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Fall AGU Session: Flat Slab Subduction in Central Mexico
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From: Luca Ferrari <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dear Colleagues,
We encourage you to submit abstracts to the following session:
T13: Flat Slab Subduction in Central Mexico
for this Fall Meeting of AGU in San Francisco.
Session description is:
The geometry of the subducted slab beneath central Mexico varies
considerably along strike of the Middle America Trench. The portion
near Acapulco up to 200 km from the trench is thought to be shallow
or sub-horizontal, but exhibits little if any coupling to the
overriding plate. The fate of the slab beneath the Trans-Mexican
Volcanic Belt is unknown and has led to contrasting models to explain
this volcanic arc. The variation in dip is also at odds with the
variation of the age and convergence rate of the subducting slab.
We solict contributions from seismology, geodynamics, geodesy, and
geochemistry that bear on the understanding of this subduction zone,
and adjacent zones of the Middle America Trench.
Robert W. Clayton
Caltech
252-21 Seismo Lab
Pasadena, CA, USA 91125
626-395-6909
clay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Paul Davis
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095
310-825-1343
pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Luca Ferrari
Centro de Geociencias, UNAM
Campus Juriquilla
Queretaro, QRO, MEX 76230
+52 55 56234 104 x177
luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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