Dear Colleagues,
The EGU abstract deadline is approaching fast and we would one more time
like to bring the following session to your attention and encourage you to
submit an abstract:
GD5.1/GMPV18/TS6.9
Subduction zone dynamics: A slab's journey in the upper and lower mantle
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/session/1943
We will have two exciting invited presentations by Laurent Husson
(University of Rennes, France) and Shun-ichiro Karato (Yale University, USA)!
The session description and general information follow below.
We look forward to discussing subduction zone dynamics with you in Vienna,
Susanne Buiter ([log in to unmask]) and Dave Dobson ([log in to unmask])
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GD5.1/GMPV18/TS6.9
Subduction zone dynamics: A slab's journey in the upper and lower mantle
The journey, and fate, of a subducting slab in Earth's mantle are controlled
by the interplay of processes ranging from plate motions, changes in slab
strength and rheology, mantle flow, to phase
transformations and melt/fluid migration. Together these determine the
evolution of the slab from the Earth's surface to the base of the upper
mantle or even to the core-mantle-boundary. Understanding subduction zone
dynamics therefore requires the integration of observations from many
disciplines. These include, among others: seismological observations of slab
morphologies and mantle anisotropy; geochemical determinations of sediment
and crust recycling; mineral physics measurements and simulations of
thermoelastic and transport properties; geological fieldwork which unravels
past subduction histories; and geodynamical modelling. We invite
contributions that highlight advances in all these fields to discuss the
fate of subducting material in a broad interdisciplinary approach.
To submit an abstract to our session please go to
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/session/1943
General information:
EGU General Assembly, 2 - 7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria
Website: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/
Abstract deadline: 18 January 2010
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