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  - Speakers & schedule

  - Field trip

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  - Talk Abstracts

  - Poster Abstracts

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 The 2006 Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium

               volumes available for purchase

In 1955 an International Symposium on Man’s Role in Changing the Face of the Earth was held at Princeton University. The subsequent two volume set of papers published the next year (Thomas, 1956) stand collectively as a milestone in scholarship that raised the awareness of the pervasive nature of anthropogenic alterations. Many of us cut our teeth on papers in that collection covering soil erosion, deforestation, climate, hydrology, water quality, and a host of other anthropogenic changes.

Since 1955, the awareness of humans as geomorphic agents has grown substantially. The 2006 International Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium will build on the spirit of Changing the Earth by convening leading researchers to examine The Human Role in Changing Fluvial Systems.  The symposium will not reproduce and update the 1956 volume, but will honor its intent to provide a synthesis of knowledge from diverse researchers working to understand anthropogenic changes to the earth.

The 2006 Binghamton Conference will be held from Friday-Sunday, October 20-22, at the University of South Carolina. A walking field trip along the Congaree River in Columbia will be led by William Graf on Friday afternoon, followed by an evening reception. All talks will be 30 minutes long and be held on Saturday and Sunday morning.  There are no overlapping sessions; all talks can be attended by all participants.  Poster sessions will be on display through Saturday and Sunday, with authors standing by the posters during breaks.  Discussion sessions will be held on Saturday and Sunday at the end of speaking sessions.  A banquet on Saturday night will feature a key note address by Andrew Goudie.