Dear all, we would like to draw your attention to the following EGU session
Title:
The heat budget of crustal metamorphism: theoretical predictions and natural constraints
(GD11.3 – GMPV3.9)
Submission deadline: 10-January 2018 – 13.00-CET
Conveners:
Evangelos Moulas*, Stefan Schmalholz*, Jean-Pierre Burg** & Dimitrios Kostopoulos***
(*University of Lausanne, ** ETH Zurich, *** University of Athens)
Short description:
Temperature is one of the most important thermodynamic variables of metamorphic crystallization. Temperature changes in crustal rocks are the consequence of heat generation and transfer in the crust. Investigating the metamorphic heat budget provides first-order constraints on crustal evolution and allows quantification of processes that occur in the earth's interior. However, heat generation and transfer are attained via transient processes where time is an important factor. For this reason, it is necessary to combine field estimates, timing constraints and theoretical predictions concerning heat budgets in metamorphic belts.
In this session, we invite theoretical as well as field-oriented contributions from the fields of tectonics, geodynamics, geophysics and petrology, in an attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
On behalf of the Conveners
Evangelos Moulas
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