Dear All,
The ABSTRACT DEADLINE for the ‘Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults’ conference has been extended to 20th December.
The conference will be held next year (23-25 June 2014) in The Geological Society, Burlington House, London. The conference will cover the full range of technical issues associated with the geometry and growth of normal faults. It is in memory of Juan Watterson, one of the leading geologists in the field of fault analysis and modelling. Details of the conference are provided below and at the conference website page.
Those wishing to submit abstracts for either talks or posters, should follow the guidelines at the Conference Page (Geological Society London): www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geometry-and-Growth-of-Normal-Faults.
All the best,
Conrad Childs
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Conference Title: 'Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults'
Timing: 23 -25 June 2014
Venue: The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
Abstract instructions are provided at www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geometry-and-Growth-of-Normal-Faults.
Outline: The past few decades have seen major advances in our understanding of many aspects of the kinematics of normal fault systems. The analysis of high quality 3D seismic datasets of faulted volumes and detailed outcrop studies, combined with complementary geomechanical modelling, have provided much improved constraints on both the nature and growth of faults and associated fault zones. Recent research progress has benefited from the importance of faulting in a variety of application areas, such as the groundwater, minerals and petroleum industries. In a conference convened on the 25th anniversary of the Geological Society’s 1989 ‘Geometry of Normal Faults’ conference, it is intended that the full range of technical issues associated with the growth of normal faults, together with their practical applications, will be covered. The conference is in memory of Juan Watterson, one of the pre-eminent scientists in the field of 3-D fault analysis and modelling.
Contributions are invited on all aspects of normal faults including:
• 3D geometry and kinematics of normal faults
• Internal structure and growth of fault zones
• Deformation within the volume surrounding normal faults
• Fault growth on earthquake through to geological time scales
• Links between the ductile and brittle expression of faults
• Stress- and strain-based methods for analyzing normal fault systems
• Numerical modelling of the geometry and growth of normal fault systems
• Practical application of fault analysis techniques
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
Joe Cartwright - University of Oxford
David Ferrill - Southwest Research Institute, Texas
Haakon Fossen - University of Bergen
James Jackson - University of Cambridge
Andy Nicol - GNS Science, Wellington
David Sanderson - University of Southampton
Janos Urai - RWTH Aachen University
Scott Wilkins - Anadarko
A fieldtrip to the Bristol Channel will follow the meeting (26th-27th June).
www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geometry-and-Growth-of-Normal-Faults
For further information please contact: Laura Griffiths
The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG.
T: 020 7432 0980 or email: [log in to unmask]
Organising Committee:
Conrad Childs (University College Dublin)
Caroline Gill (Shell)
Bob Holdsworth (Durham University)
Chris Jackson (Imperial College London)
Tom Manzocchi (University College Dublin)
John Walsh (University College Dublin)
Graham Yielding (Badley Geoscience)
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