Session: Crustal motions, mantle dynamics & GPS velocities in continental collision. Part 2 (Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia)

Session No. 23

Tuesday, 5 October 2010: 14:30-16:50

Kemal Kurdas Salon (METU Convention and Cultural Centre)

Crustal motions, mantle dynamics & GPS velocities in continental collision. Part 2

Kitasal çarpismalarda kabuk hareketleri, manto dinamigi ve GPS hiz dalgalanmalari

Victor Mocanu and David Scholl, Chairs

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Start Time

14:30

ANALOGOUS TO ANATOLIA, COLLISIONAL AND NON-COLLISIONAL PLATE BOUNDARY FORCES EXTRUDE WESTERN ALASKA TOWARD OFFSHORE SUBDUCTION ZONES

SCHOLL, David, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, REDFIELD, Tim F., Norwegian Geological Survey, Leiv Eirikessens, vei 39, Trondheim, 7491 Lade, Norway and FITZGERALD, Paul G., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, dscholl@usgs.gov, dscholl@usgs.gov

14:50

TECTONIC BLOCK ROTATION, ARC CURVATURE, AND BACK-ARC RIFTING: COMPARISON BETWEEN MEDITERRANEAN AND WESTERN PACIFIC EXAMPLES

MANN, Paul¹, WALLACE, Laura² and ELLIS, Susan², (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research, Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, (2)GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, pmann@uh.edu, pmann@uh.edu

15:10

MANTLE FLOW IN THE CARPATHIAN BEND ZONE? INTEGRATION OF GPS AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS

MOCANU, Victor, Department of Geophysics, University of Bucharest, 6, Traian Vuia Street, RO-020956 Bucharest 2, Romania, vi_mo@yahoo.com, vi_mo@yahoo.com

15:30

Break

15:50

OFFSHORE CYRENAICA SUBDUCTION; NEW BATHYMETRY DATA, NORTHEAST LIBYA

AMER, Aimen, Schlumberger, Data & Consulting Services, 5599 San Felipe Suite 100, Houston, TX 77056, aamer@slb.com, aamer@slb.com

16:10

INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL MODEL OF LITHOSPHERE IN WESTERN UZBEKISTAN

SIDOROVA Sr, Irina, Laboratory of Regional and Aplied Geophysics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Uzbek Academy of Sciences, 49, Olimlar str., Academcity, Tashkent, 100041, Uzbekistan, sidoirina@yahoo.com, sidoirina@yahoo.com

16:30

LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION OF NE IRAN INFERRED FROM SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING

HOSSEINI, Sayyed Keivan, RAHIMI, Behnam and SHOKRAEI, Seyedeh Fargol, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Fundamental Sciences, University of Mashhad, Azadi Sq., Ferdowsi, Earthquake Research Center, Mashhad, 91779-48974, Iran, k-hosseini@um.ac.ir, k-hosseini@um.ac.ir

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