Hello All,
For those of you who work on terrestrial and/or planetary
volcanism, tectonics, or impact craters, please consider
submitting your abstract to our session "Volcanism,
tectonics, impacts and other geological processes across the
Solar System" (PS2.6). EGU submission deadline is Thursday,
16 January, 13:00 CET. Details about our session can be found
below.
Best wishes,
Thomas Platz
(on behalf of all session convenors)
PS2.6
Volcanism, tectonics, impacts and other geological processes
across the Solar System
Convener: Thomas Platz
Co-Conveners: Alexander Deutsch , Harald Hiesinger , Fred Jourdan
, Matteo Massironi , Pascal Allemand , Stephanie C. Werner , Paul
Byrne
Geological processes such as volcanism, tectonics, and impacts are
fundamental to the formation and evolution of the planets, moons,
asteroids and comets of our Solar System. These processes are the
primary agents responsible for the shaping of planetary surfaces,
each of them in different ways and at different rates. For
example, asteroids and comets have played a critical role during
planetary evolution, by delivering the primary constituents of
planetary bodies and by promoting resurfacing via impacts.
Volcanic and tectonic processes are efficient mechanisms to
reshape planetary surfaces and provide valuable information about
planetary interiors and evolution. The study of geological
processes in the Solar System is at the crossroad of many
scientific disciplines using either in-situ sampling and analysis,
remotely sensed data, or experimental and numerical modelling.
This session aims to compile all facets of volcanism, tectonics,
impact cratering, and their associated interactions with other
geological processes observed in our Solar System. By providing a
forum for a broad range of discussions, these observations and
interpretations will be investigated and (re)viewed in the light
of our current understanding of related processes on Earth.
Comparative studies on volcanic/tectonic systems, impact
structures, and other processes on Earth using multi-instrumental,
remotely sensed, experimental, computational, or field data are
particularly welcome.
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Invited session speakers
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Stefanie Musiol
Freie Universität Berlin
"Finite element flexure and deformation models of Olympus Mons,
Mars"
Thomas Kenkmann
University of Freiburg
"Why do complex impact craters have an elevated crater rim?"
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Dr Thomas Platz
Freie Universität Berlin
Institute of Geological Sciences
Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing
Malteserstr. 74-100, Bldg. D
12249 Berlin
Germany
ph: +49 30 838 70822
fax: +49 30 838 70723
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