[iris-bulk] AGU session of interest on plates and plate boundary zones

[IRIS]

As the Fall AGU abstract deadline approaches, please consider  
submitting to our session. We are interested in presentations using  
all types of data to constrain plate motions and deforming zones, not  
only geodetic data.

G02: Plate Motion and Its Relation to Deforming Zones
Sponsor: Geodesy

Donald F. Argus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA, USA  91109
(818) 354 3380
Donald.F.Argus at jpl.nasa.gov

Jeffrey T. Freymueller
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK, USA  99775-7320
(907) 474-7286
jeff.freymueller at gi.alaska.edu

Description: We seek geodetic and geologic studies on plate motion,  
microplate motion, and their relation to elements in the deforming  
zones between the plates—faults, slip, great earthquakes, and  
mountains and rifts generated by active deformation. Important  
questions relevant to this session include: What fraction of plate  
motion is being taken up by elastic strain that will be released in  
earthquakes? What fraction is being taken up by permanent strain that  
is becoming part of the geologic record? Are deforming belts better  
described by microplates or by a homogeneous medium? Do estimates of  
plate motion from magnetic anomalies, transform azimuths, and  
earthquake slip vectors differ significantly from those from geodetic  
techniques, such as GPS, VLBI, SLR, and DORIS?


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