Crystal2Plate First Workshop
Montpellier, France
9‐12 0ctober, 2009
Day 1 - Friday, 9 October 2009
Welcome address - Andrea Tommasi (Crystal2Plate coordinator)
Mantle convection and plate tectonics: state of the art and open problems ‐ P. Tackley, ETH Zurich, CH
Mantle convection in the laboratory: plumes, plates, and scaling ‐ N. Ribe, FAST Paris, FR
How to probe the mantle deformation: analysis of naturally deformed mantle rocks, experiments, and seismic
anisotropy ‐ A. Tommasi, UM2, Montpellier FR
Seismological imaging of the mantle: state of the art and open problems (lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary) ‐ G. Helffrich, Bristol University, U.K.
ESRs/ERs Meeting Presentation of ITN Marie Curie networks and of Crystal2Plate functioning by A. Tommasi & N. Modjeska (Marie Curie fellows only)
Day 2 - Saturday, 10 October 2009
Dynamics of subduction – S. Lallemand, UM2, Montpellier FR
Laboratory modelling of subduction - Presentation of ESR1 project – B. Guillaume, UNIROMA 3, Rome, IT
What do we learn from considering petrological processes in subduction modelling? Current challenges? ‐ T. Gerya, ETH Zurich, CH
Water in the upper mantle : consequences to rheology ‐ S. Demouchy, UM2, Montpellier FR
Supervisory Board meeting – Board members only
Poster presentations
Seismic imaging of fluid distribution and deformation in subduction zones ‐ J. Wookey , Bristol University, U.K.
Seismic anisotropy in subduction zones – H. Paulssen, Utrecht University, NL
Day 3 - Sunday, 11 October 2009
Rejuvenation of lithospheric mantle by thermal erosion and magmatic refertilisation: case studies in Ronda and
Lherz orogenic peridotites ‐ J.L. Bodinier, UM2, Montpellier FR
Plume‐lithosphere interactions: contradictions between seismic data, xenoliths observations, and thermomechanical
modelling ‐ A. Tommasi, UM2, Montpellier FR
Faults and shear zones: strain localisation in nature ‐ A. Tommasi, UM2, Montpellier FR
Modelling strain localization: Which processes lead to effective localization? ‐ B. Kaus, ETH Zurich, CH
Day 4 - Monday, 12 October 2009
Field trip to the
Lherz orogenic peridotite, Pyrenees ‐ J.L. Bodinier & A. Tommasi, UM2, Montpellier FR