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Dear colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the session Subduction zones: volatiles, dynamics, and melts (GD5.3/GMPV2.6/SM6.6/TS9.14)<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/session/32207> at the EGU General Assembly (April 7-12, 2019). and hope that you will consider submitting an abstract to this session. Important dates: - Deadline for abstract submission: January 10th, 2019 - Early-registration: February 28th, 2019 Session description: Subduction zones are arguably the most important geological features of our planet, where plates plunge into the deep, metamorphic reactions take place, large earthquakes happen and melting induces volcanism and creation of continental crust. None of these processes would be possible without the cycling of volatiles, and this session aims to explore their role in convergent margins. Questions to address include the following. Do Atlantic and Pacific subduction zones cycle volatiles in different ways? What dynamic or chemical roles are played by subducted fracture zones and plate bending faults? How do fluids and melts interact with the mantle wedge and overlying lithosphere? Why do some of the Earth’s largest mineral resources form in subduction settings? We aim to bring together geodynamicists, geochemists, petrologists, seismologists, mineral and rock physicists, and structural geologists to understand how plate hydration/slab dynamics/dehydration, and subsequent mantle wedge melting/fluid percolation, and ultimately melt segregation/accumulation lead to the diverse range of phenomena observed at convergence zones around the globe. Confirmed invited speakers: - Lena Melekhova (Bristol University) - Ingo Grevemeyer (GEOMAR) With best regards, Jeroen van Hunen Jenny Collier Colin Macpherson Andreas Rietbrock Jamie Wilkinson -- Prof Jeroen van Hunen Department of Earth Sciences University of Durham Durham DH1 3LE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2293 Fax: +44 (0)191 334 2301 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GEOPHYSICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GEOPHYSICS&A=1