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FRAGILE EARTH: Geological Processes from Global to Local Scales and Associated Hazards (4-7 September 2011)

Session No. 1
Monday, 5 September 2011: 08:45-10:40
E 120 (Grosse Aula) (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

P1. Plenary: Global-Scale Processes: Global Plate Motions & Structure and Dynamics of the Earth's Mantle

LMU Fragile Earth Fund; German Science Foundation (DFG)

 

Hans-Peter Bunge, Convener
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Start Time
 
08:45
Introductory Remarks
1
08:50
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLID EARTH OVER THE PAST 200 MILLION YEARS: CONSTRAINTS FROM MANTLE STRUCTURE, PLATE TECTONIC HISTORY, AND SURFACE GEOLOGY
MÜLLER, R. Dietmar, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Blg F09, Sydney, 2006, Australia, dietmar.muller@sydney.edu.au, dietmar.muller@sydney.edu.au
2
09:25
MAPPING THE MANTLE WITH SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY
KENNETT, Brian, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, Brian.Kennett@anu.edu.au, Brian.Kennett@anu.edu.au
3
10:00
THE DYNAMICS OF PLATE TECTONICS AND MANTLE FLOW: FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES
GURNIS, Michael1, ALISIC, Laura1, STADLER, Georg2, BURSTEDDE, Carsten2, GHATTAS, Omar2 and WILCOX, Lucas2, (1)Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, gurnis@gps.caltech.edu, gurnis@gps.caltech.edu
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