PPT-Subduction

Zone Observatory Big Geodynamics Related Science Questions Magali Billen Department of Earth amp Planetary Sciences UC Davis Collaborators amp Students Ana Negredo Moreno Juan RodriguezGonzalez PD Katrina Arredondo GS John . as a random outcome of . time-dependent convection. Teresa Wong. Slava. . Solomatov. Theory of Earth II. AGU . Fall Meeting . 19 December . 2014. 1. Major questions on initiation of plate tectonics. (LVZ) at the top of the . subducting. plate has been detected in a majority of . subduction. zones.. LVZ may be a . hydrated layer of oceanic crust . caused by dehydration reactions as the plate . Reporters:. Alconera. , P.P.. Villacampa. , E.. Mangaway. , . Cris. A scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. . Plate tectonics is the study of how the Earth's plates are driven and shaped by geological forces that keep them in constant motion. . Ben Valentino. 1. , Eduardo Toledo. 2. , Eduardo Nobre. 2. , Luciana Vieira. 2. , . Diogo. Cintura. 2. 1. Department of Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego. 2. Department of Civil Engineering, . Federal University of . Subduction. Bruce Buffett, UC Berkeley. May 6, 2016. The Open University. (S. . Rost. ). Mantle Convection. Plate. tectonics is the surface expression of mantle convection. - s. ource of buoyancy. Discussion 1. MULTIDISCIPLINARY. La/. Yb. spikes in Andes: Crustal thickness & . pluton. ages in other . orogenies. . . GeoRock. La is . incompatiable/Yb. is marginally compatible. See Planck & Langmuir, 93. Subduction. Fun Fact: The tallest mountain in the world is…. Not Mt. Everest (29,028 ft). It’s Mauna Kea in Hawaii! (31,000 ft) . It doesn’t get as much attention because 2/3 of it is underwater. Zones. Lecture 44 . How were the continents created?. So far, we have talked about the when, but not the how.. Today, there are 3 main mechanisms by which new crust is created:. Rifting (e.g., African and Rio Grande Rifts) and divergent plate boundaries (North Atlantic Tertiary Province is an example).. . A. . Roesner, . M.J. . Ikari, . A. . Huepers. , . A.J. . Kopf. s. tudy. . site. Japan. PLEASE CLICK ON ME. EGU 2020 Session: . Understanding . large subduction earthquakes and . tsunamigenesis. 2. exhumation. . of. . continental. . crust. in . the. Alps. Nikolaus Froitzheim. Institut für Geowissenschaften. Universität Bonn. 1. . Deep. . subduction. . or. . tectonic. . overpressure. ?. Morondova. plume. Bernhard . Steinberger. 1,2.  . and. . Douwe. van . Hinsbergen. 3. 1. GFZ . German Research . Centre. . for. . Geosciences. , . Geodynamic. . Modelling. Sec. 2.5, Potsdam, Germany (. subducting. plate has been detected in a majority of . subduction. zones.. LVZ may be a . hydrated layer of oceanic crust . caused by dehydration reactions as the plate . subducts. .. LVZ has interesting consequences for imaging the . An international multi-disciplinary observatory along a . subduction. zone plate boundary (. ies. ?). “. subduction. . collaboratory. ”. 2014 Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco. EarthScope. Beyond 2018. Ch.Kkallas. 1. ,. C.Papazachos. 1. ,. . D.Vamvakaris. 1. ,. 1. Aristotle Univ. Thessaloniki. Papazachos. and . Papazachou. (. 2003. ). The most important feature in the Aegean region is the westward movement of the Anatolia plate along the North Anatolia fault, as well as the .