Carissimi Associati Soci SGI,
Carissimi Soci Società Associate,
su indicazione della Prof.ssa Chiara Montomoli (Università di Torino), desideriamo portare alla vostra attenzione lo Special Issue dell'Italian Journal of Geosciences intitolato "The Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet system: Insights from the root to the surface".
Questo numero speciale si propone di riunire contributi provenienti dall'ampio spettro delle Scienze della Terra che affrontano il sistema orogenico Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet (HKT), dai processi alla scala litosferica fino alla dinamica superficiale.
Scadenza per l'invio di manifestazioni di interesse: marzo 2026
Scadenza per l'invio dei manoscritti: dicembre 2026
Per maggiori informazioni si rimanda al testo riportato di seguito in lingua inglese.
Cordiali saluti,
La Segreteria SGI
The Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet system: Insights from the root to the surface
The Himalaya and surrounding regions constitute a natural laboratory for investigating the processes active during the formation and evolution of collisional belts, from multiple perspectives spanning solid-Earth geophysics to environmental sciences. Moreover, extending from Afghanistan–Pakistan to Myanmar and characterized by an extensive glacial cover, the Himalaya is often referred to as the "Third Pole", as it feeds major Asian river systems that sustain more than 1.5 billion people.
Each year, researchers working on the HKT system share ideas and research results at the HKT Workshop, an international meeting continuing for over 30 years. In 2025, the HKT Workshop returned to Italy, in Turin, after more than a decade for the 37th edition.
The aim of this special issue is to gather contributions from diverse fields of Earth Sciences addressing the HKT orogenic system, from its lithospheric processes to surface processes. It is open to all high-quality contributions, including those not presented at the 37th HKT meeting.
Guest Editors:
Salvatore Iaccarino
University of Torino, Italy; salvatore.iaccarino@unito.it
Djordje Grujic
Dalhousie University, Canada; dgrujic@dal.ca
Xiumian Hu
Nanjing University, China; huxm@nju.edu.cn
Kathakali Bhattacharyya
IISER –Kolkata, India; kathakali@iiserkol.ac.in
Key words:
- Geodynamics and lithospheric architecture of the HKT system;
- Tectono-metamorphic evolution, stratigraphy and magmatism of the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet (HKT) system;
- Characterization of Neo-Tethys ophiolites;
- Earthquake geology and natural hazard assessment and mitigation;
- Hydrogeology and climate change of the "Third Pole";
- State of the art and future perspectives in stratigraphy, paleontology, and basin evolution of the HKT region;
- Critical raw material potential and exploration of the HKT;
- Environmental challenges and social impacts of Earth Sciences in the HKT framework;
Deadline for manuscript submission: December 2026
Manuscript submission and preparation of the text
Please refer to the Instructions for Authors to prepare your manuscript.
For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, please contact the main Guest Editor chiara.montomoli@unito.it
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