Tectonophysics



Continental Lithosphere: From Cratons to Orogens
Primary Convener:  Dr. Huaiyu Yuan, Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, WA, Australia
Conveners:  Klaus Gessner, Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, Australia, Liang Zhao, Key Laboratory of Deep Petroleum Intelligent Exploration and Development, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Jianfeng Yang, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


Evolution of fault zone properties through the seismic cycle
Primary Convener:  Zachary Daniel Smith, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Simone Masoch, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Reno, United States, Caroline Seyler, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, United States and Jared Thomas Bryan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States


Fault Slip and Off-Fault Deformation in Complex Fault Zones
Primary Convener:  Curtis William Baden, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, United States
Conveners:  Travis Alongi, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, Sara Beth Leach Cebry, U. S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, James Atterholt, United States Geological Survey, Golden, United States and Michele Cooke, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences, Amherst, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Curtis William Baden1, Travis Alongi1, James Atterholt2 and Sara Beth Leach Cebry3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, United States(2)United States Geological Survey, Golden, United States(3)U. S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, United States


From Outer Rise to Megathrust Rupture: New Frontiers in Subduction Zone Science
Primary Convener:  Catherine Ross, Baylor University, Waco, United States
Conveners:  Charlotte Pizer, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria and Michael Strasser, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geology, Innsbruck, Austria
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Kaitlin Schaible, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States and Alysa Fintel, University of Washington Seattle, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States


From the Alps to Tibet to the Cordillera: Comparing Deep Structure, Surface Processes, and Climate–Tectonic Coupling in Orogens
Primary Convener:  Feng Cheng, Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Giulio Viola, University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Bologna, Italy, Andrew V Zuza, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, United States and Sarah George, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Geosciences, Norman, United States


How We Observe, Analyze and Model Fault Creep to Better Understand Plate Boundary Deformation and Hazards
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth H Madden, San Jose State University, Department of Geology, San Jose, CA, United States
Conveners:  Christopher Madugo, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, United States, Christie D Rowe, Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Reno, United States and Hiroki Sone, University of Wisconsin, Geological Engineering Program, Madison, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Catherine Hanagan, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Golden, United States


Lithospheric Tectonic Evolution and Shallow Responses Beneath East Asia Since Late Mesozoic
Primary Convener:  Shuwen Dong, Nanjing University, PI of SinoProbe, Nanjing, China
Conveners:  Andrew V Zuza, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, United States, Eric A Sandvol, University at Buffalo, Department of Earth Sciences, Buffalo, United States and Qi Zhou, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China


Megathrust: Structure, Properties, and Processes within the Subduction Plate Boundary
Primary Convener:  Harold J Tobin, University of Washington Seattle, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
Conveners:  Cailey Brown Condit, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States, Melodie E French, Rice University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States and So Ozawa, University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bar Oryan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States


Origin and Implications of Volcanic Rifted Margins
Primary Convener:  Sverre Planke, Volcanic Basin Energy Research, Oslo, Norway; University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway
Conveners:  Sarah Lambart, University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, United States and Christian Berndt, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dustin Harper, University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States


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


Rifting to Ridging: Tectonic and Magmatic Processes at Divergent Plate Margins
Primary Convener:  Kevin Wong, Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Rita Kounoudis, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom, Amdemichael Zafu Tadesse, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States and Cynthia J Ebinger, Tulane University, School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Juliette Pin, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Geosciences, Reno, United States


Salt in the Earth Sciences: Energy Storage and Critical Mineral Exploration in Evaporite Basins
Primary Convener:  Webster Ueipass Mohriak, UERJ Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Ana Krueger; Afonso Carvalho Jr.; Hermann Lebit
Conveners:  Ana Krueger, Bluware, Houston, United States, Afonso Carvalho Jr., Stratos, Aracaju, Brazil, Hermann Lebit, Alma Energy, Houston, United States and Ana Krueger; Afonso Carvalho Jr.; Hermann Lebit


Subduction Top to Bottom: Convergent Margin Histories and Processes of the Western Pacific and Other Active and Fossil Subduction Zones
Primary Convener:  David William Scholl, Retired, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Donald M Fisher, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States, Tianhaozhe Sun, University of Victoria, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Victoria, BC, Canada and Paola Vannucchi, University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Florence, Italy


Subduction and Accretion Dynamics: From Slab Tectonics to Terrane Assembly
Primary Convener:  Dr. Erkan Gün, PhD, Universität Bremen, MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany
Conveners:  Russell Pysklywec, University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, Claire A Currie, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Omer Bodur, Istanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Maslak, Turkey
Student/Early Career Convener:  Omer Bodur, Istanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Maslak, Turkey


Subduction to Strike-Slip: Evolution of the California Plate Boundary
Primary Convener:  Benjamin Lee Melosh, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffett Field, United States
Convener:  Margaret S Avery, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffett Field, United States


The Alaskan and Northern Canadian Cordillera: Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Petrology, and Tectonics
Primary Convener:  Julie Elliott, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States and Trevor Waldien
Conveners:  Adrian Manley Bender, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, United States, Vera Schulte-Pelkum, Univ Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Derek Schutt, Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States and Trevor Waldien
Student/Early Career Convener:  Trevor Waldien, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Geology and Geological Engineering, Rapid City, United States and Trevor Waldien


The SZ4D Experiment: Comparing Subduction Zone Processes Across Margins
Primary Convener:  Brandon Schmandt, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners:  John B Naliboff, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, United States, Adam Kent, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Jeffrey Todd Freymueller, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States


Tools for the Tool-Builders: LLM-Assisted Software, Algorithms, and AI/ML in the Geodynamic Modelling Community
Primary Convener:  Louis Noel Moresi, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Conveners:  Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany, Lorraine Hwang, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Jed Brown, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States


Unveiling Solid Earth structure and Tectonics at both Poles in the roadmap towards the International Polar Year
Primary Convener:  Fausto Ferraccioli, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Geophysics, Trieste, Italy
Conveners:  Joachim Jacobs, University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science, Bergen, Norway, Richard Saltus, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, United States and Douglas Wiens, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, St. Louis, United States