Dear Colleagues,
we are pleased to announce that the 32nd General Assembly of the European
Seismological Commission will take place in Montpellier, France, September
6-10, 2010.
We would like to encourage you to submit abstracts to the ESC2010 "Tectonics"
session:
The birth and death of subduction zones: case studies from the Mediterranean
This session is highlighted in the Announcement and Call for Papers (the first
one in the list at http://www.esc2010.eu/prog/sessions/sessions.php). The
deadline for Abstract Submission is 31 May 2010.
You will find at the end of this message the details of the aims of this
session. More on the ESC 2010 32nd General Assembly can be found at
http://www.esc2010.eu/
Looking forward to seeing you in Montpellier.
Yours,
Andrea Billi ([log in to unmask])
Jacques Déverchère ([log in to unmask])
Marc-André Gutscher ([log in to unmask])
Session T: The birth and death of subduction zones: case studies from the
Mediterranean
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Active subduction zones have long attracted the attention of the scientific
community since they are responsible for most of the seismic energy
release and
associated hazards (including tsunamis) on earth. By comparison, the
very first
(incipient) and the last stages of the subduction process are much less
understood and analyzed, because they are much less common on earth
and because
they represent only a short-time interval in the life span of a
subduction zone.
The western and central Mediterranean features several type examples to study
these peculiar tectonic episodes: indeed, the southern margins of the Algerian
and Tyrrhenian basins seem to be currently undergoing the process of
subduction
initiation, whereas the Gibraltar and Calabrian arcuate arcs represent
the very
late stages of subduction by slab rollback. In spite of their strikingly
different situations compared to classical, linear subduction zones,
both types
appear able to produce large, destructive earthquakes and tsunamis.
Furthermore,
the Tethyan slab, either detached after rollback and collision during Miocene
times, or still attached below the arcs, provides the opportunity to analyze
associated processes (e.g. slab detachments, delamination and tears) which are
crucial in order to understand the complex 3D evolution of slabs through time.
The aim of this session is to gather scientific results on these
peculiar stages
of subduction by crossing analyses of various data sets, from
seismological data
of different types, to other geological, petrological and geochemical
data, and
of experimental and numerical modelling. The comparison to study areas outside
the Mediterranean where incipient or the final stages of subduction are taking
place is also encouraged.
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Andrea Billi (PhD)
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria,
CNR, Area della Ricerca Roma 1,
Via Salaria km 29,300,
Monterotondo, 00016, Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 06-90672732
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.andreabilli.com
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