), 405-413.

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Partner 2 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY, USA, (CVO) General Description CVO, part of the USGS Volcano Science Center, is a research facility that currently

comprises 26 researchers, as well as operational, technical-support, and administrative staff. It is tasked with monitoring active volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington, assessing volcanic hazards at these and other volcanoes worldwide, and conducting research to better understand the volcanic and volcano-hydrologic processes that can threaten human lives and property.

Role and Profile of Key people who could interact with the applicants at CVO are Thomas C. Pierson, Ph.D. (Research Hydrologist); Jon Major, Ph.D. (Research Hydrologist); Richard Iverson, Ph.D. (Research Hydrologist); and James Vallance, Ph.D. (Research Hydrologist). Between them, these researchers have backgrounds in hazardous volcano-hydrologic processes, slope stability, flow processes involving mixtures of volcanic debris and water, field geology, and mathematical modeling. In addition, Joseph Walder, Ph.D., is an expert on interactions between volcanic processes and glaciers.

key people


The facility has ample computer-support and GIS capability. In addition, there is substantial expertise and support for GPS tracking of land-surface movement.

Do you have All operations are conducted out of CVO in Vancouver, Washington. independent research premises? Previous Involvement in Research and innovation projects

CVO continuously publishes results of scientific investigations in peer-reviewed journals.

Current involvement Researchers at CVO are currently engaged in a wide range of research projects. in Research and Innovation projects

Publications and/or

S., Bragg, H.M., Wallick, J.R., Tanner, D.Q., Rhode, A., and Wilcock, P.R., 2012, Geomorphic response of the Sandy River, Oregon, to removal of Marmot Dam. USGS Professional Paper 1792, 64 p. Pierson, T.C., Major, J.J., Amigo, A., and Moreno, H., 2013, Acute sedimentation response to rainfall following the explosive phase of the 2008 2009 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Chile: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 75(5), paper no. 723, 17 p., doi: 10.1007/s00445-013-0723-4. Iverson, R.M., 2012, Elementary theory of bed-sediment entrainment by debris flows and avalanches: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, F03006, doi:10.1029/2011JF002189, 17 p.




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Partner 3 INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFÍA. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO, MÉXICO, (UNAM) General Description The Institute of Geography (IG) is a research unit of the National Autonomous University of

Mexico. Created in 1943, IG has three departments (economic, social and physical geography), a Geospatial analysis laboratory and a library with more than 35,000 titles and a vast Map Collection (more than 20,000 documents). IG has a wide experience in research, high education and training of new scientists. The aim of the Department of Physical Geography of IG is to carry out basic and applied research to study natural phenomena on earth surface and the relationships between the environment and human beings through a spatial perspective. In physical geography, IG has 20 experts in geomorphology and related fields of, active tectonics, natural hazards and risk, hydrology, climatology, paleoclimatology, landscape analysis and geochronology (cosmogenic exposure dating, dendrochronology, dendrogeomorphology).

Role and Profile of key people

Lorenzo Vázquez-Selem Profile: Research scientist at IG with expertise in volcanic and glacial geomorphology, soil science, surface exposure dating and dendrochronology. PhD in Geography Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA (2000). Researcher at IG since 2000. Role: Coordinator of IG in this project.

José Juan Zamorano Orozco Profile: Research scientist at IG with expertise in geomorphological mapping, geomorphic hazards and volcanic geomorphology. PhD in Geography, State University of Moscow, 1999. Researcher at IG since 1990 Role: Coordinator of IG in this project?? and research scientist


IG provides: - A solid infrastructure for fieldwork (vehicles, logistics) - Working space for 2-4 scientists - Digital Terrain Models, Aerial photos and cartographic data of Mexico.

Do you have independent Yes research premises? Previous Involvement in Research and innovation projects

Research projects: -

-PAPIIT, UNAM (IN111206). 2006 - 2009. Collaborating institutions: Geography and Geology institutes (National Autonomous University of Mexico).

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SEP-CONACYT (50780-F), 2006-2010. Collaborating institutions: Geography and Geology institutes (National Autonomous University of Mexico).

Current involvement Research project: in Research and -

. Research funded by DGAPA-PAPIIT, National Autonomous University of Mexico (IN105213). January 2013 - December 2015. Collaborating institutions: Geography and Geology institutes (National Autonomous University of Mexico);

Innovation projects

Publications and/or

Tanarro, L.M., Andrés, N., Zamorano, J.J., Palacios, D., Renschler, C.S., 2010. Geomorphological evolution of a fluvial channel after primary lahar deposition: Huiloac Gorge, Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico). Geomorphology, 122(1-2): 178-190.

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J., Gibbard P.L., and Hughes P.D., (Eds.), Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology. A closer look, Developments in Quaternary Science Vol. 15. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 849-861.

Cuaternario y Geomorfología, 25(1-2): 121-136. Sociedad Española de Geomorfología. Zaragoza, España.

Andrés, N., Palacios, D., Zamorano, J.J., and Vázquez-Permafrost

and Periglacial Processes. 22: 188-194. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.713. Andrés, N., Palacios Estremera, D., Zamorano, J.J., y Vázquez-Selem, L. 2011, Distribución

del permafrost e intensidad de los procesos periglaciares en el estratovolcán Iztaccíhuatl (México): Ería. Revista cuatrimestral de Geografía, 83: 291-310.

Palacios, D., de Marcos, J., and Vázquez-Quaternary

International. 233(1): 16-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.029. Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Vázquez-Selem, L., Franco-Ramos, O., and Palacios, D.,

-latitude, high-elevation slopes: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,

36(9): 1209-1217. DOI: 10.1002/esp.2146. Muñoz-Salinas, E., Bishop, P., Zamorano, J.-J., Sanderson, D., 2011. Sedimentological

processes in lahars: Insights from optically stimulated luminescence analysis. Geomorphology, 136(1): 106-113.

Gómez-Ortiz, A., Palacios, D., Palade, B., Vázquez-Selem, L., and Salvador-Franch, F. 2102. Geomorphology, 159-169:

93-105. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.008 Palacios, D., Andrés, N., de Marcos, J., and Vázquez- and

Geomorphology, 139-140: 67-68. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.003 Palacios, D., Andrés, N., Marcos, J. and Vázquez-Selem, L., 2012.

advance and deglaciation of the Pinar Valley (Sierra de Gredos, Central Spain) and its Geomorphology, 177-178(0): 51-61.

DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.013. Franco-Ramos, O., Stoffel, M., Vázquez- -temporal

reconstruction of lahars on the southern slopes of Colima volcano, Mexico - A Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,

267: 30-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.09.011. Gómez Ortiz, A., Palacios, D., Palade, B., Vázquez-Selem, L., Salvador Franch, F., Tanarro

García, L.M. y Oliva Franganillo, M., 2013. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles,

61: 139-162, 391-393. ISSN 0212-9426. González Arqueros, M.L., McClung de Tapia, E., Gama Castro, J., Sedov, S., y Vázquez-

Selem, L. 2013. Teotihuacán, Mexico: micromorphological evidence from soil catena. Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 3(3): 201-216. DOI: 10.3232/SJSS.2013.V3.N3.05.

Lachniet, M.S., Asmerom, Y., Bernal, J.P., Polyak, V.J., and Vazquez-Selem, L. 2013. -induced collapses of the Mesoamerican

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(23): 9255-9260. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222804110.




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