EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly Nice, France, 07 - 11 April 2003
Deadline for Support Applications: 01 December 2002 Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: 15 January 2003	Deadlines for Pre-Registration, Pre-Reservation of Accommodation and Exhibition: 07 March 2003

This Hydrological Sciences session seems particularly relevant to COST623 members

HS8 Physical and biological processes and controls in runoff, land degradation and sediment yield for hillslopes and river basins (co-sponsored by BG)

Information
Soil erosion by water on hillslopes and sediment transport by water in rivers are natural processes. Yet human activities and climatic variations can greatly increase surface runoff, accelerate soil erosion, intensify sediment flux, and induce river channel degradation, causing adverse impacts on-site, along stream corridors, and within the drainage basin. These aspects of soil degradation and its impact are controlled by the hydrologic, geotechnical, and hydraulic processes which make up our physical understanding; and by the relationships with vegetation, organic matter and soil organisms which support our understanding of the biological processes. This session seeks to apply detailed process knowledge to the contexts of effective hillslope and watershed management, of soil erosion forecasting at hillslope to catchment scales, and of soil protection.

Convener: Kirkby, M.; Co-Convener(s): Simon, A., Bennett, S., Rinaldi, M.
Full details from the EGS web site http://www.copernicus.org