Ana Novak

Geološki zavod Slovenije

INQUA projects SPLOSH (https://www.researchgate.net/project/SPLOSH-Submerged-Palaeolandscapes-of-the-Southern-Hemisphere) and Neptune (https://www.researchgate.net/project/NEPTUNE-NEw-Procedures-and-Technologies-for-UNderwater-paleo-landscapE-reconstruction) have come together to host an online workshop, SHINE, on 14 and 15 June 2021. The meeting aims to create a discussion opportunity for researchers dealing with past and recent evolution of coastal and submerged landscapes and provide a non-traditional workshop where participants are invited to present their field activities and study sites as a virtual scientific tour. Presentations can introduce methodologies (or technologies) used during a survey or an ongoing study and we provide an opportunity to showcase research and/or site surveying in its early phases. This meeting format favours ECRs in the early stages of their research projects. We pay particular attention to studies of less known sites, studies conducted with limited funds, demonstrations of innovative technology and/or methodology, and state-of-the-art workflow. The thematic sessions are based on different typologies of coastal landscapes, from past reconstructions to future predictions: •Ancient rocky coasts and their traces along the modern landscape; •Ancient coastal lagoons; •Volcanic coasts and their submerged morphologies; •Urban palaeo-landscapes and anthropogenic traces; •Ancient sandy coasts and their submerged and/or buried morphologies; •Glacial landscapes and their origins; •Wave- or tide-dominated coasts; •Cyclone or tectonically-affected regions. The SHINE motto is “A picture tells a 1000 words”. The deadline for presenting a 300-word abstract, with 1 or 2 photos or figures representing the studied area (template guidelines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18kTvtdhokcgi4Br6K79_V4tEYoXG3qK8/view), is April 30, 2021. Please send your contribution to shine.inqua@gmail.com

NEPTUNE INQUA project aims to develop innovative techniques and procedures to analyse the past landscape evolution at a wider scale from near-shore locations to the continental shelf. This project fuels the discussion on this topic by creating a wide community of scientists dealing with all aspects of coastal landscape evolution, such as, for instance, geomorphological, climatic, structural and anthropogenic forcing. Our goal is to create a new scientific network that will discuss the most promising innovative techniques and procedures for submerged landscape reconstructions during workshops and common field activities. Neptune project started its activities online by organizing this first meeting but also by creating our online channels periodically updated with the Neptune news. Website http://dist.altervista.org/neptune Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NEPTUNEinqua