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Session Proposal: Deep Earth Exploration: Structure, Composition, and Processes in the Lithosphere (AGU25)

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Deep Earth Exploration: Structure, Composition, and Processes in the Lithosphere

Session ID#: 250034

Session Description:
Deep Earth processes control the geological evolution, including the formation of mineral system, natural disasters, and large-scale environmental changes at the surface of the Earth. In the past decades, there have been many deep Earth exploration programs conducted globally. They bring rich geological records detailing the formation, reworking, and potential destruction of continental crust and lithosphere. This session will focus on deep exploration within the lithosphere, covering the structure, composition, processes, and deep material cycling in deep Earth. It aims to advance our understanding of the Earth's interior and its dynamic interactions, through the integrative techniques, including deep seismic reflection and refraction profiling, broadband and dense seismic array observations, MT, scientific drilling, deep material detecting, isotopic mapping, geodynamic modelling and etc. This session will provide valuable insights into the deep time evolution of continental lithosphere, from the formation of core continents, to the controlling of shallow crust and mineral systems.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • DI - Study of the Earth's Deep Interior
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

8110 Continental tectonics: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8120 Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8123 Dynamics: seismotectonics [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8124 Earth's interior: composition and state [TECTONOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Shuwen Dong, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Conveners:  Larry D Brown, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, Hans Thybo, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China and Lijun Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change, Urbana, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Lijun Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change, Urbana, United States
 
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