[Geodynamics] AGU session: The Microphysics Of Plate Boundary Formation

Mulyukova, Elvira elvira.mulyukova at yale.edu
Wed Jul 19 22:59:26 AEST 2017



Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit an abstract to the session "The Microphysics Of Plate Boundary Formation<https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session25677>" at this year's AGU Fall meeting in New Orleans, LA (11 – 15 December 2017). The session description is below.

Please note the deadline for abstract submission<https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/programs.html> is **Wednesday August 2nd**.

Looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans!

Elvira Mulyukova (Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States)
Andrew J Cross (Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States)
Jennifer Girard (Yale University, Geology & Geophysics, New Haven, CT, United States)


T045: The Microphysics Of Plate Boundary Formation https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session25677
Session ID#: 25677
Session Description: Knowing how and why plate tectonics began is critical for understanding Earth’s surface and interior evolution, as well as that of other planets. However, it remains a mystery how plate driving forces overcome the apparent rheological strength of the lithosphere, and thereby initiate rifts, strike-slip boundaries and subduction zones. Experimental, theoretical and modeling studies, as well as observational field data, have generated various hypotheses regarding mechanisms for strain localization and weakening of the lithosphere. Microphysical rock deformation processes  - including mobility and recovery of crystalline defects, mechanics of faults and fractures, evolution of grain size and the presence of multiple phases - are of fundamental importance in advancing and testing these hypotheses.
This session invites presentations about the development and application of rock mechanics models emerging from theoretical, experimental, numerical and observational field studies, which further our understanding of formation and evolution of plate tectonics.

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