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Claudio Faccenna and Francesca Funiciello(Univ. “Roma Tre”, Italy)

"Sculpting the Earth’s topography: "Sculpting the Earth’s topography: insights from modelling deep–surface processes“insights from modelling deep–surface processes“

Claudio Faccenna and Francesca Funiciello(Univ. “Roma Tre”, Italy)

Initial Training Network (2011-2014))

advance our understanding of how surface processes interact with crustal tectonics and mantle convection by fully taking into account the interactions between physical processes at different length- and time - scalesGG

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train young researchers (13 PhDs and 2 PostDocs) in state-of-the-art concepts and leading-edge research techniques, while providing them with strong career management skills and solid professional connections

how deep and surface processes interact to govern the evolution of

topography in our planet?

Increase the impact and international visibility of European research by structuring the research training capacities in modeling via the establishment of a long-term collaboration and synergy among 8 research teams internationally recognized for their excellence in complementary fields of Earth Sciences

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Initial Training Network (2011-2014)

“Sculpting the Earth’s topography: insights from modelling deep–surface processes“

3.9 Meuros

Initial Training Network (2011-2014)

“Sculpting the Earth’s topography: insights from modelling deep–surface processes“

core of the training program = collaborative research projects

8 Institutions (Univ. “Roma TRE”, Italy; VU-Univ. Amsterdam , The Netherlands; Helmholtz-Zentrum, Potsdam, Germany; ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; Univ. Durham and Univ. Cambridge, UK; Univ. Rennes I, France; CSIC-Barcelona, Spain) and 4 associated partners (CNR, Malvern Instruments, ENI, TNO, G.O. Logical Consulting) ~ 50 permanent researchers

specialized coursestrained by world-leading

researchers in each discipline

co-sheared supervisionof the research projects,

secondments

Initial Training Network (2011-2014)

“Sculpting the Earth’s topography: insights from modelling deep–surface processes“

RESEARCH TRAININGshort courses/summer schools

-Lithosphere deformation- Dynamics of subduction- Numerical Modeling in Geosciences - Evolving complexity in earthquake pattern- Basin analysis and landscape evolution- Granulometry and Morphometry- Rheology- Salt tectonics- Petroleum System Modelling

WP 1: Shaping the Earth’s surface: shallow and surface contribution

-Topographic evolution of growing mountain belts- Multiscale, multidimensional deformation patterns of continental interiors-- The architecture and transport properties of fault zones in carbonates: field and laboratory studies for numerical fluid flow predictions-- Interaction between tectonics and surface processes in the Zagros Mts.-- Mechanics of faulting in salt tectonics-- Links between anomalous topography and large-scale tectonics in S-India-- Exploring the topography time scale in volcanic rifts

WP 2: Shaping the Earth’s surface: the deep contribution

- Mechanics of faulting and exhumation of metamorphic rocks-Rheological and Structural Inheritance: Key Players in the Tectonic Evolution of Intraplate Deformation? -- Seismic characterization of intracratonic orogens-- Dynamic modeling of magmatism after continental collision-- Mantle characterization and dynamic topography-- Lithosphere dynamics and topography contributions from the deeper mantle-- Subduction zone topography: example from the Mediterranean-- Evolution of oblique continental rifting