Landscapes and Landforms of Norway (eBook)

Achim A. Beylich (Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL), Sandviksgjerde, Strandvegen 484, 7584 Selbustrand, Norway) is a geomorphologist with more than 24 years of work experience in field- and laboratory based quantitative process geomorphic research in various climatic environments and landscapes in Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Russia, Germany, Austria, Norway and Spain. Since 2004 he has been initiating and leading a number of large international and interdisciplinary research groups, networks and programs on geomorphologic earth surface processes and landscape development under ongoing or accelerated climate change and increasing anthropogenic impacts and pressures. During his scientific career he has carried out research and has been working at research institutes and universities in Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Canada and Norway, and he is currently Head of Operations at the Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL) in Selbustrand, Norway. He is a senior scientist with more than 100 scientific publications in journals and books, numerous edited works, and with formal full professor competence in geomorphology. He is Editor-in-Chief for the scientific journal Geomorphology (Elsevier), an Editorial Board Member for several international scientific journals, and serves frequently as a peer-reviewer for a number of international scientific journals and for various national and international funding bodies and agencies. He is the President of the IAG Geomorphological Research Group of Norway (IAG GeoNor), initiator and Chair of the Nordic IAG Network of National Geomorphology Groups from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland (IAG GeoNorth), and the Norwegian National Scientific Representative (IAG National Scientific Member Norway) for the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG).