Consortium:
– 4 Partner Institutions
– 37 project members, of which 6 PhD students, 2 BsC students, 9 young researchers
Field Campaigns:
*up to March 2024
14 campaigns for sampling and morphometric monitoring in the Danube Delta and floodplain
6 campaigns for gathering rock samples for TCN dating (in the Southern Carpathians and Buzău Mts)
>>> summing 130 samples from glacial and periglacial landforms and from landslides scarps
3 campaigns for BTS measurements in Retezat Mts
10 campaigns for UAV-surveys on rock glaciers in the alpine area and on landslides in Buzău Mts.
4 joint field campaign with UB, UiO and UVT team members
Month 36 Dissemination
1 project conference
2 project workshops
5 short-term training visits
> 25 Scientific presentations at International and National Conferences
Published papers
1) Zăinescu F, Anthony E, Vespremeanu-Stroe A 2021. River Jets Versus Wave-Driven Longshore Currents at River Mouths. Frontiers in Marine Sciences, 8, doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.708258
2) Preoteasa L, Vespremeanu-Stroe A, Dan A, Țuțuianu L, Panaiotu C, Stoica M, Sava T, Iancu LM, Stănică A, Zăinescu F, Mirea DA, Olteanu DC, Pupim FN, Ailincăi S 2021. Late-Holocene landscape evolution and human presence in the northern Danube delta (Chilia distributary lobes). The Holocene, 31(9), 1459-1475, https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836211019121
3) Popescu R, Vespremeanu-Stroe A, Pop O, Cruceru N 2021. Rock glaciers vegetation colonization in Retezat Mountains: implications for morphodynamics and palaeoclimate reconstruction. Revista de Geomorfologie 23(1), 73-89, https://doi.org/10.21094/rg.2021.142
4) Vasile M, Vespremeanu-Stroe A, Pascal D, Braucher R, Pleșoianu A, Popescu R, Etzelmuller B. Rock walls distribution and Holocene evolution in a mid-latitude mountain range (the Romanian Carpathians). Geomorphology, 413 (2022) 108351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108351
5) Chiroiu P, Onaca A, Matica A, Lopătiță I-O, Berzescu O. Active geomorphic hazards in the Sâmbăta Valley, Făgăraș Mountains (Romania): a tree-ring based approach. Geographica Pannonica, 26 (3), 284-296, doi: 10.5937/gp26-37614
6) Hanganu D, Vespremeanu-Stroe A, Feurdean A, Brown AG, Țuțuianu L, Rotaru S, Sava G. Mid-to late Holocene vegetation and environmental change at local and regional scales based on a multi-proxy analysis of the upper Danube Delta, Romania. Evolving Earth, (1), 100008 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eve.2023.100008
7) Preoteasa L, Hanganu D, Dan A, Florescu G, Sava G, Pascal D, Dobre M, Olteanu D, Țuțuianu L, Stănica A, Vespremeanu-Stroe A. Paleoecological data complete historical and archaeological archives: Human-environment nexus at the fluvio maritime city port of Chilia (Licostomo; Northern Danube delta) since the 14th century. Geoarchaeology (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21975
8) Chiroiu, P., Onaca, A.L., Favillier, A., Voiculescu, M., Corona, C., Urdea, P., Stoffel, M., 2024. Snow avalanche synchronicity derived from a multi-path tree-ring reconstruction in the Făgăraș Mountains (Southern Carpathians, Romania). Quaternary Geochronology, 79, 101474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2023.101474
9) Micu, M., Vasile, M., Miron, F., Onaca, A., Sîrbu, F., Skyline Drones Team, 2023. Deciphering complex morphology and structural connectivity of high-magnitude deep-seated landslides via airborne laser scanning: A case study in the Vrancea seismic region, Romanian Carpathians. Remote Sensing, 15, 5286. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15225286
10) Filhol, S., Fiddes, J., & Aalstad, K. (2023). TopoPyScale: A Python Package for Hillslope Climate Downscaling. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(86), 5059. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05059
11) Westermann, S., Ingeman-Nielsen, T., Scheer, J., Aalstad, K., Aga, J., Chaudhary, N., Etzelmüller, B., Filhol, S., Kääb, A., Renette, C. and Schmidt, L.S., 2022. The CryoGrid community model (version 1.0)–a multi-physics toolbox for climate-driven simulations in the terrestrial cryosphere. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 2022, pp.1-61. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2607-2023
12) Preoteasa, L., Olteanu, D., Begy, R., Blebea-Apostu, A., Țutuianu, L., Vespremeanu-Stroe, A., 2023. Impact of recent anthropogenic interventions in the Danube delta on lakes sedimentation–case study: Roșuleț Lake, Coastal Sediments 2023, 1809-1818.
13) Vespremeanu-Stroe, A., Zăinescu, F., Pîrvan, M., Tătui, F., Preoteasa, L., 2023. Long-term evolution of the Sacalin barrier island (Danube delta) under the influence of storms, floods and big breaches, Coastal Sediments 2023, 1458-1465.
14) Zăinescu, F., Storms, J., Der Vegt, H., Schuster, M., Vespremeanu-Stroe, A., Anthony, E., 2023. Field-informed modelling of complex asymmetric wave-influenced delta lobes, Coastal Sediments 2023, 22372-2382.
Submitted Papers
1) Popescu R, Filhol S, Etzelmüller B, Vasile M, Pleșoianu A, Vîrghileanu M, Onaca A, Șandric I, Săvulescu I, Cruceru N, Vespremeanu-Stroe A, Westermann S, Sîrbu F, Mihai B, Nedelea A, Gascoin S. Permafrost Distribution in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, Derived from Machine Learning Modeling, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Manuscript ID PPP-23-0075
2) Barnes TJ, Schuler TV, Filhol S, Lilleøren KS. (2023). A machine learning approach to the geomorphometric detection of ribbed moraines in Norway. EGUsphere, 2023, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2430
Conference presentations
Chiroiu et al. Snow avalanche synchronicity in the Făgăraș Mountains. A regional tree-ring analysis. CBPW, 2021
Onaca et al. Permafrost characteristics in the marginal periglacial environments of Southern Carpathians (Romania), Geobalcanica 2021
Pascal et al. New data regarding Pleistocene glaciers chronology on Capra and Doamnei valleys of Făgăraș Massif (Romania), CBPW, 2021
Țuțuianu et al. Lower Danube Floodplain: Middle to Late Holocene sedimentation rates and organic matter sink. CBPW, 2021
Vespremeanu-Stroe et al. Late Pleistocene evolution of the costal barriers from the western Black Sea shows a higher global sea-level position during MIS3 highstand. CBPW, 2021
Țuțuianu et al. Geoarchaeological approach of the prehistoric inhabitation reconstruction of a key-region (Brăila-Jijila) from the Lower Danube Valley, International Conference on Geomophology, Sep 2022.
Vespremeanu-Stroe et al. On the evolutionary patterns of the large river deltas. Examples from Danube delta and other deltaic systems, International Conference on Geomophology, Sep 2022.
Berbecariu et al. The genesis and evolution patterns of the large fluvial deltas. Examples from Danube Delta and connections with other deltaic systems, National Symposium on Geomorphology, 2022
Chiroiu et al. Using tree-rings to detect recent landslide reactivations. Case study: Balta Landslide, Buzău Mountains, National Symposium on Geomorphology, 2022
Onaca et al. The distinctive behavior of rock glaciers in marginal periglacial environment of Southern Carpathians, National Symposium on Geomorphology, 2022
Onaca et al. Factors influencing the ground thermal regime of rock glaciers in the marginal periglacial environments of Southern Carpathians, International Conference on Geomophology, Sep 2022
Pascal et al. 10Be surface exposure dating: a technique used in reconstruction of glacial chronology. Results from Făgăraș Massif, Southern Carpathians, National Symposium on Geomorphology, 2022
Popescu et al. Permafrost distribution in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, derived from statistical modelling, International Conference on Geomophology, Sep 2022.
Preoteasa et al., 2022. Geobiological data complete historical and archaeological archives to document deltaic landscape transformations and human impact during the Middle Ages at Chilia/Licostomo fluvial-maritime city port (Northern Danube delta). International Conference on Geomorphology, Coimbra, September 2022
Tătui et al. RORIP1 – First field experiment of rip currents dynamics on the Black Sea coast. EGU General Assembly 2022.
Țuțuianu et al. Holocene sea-level oscillations and the lower Danube floodplain response (the sector between Brăila and Tulcea), National Symposium on Geomorphology, 2022
Vasile et al. Review on deep-seated landslides in the Carpathians under climate variability/change and their implication in hazard assessment, EGU 2022
Vasile et al. Rock glaciers formation chronology derived from relative and absolute dating in the Southern Carpathians, National Symposium on Geomorphology, May 2022
Zăinescu et al., 2022. Modelling the long-term evolution of complex wave-influenced deltas with Delft3D. XVIIIème Congrès Français de Sédimentologie Sep 2022, Brest, France.
Vespremeanu-Stroe et al., 2023. Coastal Barriers stratigraphy from the North-West Black Sea document the Black Sea connections to the World Ocean during the Upper Pleistocene INQUA, July 2023, Rome, Italy
Pascal et al., 2023. New Younger Dryas evidence of glaciers advances in the upper valleys of Făgăraș Massif (Romania) via 10Be exposure dating INQUA, July 2023, Rome, Italy
Tutuianu et al., 2023. Holocene Maximum Flooding Surface on the Danube Valley – preliminary results INQUA, July 2023, Rome, Italy
Onaca et al., 2023. New insights into mountain permafrost occurrence and characteristics in the Southern Carpathians through geophysical surveying, temperature and surface velocity measurements, EUCOP, June 2023, Puigcerda, Spain
Filhol et al., 2023. Climate Downscaling in the Southern Carpathians for Climate Analysis and Permafrost Conditions Change, 1960-2022, EUCOP, June 2023, Puigcerda, Spain
Sirbu et al., 2023. The thermal regime of a periglaciar area in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, EUCOP, June 2023, Puigcerda, Spain
Vasile et al., 2023. Rock glaciers chronology and Holocene evolution in the mid-latitude Southern Carpathians, derived from absolute and relative dating, EUCOP, June 2023, Puigcerda, Spain
Chiroiu, P. et al., Snow avalanche synchronicity detected by a multi-path tree-ring based approach in the Făgăraș Mountains, Southern Carpathians. Natural Hazards and Climate Change, Szeged, 23-24 March 2023
Ioniță, A., Sîrbu, F., Estimating sediment budget and transport in the Raul Mare watershed for managing the Raul Mare – Retezat hydropower system. The 38th Romanian Symposium on Geomorphology, Cluj-Napoca, 25-28 May 2023
Tătui, F., Vespremeanu-Stroe, A., Constantinescu, Ș., Constantin, S., Zăinescu, F. The influence of climatic and anthropogenic processes on more than one and a half century of Danube Delta coastline dynamics. 38th Romanian Symposium on Geomorphology – Geomorphology in the Anthropocene, 25 – 28 mai 2023, Cluj-Napoca, România.
Tătui, F., Vespremeanu-Stroe, A., Pîrvan, M., Constantinescu, Ș., Constantin, S., Zăinescu, F. Time and scale in the last 170 years of Danube Delta coastline dynamics. IAG Regional Conference of Geomorphology – Geoheritage and Geodiversity, 12 – 14 septembrie 2023, Cappadocia, Turcia.
Vespremeanu-Stroe A., Laermanns, H., Navrozashvili, L., Elashvili, M., Țuțuianu, L., Dobre, M., Hanganu, D., Preoteasa, L., Bruckner, H., New data from the Rioni delta suggest an Early (Neolithic) deltaic system formation and human presence. Workshop: Climate change and human-environment interaction in the Caucasus, December 2023, Paris-Sorbonne, France.
Vespremenau-Stroe, A., Țuțuianu, L., Preoteasa, L., Zăinescu, F., Holocene evolution of the Lower Danube Valley under the stress of sea-level oscillations and humans, American Geophysical Union, 11-15 December 2023, San Francisco, SUA
Preoteasa, L., Tsukamoto, S., Vespremeanu-Stroe A., Zăinescu, F., Aeolian activity reconstruction of the Letea dune field, Danube delta, American Geophysical Union, 11-15 December 2023, San Francisco, SUA
*This section is updated in agreement with the project implementation calendar and achievement of results.