Dear All,
Apologies for multiple postings.
We would like to direct your attention to a multidisciplinary session on the
Mediterranean & Near/Middle East at the:
EGU 2008 General Assembly meeting, April 13 – 18, right here in Vienna! As
you may know, abstract DEADLINE is this MONDAY (14th January). See below for
abstract submission and general info hyperlinks.
Session IS64 - TS19/ GD33.
"Geology, tectonics, kinematics, seismology, and geodynamics of the
Mediterranean-Near/Middle East region"
Description
The Mediterranean-Near/Middle East (MED) region is a well-documented
natural laboratory to study the various stages of the evolution of a plate
margin, e.g., subduction, ophiolite emplacement, orogenic evolution,
continent subduction, collision, back- arc and foreland basin evolution, and
slab roll-back. Our current understanding of the region emerges from studies
of wide range of observations of the geology (e.g., stratigraphy, volcanism,
structure and tectonics, neotectonics), geophysics (e.g., seismicity and
seismic imaging) and geodetics (e.g., GPS and gravity). New insights and
observations therefore have a strong cross-disciplinary impact.
Modelling plays a pivotal role in one of the most challenging aspects of
interdisciplinary science on the MED; bringing together and confronting
disparate observations within a physical-chemical framework. New
developments in modelling are therefore relevant for the whole MED research
community.
The new Interdivision Session type at the 2008 EGU meeting is used to
provide a uniform platform for solid earth research on the
Mediterranean-Near/Middle East region, i.e., the westernmost segment of the
Alpine-Himalayan collision zone (including the Alps, Carpathians,
Hellenides, Taurides, Iranides, Caucasus and north African margins). We will
organize the session into regional sub-sessions. The conveners specifically
aim to avoid overlapping oral and/or poster sessions. We invite
contributions from all disciplines that study (aspects of) the evolution of
this region. Both mono-disciplinary and cross- disciplinary contributions,
including modeling, are welcome from geodesy, seismology, geodynamics,
tectonics, igneous petrology, structural geology, stratigraphy,
paleontology, sedimentology and paleomagnetism.
For abstract submission direct to this session, follow this link:
(initially follow through the COSIS login)
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/abstracts/submit2.php?m_id=49&s_id=5584&PHPSESSID=7a6d5eda787d14db9bed97a0214a3f04
For general info about the meeting:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/programme/view.php?m_id=49&p_id=318&PHPSESSID=7a6d5eda787d14db9bed97a0214a3f04
We look forward once again to welcoming you all back to Vienna!
Mike Edwards
(co-convenor, and on behalf of main convenor, Rob Govers and our other
co-convenors)
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