2012 Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics Workshop

• On the mantle convection solver Aspect - and computational software in general (Wolfgang Bangerth)
• Revisiting Geoid Constraints on Subduction Zone Rheology (Magali Billen) 
• Multilevel Stokes flow solvers - Adapting to heterogeneity and rheology (Jed Brown) 
• Constraining Normal Fault Strength from the Geometry of Rider Blocks (Eunseo Choi) 
• Horizontal Mantle Plumes and Shear-Driven Upwelling in the South Pacific and/or Linking Intraplate Volcanism to Global Mantle Flow (Clint Conrad) 
• Recent developments in planetary geodynamics (Scott King) 
• Efficient Stokes Solvers (Dave May) 
• Melt Extraction and Focusing (mostly) at Mid-Ocean Ridges (Laurent G.J. Montési) 
• Mantle Wedge Dynamics: Slab-Mantle Coupling, Grain Size Evolution, and Fluid Migration (Ikuko Wada) 
• Harnessing advanced computational libraries for coupled multi-physics problems (Cian R. Wilson)
• Mantle Convection Models Featuring Plates (Julian P. Lowman) 

Organizing Committee

• Peter van Keken, University of Michigan (keken--at--umich.edu)
• Shijie Zhong, University of Colorado (shijie.zhong--at--colorado.edu)
• Roger Buck, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (earth2buck--at--gmail.com)
• Marc Spiegelman, Columbia University (mspieg--at--ldeo.columbia.edu)
• Claire Currie, University Alberta (claire.currie--at--ualberta.ca)
• Mousumi Roy, University of New Mexico (mroy--at--unm.edu)
• Louise Kellogg, University of California at Davis (kellogg--at--ucdavis.edu)
• CIG contact: Ariel Shoresh (ashoresh--at--ucdavis.edu)

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Description

This workshop is the 4th CIG sponsored workshop intended to bring together researchers who study the dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and lithosphere through numerical modeling. This workshop follows the meetings in Boulder, Colorado (2005), UC Davis (2008) and UC San Diego (2010). The meeting will focus on new numerical techniques, showcase existing and publicly supported software, and demonstrate scientific advances made using these computational techniques. There will be a balance between scientific presentations, technical discussions, hands-on opportunities and benchmark discussions. Technical issues of particular interest are: 1) Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR); 2) robust energy and Stokes’ equations solvers; 3) the interface of mantle and lithosphere dynamics and the role of melting and faulting; 4) implementation of multi-scale physics.

We expect to be able to host up to 90 participants and provide partial support for airfare and accommodation to US-based participants and provide support for accommodation to international participants. We expect that we can provide between $250 and $500 towards participants’ travel, with higher priority of funding to graduate students, postdocs and early career scientists. We recommend that participants book their air travel early.

Location and Accommodation

The meeting will take place at the University of California at Davis. The university is just 30 minutes away from the airport in Sacramento (SMF). Participants will be housed in UC Davis Residence Halls (in units of 4 single rooms sharing a common area and facilities) with meals in the Seguno Dining Hall. Participants staying in the residence halls will have access to the recreational facilities and the pool. We expect everyone to arrive on Sunday afternoon or evening before the first full day of the workshop. The meeting will finish at 5p on Wednesday, with last departures on Thursday morning.

Segundo Complex/Thompson Hall

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