Hello All,
The ISES Forum II will be held the day before fall AGU this year as
advertised a few weeks ago. We now have a schedule, which is given
below after the general information. This is a great opportunity to
meet with the solid earth community to discuss on-going and up-coming
activities.
General Information:
ISES Forum II: Continental Lithosphere Rheology - Sunday, December 12th,
2004
This year, on December 12, the day before the Fall Meeting of AGU in San
Francisco, the ISES Coordinating Group will hold the second Integrated
Solid Earth Science Forum (ISES Forum II) with the support of the NSF.
This forum is another step in changing the research and education culture
of the Solid Earth Sciences (SES) through communication and integration.
We invite participation in the forum from individuals in all sectors of
the Solid Earth Science community.
ISES Forum II will involve a series of updates and presentations
concerning the ISES Initiative and EarthScope Program, and it will serve
as a platform for ongoing discussion of the Solid Earth Science research
agenda, this year with particular reference to continental lithosphere
rheology. Community input through the Annual ISES Forums will be used to
develop new ISES initiatives to better integrate and strengthen our
science. Several of the NSF EAR and OCE Directorate will attend the Forum,
and will contribute to the discussion of opportunities available to the
ISES community. Please come to San Francisco to meet with colleagues in
the Solid Earth Sciences and the NSF, and be involved in developing the
ISES community and in shaping our collective future.
To apply, send a single page two-paragraph application to Mike Brown at
[log in to unmask] as soon as possible. In the first paragraph, give your
background, current interests and position, and summarize previous
participation in recent workshops (e.g., "Setting Priorities in the Solid
Earth Sciences", "New Departures in Structural Geology & Tectonics", "On
the Cutting Edge", any "EarthScope" workshop), and in the second paragraph
describe what you hope to contribute to ISES Forum II, including what you
view as important priorities for the community and your ideas about the
future direction of research and education in the Solid Earth Sciences.
Please indicate the level of support you will need (generally as an add-on
cost to your AGU attendance) to participate in the Forum (as a guide, we
anticipate average grants for up to 100 participants of $300-400 towards
travel and/or hotel costs).
Schedule:
The tentative schedule for ISES Forum II (December, 12, 2004) is:
07.30 Continental breakfast available
08.00 Introduction and goals: (ISES Co-ordinating and steering group)
08:10 EarthScope update: Kaye Shedlock, NSF EarthScope
Program Director
08.30 EarthScope update: Greg van der Vinck, Executive Director
08.50 SAFOD Update: Mark Zoback,
09.10 PBO Update: Brian Wernicke (?)
09.30 GreatBREAK EarthScope Workshop Report, John Anderson
09.50 Coffee Break
10.10 Rocky Mountains EarthScope Workshop Report, Rick Aster
10.30 Great Plains EarthScope Workshop Report, Mary Hubbard
10.50 Mid-America EarthScope Workshop Report, Paul Bodin
11.10 Appalachian EarthScope Workshop Report, Art Goldstein
11.30 Geotraverses: an Earthscope proposal for discussion, Ben van der Pluijm
12:00 LUNCH
13:15 Introduction to Rheology of the Continental Lithosphere:
Questions, problems, approaches
13:20 Brittle deformation: A view from the field - J. Evans, University of Utah
13:45 Brittle deformation: A view from the laboratory - T.-F. Wong,
SUNY - Stony Brook
14:10 Ductile deformation: A view from the field - B. Tikoff,
University of Wisconsin
14:35 Ductile deformation: A view from the laboratory - D. Kohlstedt,
University of Minnesota
15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:15 Continental Rheology: A theoretical approach - M. Gurnis, Cal Tech
15:40 Breakout Groups
16:40 Report from breakout groups and general discussion
PART III - ISES organization
17:00 ISES Summer Schools, Retreats, and Forums - ISES Steering committee
17:30 ISES continuation and operation
18:00 Cash bar
18.00 Cash bar
ISES Coordinating Group:
Michael Brown (University of Maryland; [log in to unmask])
Art Goldstein (Colgate University; [log in to unmask])
David Mogk (Montana State University; [log in to unmask])
Tracy Rushmer (University of Vermont; [log in to unmask])
Basil Tikoff (University of Wisconsin; [log in to unmask])
Ben van der Pluijm (University of Michigan; [log in to unmask])
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Tracy Rushmer, Department of Geology
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
05405
Phone (direct): (802) 656-8136
(secretary): (802) 656-3396
