[IGSMAIL-6945] AGU Session: Plate Motion, Continental Deformation, Interseismic Strain Accumulation

[Jeff Freymueller]

Author: Jeff Freymueller

Apologies for cross-posting. We invite you to submit an abstract to our AGU session, which we think will be of interest to many of you:

Plate Motion, Continental Deformation, Interseismic Strain Accumulation
Session ID#: 2534
Geodesy, co-sponsored by NH, S, T

Integration of space geodetic positioning and geologic data helps to explain how plate motion is being taken up by continental deformation, and how deformation evolves through the earthquake cycle.   This should lead to better understanding of the hazards posed by large and great earthquakes.  We seek geodetic (GNSS, VLBI, SLR, DORIS, and historical measurements) and geologic studies (from geomorphology, paleoseimology, seismicity, and marine magnetic anomalies) that further constrain the character of plate boundary zone deformation and interseismic strain accumulation.  Can elastic strain buildup be readily related to future great earthquakes?  What fraction of plate motion is taken up by fault slip during earthquakes, and what fraction becomes part of distributed deformation off of the major faults?   Are the plate boundary zones better characterized as microplates or zones of homogeneous deformation?  How does fault slip inferred from paleoseismology add up to plate motion, and how fast are mountains currently rising?

Invited speakers are:
Tim Wright
Takeshi Sagiya
Frederic Masson
Rick Bennett

To submit an abstract to the session, use this handy link:
http://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/g/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=2534

Primary Convener:  Donald F Argus, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
Co-Convener:  Jeffrey Todd Freymueller, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States 
Co-Convener:  Rui Manuel Fernandes, SEGAL — UBI, Portugal 

Dr. Jeffrey T. Freymueller         Office: 907-474-7286
Geophysical Institute                Cell:   907-378-7556
University of Alaska, Fairbanks    Home:   907-479-3550
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320           email: jeff.freymueller at gi.alaska.edu
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