Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the following session
at EGU 2010 (2-7 May 2010) in Vienna
Session TS9.2 / GD2.6
Crustal-scale processes: Insights from analogue and numerical modelling
Analogue and numerical modelling techniques are widely applied to simulate
geological processes in Earth's crust. The methods are partly overlapping
and partly of a complementary nature: Analogue models have traditionally
been strong in visualising the mechanical behaviour of processes in 3D, but
are still limited in their ability to quantify observables or use more
complicated material rheologies. These are better achieved by using
numerical models, which are often only 2D but whose 3D resolution has
improved in recent years.
This session focusses on analogue and numerical modelling of crustal-scale
processes related to, for example, basin formation, (oblique) basin
inversion, strike-slip and transpressional deformation, and orogenic
deformation at convergent plate margins. The crust is relatively accessible
and many geological and geophysical observations are therefore available to
constrain and test our models. Nevertheless, crustal-scale models face
challenges related to the non-linearity of temperature- and
pressure-dependent material behaviour, the large range in material
strengths, the interactions with the underlying mantle and the overlying
atmosphere and the role of fluids, among others. We welcome contributions
that discuss recent advances in modelling, quantification and visualization
techniques in 2D and 3D, use innovative material rheologies, and compare
analogue and numerical model results to each other and/or the results of
field observations and geophysical studies.
To submit an abstract go to:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/session/2172
Important deadlines:
Abstract submission: 18 January 2010
Submission for support applications: 4 December 2009
We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna
Guido Schreurs (University of Bern) and Susanne Buiter (Geological
Survey of Norway)
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