[Geodynamics] Geodynamics session at EGU

[Mathew Domeier]

Dear Colleagues,

We kindly invite you to participate in the following GD/GMPV/SM/TS session of the EGU 2019 General Assembly<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GeGUC0YZWVFzrWj9TwxcYU?domain=egu2019.eu> (Vienna, Austria, 7 - 12 April 2019):

Session Title:
Global tectonics and links between surface and deep mantle processes: A tribute to Kevin Burke (GD1.1/GMPV2.10/SM1.13/TS9.6)<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/O1yLCgZowLHJYW8jsosES9?domain=meetingorganizer.copernicus.org>

Session Description:
Kevin Burke (1929-2018) was one of the greatest geologists of our time and his original and thought-provoking contributions were published steadily for six decades. In this session we commemorate the pioneering work of Kevin and contributions are invited from across the diverse fields that interested him, including Plate Tectonics and the Wilson Cycle at large, the origin of Precambrian greenstone belts, the evolution of the Caribbean and the uplift history of Africa. Kevin often asserted that plate tectonics is an incomplete theory without a clear understanding of its interaction with mantle plumes. He therefore set out to explore this issue more than a decade ago, and with collaborators proposed a simple conceptual mode where the link between plate tectonics and the Earth's deep mantle can be viewed as a simple mass-balance: subducted lithospheric slabs restore mass to the mantle and trigger a return flow toward the surface-including mantle plumes-rising from the margins of two stable and antipodal thermochemical piles in the lowermost mantle. The surface manifestations of plumes include large igneous provinces which punctuate the process of plate tectonics via the creation of new plate boundaries. We welcome contributions that examine surface and deep Earth links based on both observations and numerical models.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 January 2019 (13:00 CET)

Conveners:
Mathew Domeier (University of Oslo, Norway)
Lewis Ashwal (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Susan Webb (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)??

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