[Geodynamics] EGU 2017 - TS6.1/GD5.4: The evolution and architecture of rifts and rifted passive margins: from mantle dynamics to surface processes (co-organized)

[Ritske Huismans]

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to bring to your attention the following session at the next EGU General Assembly in Vienna (23 - 28 April, 2017):

TS6.1/GD5.4: The evolution and architecture of rifts and rifted passive margins: from mantle dynamics to surface processes  (co-organized)

We strongly encourage you to submit an abstract (before the 11th of January 2017 deadline).
abstract submission: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/23382

We are looking forward to meeting you in Vienna!
Ritske S. Huismans, Guillaume Duclaux, Delphine Rouby, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth

Session description
The formation of rifted continental margins by extension of continental lithosphere leading to seafloor spreading is a complex and still poorly understood component of the plate tectonic cycle. New observations and modelling allow us to investigate the underlying processes. Key questions that need to be resolved include 1) factors that control the geometry and crustal architecture or rifted margins, 2) the role of strain localisation and strain partitioning throughout the rift history, 3) factors controlling the 3-dimensional geometry of rifts and passive margins, 4) processes responsible for anomalous vertical motions during basin evolution such as phase changes or small scale convective instability of the mantle lithosphere, 5) fundamental controls on the magmatic or a-magmatic nature of rifts and passive margins, 6) interaction between surface processes, tectonics, and climate during rift-passive margin evolution. We encourage abstracts that offer new insights into crustal and lithospheric architecture and processes underlying rifting and passive margin formation as well as smaller scale studies of individual sedimentary basins, using constraints from observations and modelling.

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Professor Ritske S. Huismans
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen
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