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Dear colleagues,
We would like to bring the following session at EGU 2006 to your
attention and encourage you to submit an abstract:
TS3.4/GMPV8
Exploring the links between rheology and tectonic models
This session aims to stimulate discussions regarding the impact of
rheological models in tectonic modelling studies, the state of our
knowledge of Earth materials rheology, and how this knowledge can best
be implemented in numerical models. Many questions need addressing. For
example, how can we bridge the spatial and temporal scale differences
between field observations, laboratory measurements and tectonic models?
Are crucial aspects of rheology still missing from our models? To what
extent can we use tectonic models and distributions of seismicity to
place constraints on Earth rheology?
We encourage contributions from modellers, experimentalists, structural
geologists and geophysicists concerned with rock rheology, extrapolation
of experimental data, choice of rheological laws, sensitivity of
numerical and analogue models to such laws, and the determination of
rock behaviour from studies of natural tectonites and from field
measurements (e.g., post-seismic surface displacements).
General information:
EGU General Assembly, 2-7 April 2006, Vienna, Austria
website: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006
Abstract deadline: 13 January 2006
We look forward to seeing you in Vienna!
Susanne Buiter
Centre for Geodynamics
Geological Survey of Norway
Trondheim, Norway
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Chris Spiers
HPT Lab
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Utrecht University
The Netherlands
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