Dear all,
The GeoBerlin2015 conference (October 4-7) marks the 100th Anniversary of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift and features several plenary speakers (Dan McKenzie, Maureen Raymo, Barbara Romanowicz, Trond Torsvik) whose work contributed to the
further evolution of this theory.
We would like to invite submissions to session A2-01 Plate tectonics and plate boundary deformation: Observations and models on global, regional and basin scales.
Session Description: This session focusses on advances in amalgamating regional and global data sets for plate tectonic and “deep-time” plate deformation models. The
goal is to provide new insights into the driving forces of plate motion and deformation. We invite contributions that explore links between plate-scale tectonic processes and the spatio-temporal patterns of deformation, erosion and deposition recorded in sedimentary
basins and mountain belts. Individual topics include the interplay between plate kinematics and mantle motion leading to orogenesis, basin formation and -reactivation at continental margins and interiors; forward modelling of lithospheric deformation processes;
linking regional-scale models to geological observations through new data and computational infrastructure; and multi-disciplinary approaches to forge links between lithospheric deformation and mantle convection processes.
Invited Speaker: Kenni Dinesen Petersen (Aarhus University) – Mantle temperature and the time scale of extensional basin subsidence
The submission deadline is 28.04.15 at
http://www.geoberlin2015.de/abstracts.html
All the best,
Dietmar Muller (Sydney Univ.)
Sascha Brune (GFZ, Potsdam)
Christian Heine (Shell)
Mark Handy (FU Berlin)
DIETMAR MÜLLER
Professor of Geophysics
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