An historical look at the Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium

Sawyer, Carol F.; Butler, David; O'Rourke, Tela

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.06.022

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“…In the first 11 years, all but one meeting was held at Binghamton itself. Thereafter, other scientists located at different universities began to take an active role in the meeting, and the locations reflected that change (Sawyer et al 2014). The BGS has produced a remarkable series of books and special issues of Geomorphology, and has proved to be highly durable, holding its 50th anniversary meeting in Denver in 2019.…”

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“…However, since the 1950s, an increasing number of women (Fig. 13) have made contributions to the discipline, including presentation of papers to Binghamton Symposia (Sawyer et al 2014). Sack (2004) drew attention to the role of Cuchlaine King in the UK, Joyce Brown Macpherson in Canada, and Barbara Borowiecki, Marie Morisawa and Jacqueline Mammerickx in the USA.…”

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The global transformation of geomorphology

Goudie

Burt

Viles

2022

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This chapter reviews the various developments in Geomorphology in terms of institutions, journals, textbooks, research stations, etc. Among the institutions discussed are: the Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, the Geological Society of America Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, the Association of American Geographers Geomorphology Specialty Group, the British Geomorphological Research Group, the IGU Commission on Measurements and Theory Application in Geomorphology (COMTAG), the International Association of Geomorphologists, the European Geosciences Union, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the International Quaternary Association, and the International Conference on Aeolian Research. Many countries established their own national bodies. A number of new journals appeared, including Catena, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Géomorphologie, and Geomorphology. In addition, during the closing decades of the twentieth century there was a proliferation of textbooks in geomorphology. One development was that geomorphological research was promoted by the establishment of research stations. These permitted long-term monitoring and provided bases for sustained investigations. The study of fluvial processes was much encouraged in the United States at USDA Forest Service research basins (known as “watersheds” in the USA) such as the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (New Hampshire), Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (North Carolina) and the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (Oregon). The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) organised ambitious research projects in collaboration with host nations. Various US government departments supported much geomorphological research in various parts of the world. Some European countries fostered overseas geomorphological research and created missions. Notable was the work of ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-mer) in former francophone colonies. In the post-war years, and as independence approached and then occurred, new universities were established in Africa. These employed expatriate geomorphologists and also trained up a new generation of indigenous scholars. The decades since the 1960s have been a period of space exploration and the development of remote sensing. This has had important implications for Geomorphology. The period also saw the onset of the digital age and the beginning of the World Wide Web's influence on teaching and research. Applied research became increasingly important. A major cause for international and cross-disciplinary co-operation during the period was the emergence of Geoarchaeology. Finally, since the 1950s, an increasing number of women have made important contributions to the discipline.

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The global transformation of geomorphology

Goudie

Burt

Viles

2022

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“…The annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium (BGS) is one of the most recognizable geoscience meetings worldwide. For nearly 50 years, the symposium series has addressed a wide range of scientific and socially-relevant topics in geomorphology, engaging a multitude of geoscientists (Sawyer et al, 2014). The continued success of the symposium is due, in part, to the dedication and commitment of the BGS Steering Committee comprised of both long-term and rotating members.…”

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“…These individuals work closely with the geomorphology community to identify emerging topics of scientific importance, they facilitate greatly in the organization and success of each symposium, and they ensure that the products for the symposium are disseminated to the global community in a timely fashion. The titles of previous symposia illustrate the timeliness and relevance of the selected topic (Sawyer et al, 2014). But the BGS has not yet organized a formal discussion of laboratory experiments in geomorphology, one of the methodological approaches embraced by the research community.…”

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Transformative geomorphic research using laboratory experimentation

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Laboratory experiments in geomorphology is the theme of the 46th annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium (BGS). While geomorphic research historically has been dominated by field-based endeavors, laboratory experimentation has emerged as an important methodological approach to study these phenomena, employed primarily to address issues related to scale and the analytical treatment of the geomorphic processes. It is contended here that geomorphic laboratory experiments have resulted in transformative research. Several examples drawn from the fluvial and aeolian research communities are offered as testament to this belief, and these select transformative endeavors often share very similar attributes. The 46th BGS will focus on eight broad themes within laboratory experimentation, and a strong and diverse group of scientists have been assembled to speak authoritatively on these topics, featuring several high-profile projects worldwide. This special issue of the journal Geomorphology represents a collection of the papers written in support of this symposium.

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“…This variety is illustrated by a listing of the previous themes of Binghamton Geomorphology Symposia ( Table 1). The oldest annual geomorphology meeting in North America, the Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium (BGS) has a decades-long history of generating new insights into terrestrial landscapes through in-depth discussion of new developments in geomorphology (Sawyer et al, 2014). As may be appropriate for a science about the surface of Earth, all of these subdisciplines previously highlighted at the BGS have focused on some aspect of terrestrial geomorphology.…”

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confidence: 99%