Abstracts

MONDAY, MAY 5: Advancing the state of the art in computational modeling of mantle and lithosphere dynamics

Butler, S.L

University of Saskatchewan

Mantle Convection Modelling Using Comsol Multiphysics

Huettig, C.

German Aerospace Center (DLR) Berlin,

Proper velocity interpolation for viscosity-carrying particles

May, D. A.

Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich

An Efficient Implementation of a Q2 − P1 Finite Element Discretisation and Preconditioner for Variable Viscosity Stokes Problems

Qin, C.

University of Colorado at Boulder

A perturbation method and its application: elastic tidal response of a laterally heterogeneous planet

TUESDAY, MAY 6: New insights from mantle convection modeling:  Exploring mantle dynamics from the lithosphere to the base of the mantle

Arredondo, K.

University of California, Davis

Dynamic Linkages Between the Transition Zone & Surface Plate Motion in 2D Models of Subduction

Conrad, C.P.

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa

Dynamic Topography and Sea Level above Stable Antipodal Mantle Upwellings

Heron, P.J.

University of Toronto

Influences on the positioning of mantle plumes following supercontinent formation

Hu, J.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Investigating Mechanisms of South American Flat Subduction

Li, M.

Arizona State University

Three dimensional morphology and dynamics of ultra-low velocity zones

Liu, X.

University of Colorado, Boulder,

Influence of Chemical Piles on Convective Structure and the Geoid from 3D Spherical Mantle Convection Models

Maguire, R.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Modeling laboratory plumes with numerical techniques: validation, verification and the determination of specific heat


Nakagawa, T.

Japan Agency for Marine- Earth Science and Technology

Deep mantle structures and CMB heat flux derived from surface plate motions

O’Farrell, K.A.

University of Toronto

Thermal structure in large lower mantle viscosity convection models

Plesa, A.

German Aerospace Center (DLR) Berlin

The role of non-Newtonian rheology on the thermal evolution of stagnant-lid bodies

Rosas, J.

University of Alberta, Edmonton

Three-Dimensional Thermal Structure of the Central America Subduction Zone

Trim, S.J.

University of Toronto

Effect of continental lithosphere and deep mantle compositional heterogeneities on the surface mobility of terrestrial planets

Volk, K.E.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Generating 3D Models for the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction System

Weller, M. B.

Rice University

Tectonic Bi-Stability and Internal Heating Scaling in Terrestrial Planets

Zhou, Q.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Oceanic asthenosphere subduction and intraplate volcanism

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7: Geodynamics of lithosphere evolution:  Numerical models and observational constraints

Adam, C.

Virginia Tech

Seafloor subsidence and mantle dynamics

Ahamed, S.

University of Memphis

Incorporating elastic and plastic work rates into energy balance for long-term tectonic modeling

Currie, C.

University of Alberta

Gravitational removal of magmatic arc roots in Cordilleran orogens

Feng, L.

University of Memphis

Evolution of multiple décollements in a thrust system: A numerical approach

Green, A.M.

University of Utah

Interpretation of EarthScope Magnetotelluric Data for the Northwestern United States

Holt, A.F.

University of Southern California

Mantle flow and overriding plate stress state in 3-D models of thermo-mechanical subduction

Liu, S.

University of Alberta

Farallon Plate subduction dynamics and the Laramide orogeny: Numerical models of flat subduction

Miller, M.S.

University of Southern California

Lithospheric structure of northwest Africa: Insights into the tectonic history and influence of mantle flow on large-scale deformation

Wang, H.

University of Alberta

What Resists Orogenic Shortening: Topography or Mantle Lithosphere?

Wu, G.

University of Texas at Austin

The origin of core complexes in the US Cordillera and the Aegean