Tectonophysics



S015
Mechanical complexity and structural heterogeneity in diffuse fault zones: observation, modeling and experiments
Primary Convener:  Duo Li, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany
Conveners:  Yifang Cheng, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, United States, Yihe Huang, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Duo Li, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany


T001
A Multidisciplinary View of Structure, Dynamics and Evolution of the San Andreas Plate Boundary System and other transform faults
Primary Convener:  Chengxin Jiang, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Science, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Conveners:  John B Naliboff, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, United States, Vera Schulte-Pelkum, Univ Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Whitney M Behr, ETH Zurich, Structural Geology and Tectonics Group, Geological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
Student/Early Career Convener:  Chengxin Jiang, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Science, Canberra, ACT, Australia


T002
Comparative investigations of Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes: Observations, Experiments, and Numerical Modeling
Primary Convener:  Yoshihiro Ito, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Conveners:  Laura M Wallace, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, Matt Ikari, MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Victor M Cruz-Atienza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica, Mexico, Mexico


T003
Continental Collisions: Structure and Evolution
Primary Convener:  Huaiyu Yuan, Macquarie University, CCFS, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Conveners:  Lijun Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geology, Urbana, United States, Klaus Gessner, Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, Australia and Liang Zhao, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Earth Sciences, Beijing, China


T004
East Asia: From Deep Lithosphere Exploration to Geodynamic Evolution
Primary Convener:  Shuwen Dong, SinoProbe Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China; Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Conveners:  Larry D Brown, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, An Yin, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Mian Liu, University of Missouri, Geological Sciences, Columbia, MO, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mian Liu, University of Missouri, Geological Sciences, Columbia, MO, United States


T005
Effects of Heterogeneities on Strain Localization in the Crust and Mantle
Primary Convener:  Caleb W Holyoke III, University of Akron, Department of Geosciences, Akron, OH, United States
Conveners:  Hiroko Kitajima, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States and Matej Pec, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States


T006
Subduction Initiation at the Turning Point of the Wilson Cycle
Primary Convener:  Patricia Cadenas, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Earth Sciences, St John's, Canada; Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Dom Luiz, Lisboa, Portugal
Conveners:  Brandon Shuck, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, TX, United States, Cesar Ranero, ICREA at CSIC, Barcelona, Spain and Taras Gerya, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Student/Early Career Convener:  Brandon Shuck, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics & Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States


T007
Francis Birch Lecture
Primary Convener:  Dan Faulkner, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Convener:  Jean-Philippe Avouac, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dan Faulkner, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom


T008
Frictional, geological, and geophysical signatures of fault healing: Mechanisms and implications for deformation during the earthquake cycle
Primary Convener:  Srisharan Shreedharan, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Caroline Seyler, University of Texas, Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, Behrooz Ferdowsi, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Alexis K Ault, Utah State University, Department of Geosciences, Logan, UT, United States


T009
From deep lithosphere to earth surface process; the natural laboratory of the east African rift
Primary Convener:  David Iacopini, The University of Naples Federico II, DISTAR, Naples, Italy
Conveners:  Vittorio Maselli, Dalhousie University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Halifax, NS, Canada, Cynthia J Ebinger, Tulane University, School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA, United States and Jolante van Wijk, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth & Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, United States


T010
From Rift to Ridge: The roles of faulting, fluids, surface processes, and tectonic inheritance
Primary Convener:  Folarin Kolawole, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, United States
Conveners:  Jolante W Van Wijk, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States, John B Naliboff, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, United States and Anne Becel, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Liang Xue, Syracuse University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States


T011
Multiscale Crustal Deformation in Subduction Zones and the Megathrust Earthquake Cycle: Progress from Observations and Models
Primary Convener:  Haipeng Luo, McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
Conveners:  Matthew W Herman, California State University Bakersfield, Department of Geological Sciences, Bakersfield, CA, United States, Aron J Meltzner, Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Singapore, Singapore and Donna J Shillington, Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability, Flagstaff, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Haipeng Luo, McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada


T012
Oceanic and Continental Extensional Tectonics
Primary Convener:  Ibrahim Cemen, University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Convener:  Elizabeth J Catlos, Univeristy of Texas at Austin, Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States


T013
Outstanding Problems in Caribbean and Central American Tectonics
Primary Convener:  Jeremy Maurer, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Geological Sciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Rolla, MO, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan Obrist-Farner, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, United States and Roby Douilly, UCR, Riverside, United States


T014
Seamounts from birth to death
Primary Convener:  Irina Filina, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE, United States
Conveners:  Lynne J Elkins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE, United States and Alexa Fernandez, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Md Ariful Islam, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE, United States


T015
Structure, Mechanics, and Hazards of Geometrically Complex Fault Systems
Primary Convener:  James Biemiller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, United States
Conveners:  Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, Roland Burgmann, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States and Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States


T016
Structure, Tectonics, and Earthquake Hazards of Cratons
Primary Convener:  Xiaotao Yang, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Conveners:  Andrea Stevens Goddard, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States, Lijun Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geology, Urbana, United States and Seth Stein, Northwestern University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Xiaotao Yang, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States


T017
Subduction Top to Bottom (ST2B) — Origin and Evolution of Magmatic Arcs
Primary Convener:  Gray E Bebout, Lehigh University, Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States
Conveners:  David William Scholl, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geology and Geophysics, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Robert J Stern, University of Texas at Dallas, Geosciences, Richardson, TX, United States and Ikuko Wada, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States


T018
Convergent Margin Orogenesis Across Space, Time, and Temperature
Primary Convener:  Mary Braza, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Conveners:  Paul Eizenhöfer, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Chelsea Mackaman-Lofland, University of Connecticut, Department of Geosciences, Storrs, CT, United States and Feng Cheng, Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China


T019
Tectonophysics General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Patrick M Fulton, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, United States
Conveners:  Patrick M Fulton, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, United States, Jing Liu-Zeng, Tianjin University, Institute of Surface Earth System Science, Tianjin, China and Marcos Moreno, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany


T020
The Alaskan and Northern Canadian Cordillera: Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Petrology, and Tectonics
Primary Convener:  Derek Schutt, Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States
Conveners:  Julie Elliott, Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States, Jeffrey Todd Freymueller, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States and Matthew E Brueseke, Kansas State University, Department of Geology, Manhattan, KS, United States


T021
Tibetan tectonics and its long-term effect on the evolution of climate, vegetation and environment
Primary Convener:  Yuntao Tian, Sun Yat-sen University, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Zhuhai, China
Conveners:  Junsheng Nie, Lanzhou University, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Andrew V Zuza, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, United States, Yuntao Tian, Sun Yat-sen University, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Zhuhai, China and Guangsheng Zhuang, Yale University, New Haven, United States


T022
What is the influence of fault maturity in earthquakes and fault systems over coseismic to geologic timescales?
Primary Convener:  Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States
Conveners:  Michele L Cooke, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Geosciences, Amherst, MA, United States and Alexandra E Hatem, United States Geological Survey, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Huiyun Guo, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States


DI007
Bridging the observational gap: Integrating laboratory, field, and geophysical datasets to quantify mantle properties and processes
Primary Convener:  William Joseph Shinevar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Joshua B Russell, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Chhavi Jain, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States and Hatsuki Yamauchi, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Manuel Pimenta Silva, ETH Zürich, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, Zurich, Switzerland


DI016
Unusual Subduction Processes
Primary Convener:  Antoniette Greta Grima, University of Texas at Austin, Institute of Geophysics, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Caroline Seyler, University of Texas, Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, Antoniette Greta Grima, University of Texas at Austin, Institute of Geophysics, Austin, United States and Ping Zhang, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Student/Early Career Convener:  Shubham Agrawal, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia


GP004
Frontiers in Paleogeography
Primary Convener:  Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
Convener:  Richard G Gordon, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States


S013
Induced seismicity and caprock failure in carbon sequestration and geo-energy applications
Primary Convener:  Noam Zach Dvory, University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Conveners:  Jens-Erik Lund Snee, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CA, United States, Rebecca Olivia Salvage, University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada and Sam S. Hashemi, Stanford University, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rebecca Olivia Salvage, University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada