[IGSMAIL-5988]: AGU2009 G11 session: Plate Motion and Plate Boundaries

[Jeff Freymueller]

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IGS Electronic Mail      20 Aug 12:55:36 PDT 2009      Message Number 5988
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Author: Jeff Freymueller

Dear Colleagues,

As you think about the AGU meeting, please consider submitting to
session G11, Plate Motions and Plate Boundaries.

G11: Plate Motion and Plate Boundaries

We seek geodetic and geologic studies on plate motion, microplate
motion, and how they relate to elements in the deforming zones between
the platesfaults, slip, great earthquakes, and mountains and rifts
generated by active deformation. In addition to well-studied regions
and plates, we specifically solicit abstracts that address plate
motions and plate boundary deformation in the more remote areas of the
world, where data are limited. Among the questions we seek answer are:
How accurately can we measure plate motions today using geodesy? What
is the impact of uncertainties in geocenter motion, or in models of
GIA and other non-tectonic processes on the estimation of plate
motions? What are the proper uncertainties in plate motion estimates,
especially where data are sparse? What fraction of plate motion is
being taken up on major faults, and what fraction is being taken up by
distributed permanent strain that is becoming part of the geologic
record? Are deforming belts better described by microplates or by a
homogeneous medium? Do estimates of plate motion from magnetic
anomalies, transform azimuths, and earthquake slip vectors differ
significantly from those from GPS, VLBI, SLR, and DORIS?


Conveners:
Donald Argus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, USA  91109
818 354 3380
Donald.F.Argus at jpl.nasa.gov

Jeff Freymueller
University of Alaska Fairbanks
USA
jeff.freymueller at gi.alaska.edu

Rui Manuel Fernandes
UBI, CGUL, IDL
Portugal
rmanuel at di.ubi.pt



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