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AGU25: Tectonophysics

Tectonophysics



T001
Beyond the Trenches: Intraplate Deformation in the Hinterland of Compressive Plate Boundaries
Primary Convener:  William Brower Levandowski, Tetra Tech, Chapel Hill, United States
Convener:  Sungho Lee, KIGAM Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Earthquake Research Center, Daejeon, South Korea
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jongwon Han, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Earthquake Research Center, Daejeon, South Korea


T002
Characteristics of faults and fault zones and their influence on earthquake physics: observations, models, and experiments
Primary Convener:  James Atterholt, United States Geological Survey, Golden, United States
Conveners:  Travis Alongi, USGS Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, Yihe Huang, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States and Monica R Barbery, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States


T003
Continental to Oceanic Rifts: Formation and Evolution
Primary Convener:  Jonathan E Snow, Louisiana State University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, United States
Conveners:  Cynthia J Ebinger, Tulane University, School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, United States, Wendy R Nelson, Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Towson, MD, United States and Martin Musila, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Keneni Godana, University of California Santa Barbara, Earth Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


T004
Deciphering Fault Slip Dynamics and Earthquake Nucleation Mechanisms in Shallow Crustal Settings through a Physicochemical Perspective
Primary Convener:  Piyal Halder, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India; Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (DST, Govt. of India), Lucknow, India
Conveners:  Francesca R Cinti, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy, Shreya Arora, Bates College, Earth and Climate Sciences, Lewiston, United States and Anupam Sharma, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (DST, Govt. of India), Lucknow, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India


T005
Deep Earth Exploration: Structure, Composition, and Processes in the Lithosphere
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


T006
Deformation mechanisms in Earth’s continental crust: Building on the contributions of Jan Tullis
Primary Convener:  Greg Hirth, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States
Conveners:  Caleb W Holyoke III, University of Akron, Department of Geosciences, Akron, United States, Nicholas M Beeler, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, United States and Keishi Okazaki, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan


T007
Earthquake Interaction and Static & Dynamic Coulomb Stress Triggering
Primary Convener:  Ross S Stein, Temblor, Inc., Tiburon, United States
Conveners:  Shinji Toda, Tohoku University, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Sendai, Japan, Jian Lin, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China and Volkan Sevilgen, Temblor, Inc., Tiburon, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Chris Rollins, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand


T008
Francis Birch Lecture
Primary Convener:  Lisa Clare McNeill, University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Lisa Clare McNeill, University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom and Nadia Lapusta, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States


T009
From fault blocks to exaflops: Earthquake slip from grain scale to plate boundaries
Primary Convener:  Thomas M Mitchell, University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Rebecca M Harrington, Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Bochum, Germany, Elizabeth S Cochran, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, United States and Alice-Agnes Gabriel, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States


T010
Geophysical Constraints on the Impacts of Fluids in Tectonic and Magmatic Processes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Primary Convener:  Daniel Evan Portner, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan R Delph, Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States, Shuoshuo Han, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States and Michael G Bostock, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada


T011
Lithospheric Structure and Evolution: Insights from High-Density Constraints and Multi-Dataset Approaches
Primary Convener:  Dr. Huaiyu Yuan, Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, Australia; Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Conveners:  Vadim L Levin, University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, United States, Klaus Gessner, Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, Australia and Liang Zhao, Key Laboratory of Deep Petroleum Intelligent Exploration and Development, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


T012
New Horizons in Tectonics
Primary Convener:  Lisa Clare McNeill, University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Derek J Neuharth, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla, Utah State University, Department of Geosciences, Logan, United States and Sylvain Barbot, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Meritxell Colet, Columbia University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Palisades, NY, United States


T013
Orogenic Belts and Plateaus: Growth, Collapse, and Climate Interactions
Primary Convener:  Lin Li, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States
Conveners:  Gilby Jepson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, John He, UCLA, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States and Eva Marie Golos, University of Wisconsin Madison, Geoscience, Madison, United States


T014
Outstanding Problems in Caribbean and Central American Tectonics
Primary Convener:  Jeremy Maurer, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Rolla, MO, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan Obrist-Farner, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Rolla, United States and Machel Higgins, Florida International University, Miami, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Grant Clark, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Rolla, MO, United States


T015
Really Useful Geophysical Data Tools and Apps
Primary Convener:  Andrew M Goodwillie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Conveners:  Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium, Washington, DC, United States and Jessica Nation, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, United States


T016
Structural Evolution, Mechanics, and Hazards of Geometrically Complex and Multi-segment Fault Systems
Primary Convener:  James Biemiller, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, United States
Conveners:  Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany; University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and Roland Bürgmann, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jeena Yun, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States


T017
Structure, Tectonics, and Seismicity of Cratons
Primary Convener:  Xiaotao Yang, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Conveners:  Riddhi Dave, Geological Survey of Canada Pacific Division, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Andrew J Schaeffer, Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Division, Sidney, ON, Canada and Zebin Cao, IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Beijing, China
Student/Early Career Convener:  Zebin Cao, IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Beijing, China


T018
Subduction Mélanges and their Implications for Convergent Margin Evolution and the Distribution of Slow Slip Events: Insights from Outcrop Data, Modeling, and Geophysics
Primary Convener:  Manuel Roda, Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Earth Science, Milano, Italy
Convener:  John Wakabayashi, California State University Fresno, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Fresno, CA, United States


T019
Subduction Top to Bottom: Convergent Margin Processes Surrounding the Caribbean Plate and Analogous Global Settings
Primary Convener:  Donald M Fisher, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Kristin D Morell, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Paul Mann, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States and Gray E Bebout, Lehigh University, Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States


T020
Subduction Zones: Their Initiation and Tectonic Evolution
Primary Convener:  Ibrahim Cemen, University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Convener:  Elizabeth J Catlos, Univeristy of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dipanjan Mitra, University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States


T021
Subsurface Resources and Earth Processes at the Intersection of Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation
Primary Convener:  Philip Joseph Ball, Keele University, School of Geography, Geology and Environment, Staffordshire, ST5, United Kingdom
Conveners:  C. Nur Schuba, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, Christian Heine, The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia and Graham Banks, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, København K, Denmark


T022
The Cascadia Megathrust and Beyond: From Fundamental Scientific Processes to Societal Resilience
Primary Convener:  Brian Boston, Auburn University, Auburn, United States
Conveners:  Audrey Dunham, U.S Geological Survey, Seattle, United States, Harold J Tobin, University of Washington Seattle, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States and Jianhua Gong, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Zoe Krauss, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States


T023
The SZ4D Experiment: Comparing Subduction Zone Processes Across Three Margins
Primary Convener:  Emily E Brodsky, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States
Conveners:  Cristian A. Farias, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Departamento de Obras Civiles y Geología, Temuco, Chile, Demian M. Saffer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States and Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany


T024
Underground salt storage systems
Primary Convener:  Kyung Won Chang, Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States
Conveners:  Tonya Ross1, Byoung-Yoon Park1 and Donald Conley2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States(2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Tonya Ross, Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States


T025
Understanding geophysical processes that shape Earth’s mid-ocean ridges: Insights into crustal deformation, magmatic-tectonic construction and geodynamics
Primary Convener:  Vaibhav Vijay Ingale, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Conveners:  Evan Anderson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Julie A Bowles, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Geosciences, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Evan Anderson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States


T026
Understanding the seismic cycle and the role of transient deformation: a multidisciplinary approach
Primary Convener:  Jared Thomas Bryan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Louise Maubant, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Matthew S Tarling, McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Srisharan Shreedharan, Utah State University, Department of Geosciences, Logan, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jared Thomas Bryan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States


GP006
Frontiers in Paleogeography
Primary Convener:  Craig Martin, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Jonny Wu, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States, Athena Eyster, Tufts University, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Medford, United States and Alec Brenner, Yale University, New Haven, United States


H095
Interplay between Fault Architecture and Coupled Processes in Carbon Sequestration, Hydrogen Storage, and Geothermal Energy
Primary Convener:  Lluís Saló Salgado, Harvard University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States
Conveners:  Hannah Lu, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Josimar Silva, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX, United States and Lydia Bailey, Carbon Solutions, Hartford, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jimin Zhou, Stanford University, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States


MR002
Crustal deformation and heterogeneity from laboratory experiments to large earthquakes
Primary Convener:  Thomas Goebel, University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake Research & Information, Memphis, United States
Conveners:  Yihe Huang, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, Semechah K. Y. Lui, Caltech, Pasadena, United States and Sylvain Barbot, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Navin Thapa, University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, TN, United States


MR009
Pre-, co- and post-rupture processes across multiple scales
Primary Convener:  Sergio Vinciguerra, University of Turin, Earth Sciences, Turin, Italy
Conveners:  Roland Bürgmann, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States, François Renard, University of Oslo, The Njord Centre, Oslo, Norway and Wenlu Zhu, University of Maryland, College Park, United States


NS015
Recent Advances in Near-Surface Geophysics (General Contributions)
Primary Convener:  Raymond J. Hess, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States
Conveners:  Ms. Elnaz Pezeshki, East Carolina University, Integrated Coastal Sciences, Greenville, United States, Emmanuel Oladeji, University of California Davis, Davis, United States and Klaudio Peshtani, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Siena Oswald, California State University, Long Beach, Earth Sciences Department, Long Beach, United States