List of Speakers
Subduction: From TRENCH To ARC
2008 Geodynamics Program Speaker Schedule
| Date | Seminar Speaker | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7 |
Alison Shaw Geology & Geophysics Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Volatile fluxes through the Central American and IBM subduction systems: comparing different techniques and evaluating mass balance |
| Feb. 14 | Ikuko Wada School of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of Victoria, British Columbia |
Thermal modeling of the forearc-arc region of subduction zones and implications for subduction zone processes |
| Feb. 21 | Cesar Ranero Marine Sciences Institute, CSIC Centro Mediterráneo de investigaciones Marinas y Ambientales |
The Hydrogeological Systems of Incoming Oceanic Plates and OverridingConvergent Margins of Subduction Zones: Insights from Studies of the Middle America Trench |
| Feb. 28 | David W. Scholl U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, California |
Basal Subduction Erosion and the Formation of the Aleutian Terrace and Underlying Forearc Basin |
| March 6 | Andrew Newman School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences The Georgia Institute of Technology |
The Seismogenic Megathrust: inferences from Costa Rica and Nicaragua |
| March 13 | Jeff Marshall Geological Sciences Department CalPolyPomonaUniversity, Pomona, California |
Segmented Fore Arc Uplift along the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: Implications for Subduction Erosion, Underplating, & Seismogenesis |
| March 20 | Tim Grove Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Magma Generation Processes in Subduction Zones |
| March 27 | Spring Break Week | No Presentation |
| April 3 | Mike Carr Department Of Earth & Planetary Sciences RutgersUniversity |
Progress and Problems in the Study of Arc Volcanism in Central America |
| April 10 | Kathy Cashman Department of Geological Sciences University of Oregon |
A bang or a whimper? Controls on volcanic eruption styles |
| April 17 | Miriam Kastner Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego |
Geochemical cycling at convergent margins; results from hydrogeochemical observatories at the Costa Rica subduction zone |
| April 24 | Marc Hirschmann Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota |
Experimental constraints on volatile-induced melting |
| May 1 | Doug Wiens Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences WashingtonUniversity |
Seismic structure, mantle flow patterns, and the dynamics of island arc systems |
| May 8 | Geoff Abers Division of Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Lamont-DohertyEarth Observatory |
Seismic imaging of subduction zones |
| May 15 | Magali Billen Department of Geology University of California, Davis |
From Steady-State to Slab Detachment: How does lithosphere strength affect subduction dynamics? |
Along the Pacific margin of Central America, the Cocos Plate plunges beneath the Caribbean Plate to form the Central American subduction zone (Univ. of California, San Diego)