The International Workshop on Multi-Rate Processes and Hysteresis (MURPHYS) series focuses on multiple scale, singular perturbation, phase transition and hysteresis phenomena occurring in mathematical, physical, economical, engineering and information systems. MURPHYS 2012 is hosted by Stefan cel Mare University, Suceava (Romania), from May 21 to 24, 2012. The workshop is organized in cooperation with University College Cork (Ireland) and University

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Session Code: Geo5 Geomorphometry is a branch of the geo-sciences that is relatively young. It uses quantitative methods and techniques to characterize the earth's surface from digital elevation models. It is especially concerned with the quantification of land-surface parameters and the extraction of landscape features from DEMs. Geomorphometric methods are attractive to many disciplines, including soil science, hydrology, and ecology (see www.geomorphometry.org).