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EGU 2014. Session on The Antilles Subduction Zone
Fred Massin <frederick.massin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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EGU 2014. Session on The Antilles Subduction Zone
Fred Massin <frederick.massin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear Colleagues,
We would like to encourage you to contribute with a presentation to the session GD6.6 : " The Antilles Subduction Zone: Internal and External Geodynamics " at the European Geosciences Union meeting to be held in Vienna on 27 April- 2 May 2014.
Abstract submission deadline is Wednesday, 16 January (13:00 CET, 8:00 AST).
Session description :
This session aim to integrate the studies
of the Antilles subduction zone from all the range of geology and
geophysics to construct a comprehensive panel of the recent advances.
The Antilles are a region of volcanic and seismic activities
due to the 1000 km convergence zone resulting from the subduction of the
America plates below the Caribbean plate with a velocity of 2 cm/year.
Shallow seismicity and major shocks in Guatemala, northern Venezuela,
and the Cayman Ridge indicate transform fault and pull-apart basin
tectonics. Recently, the geodynamics of the Antilles subduction zone is
responsible for major tectonic and seismic events like the January 12
2010, Mw7.0 Haïti earthquake and the eruption of the Soufriere Hill of
Montserrat from July 18, 1995 to October, 2003. Still, the Antilles
subduction zone remains a poorly known geological system compared to the
cascadian of the Japan subduction zones.
Joint efforts have been developed to obtain more
information on the seismicity, starting with the LADLE research group,
and lately with the Seismological Data Center for of the Antilles and
the DOMOSCAN project. Extensive instruments networks were deployed for
deformations measurements during the CoCoNet project. Geothermal
resources are also investigated, for example in Dominica and Guadeloupe.
Finally, several geophysical exploration campaigns have been conducted
by the University of French West Indies and the Seismic Research Center
to provide informations on structures and on the dynamic of sediments
transfer.
Aiming to promote multi-disciplinary approaches and
collaborative studies, we invite contributions from a wide range of
discipline, such as tectonics, volcanology, seismology, geodynamics,
geothermal, sedimentology, erosion and atmospheric sciences and modeling
to discuss all aspects of the Antilles subduction zone internal and
external dynamics.
We look forward to meeting you in Vienna,
Frédérick Massin, Mendy Bengoubou-Valérius, Marie-Lise Bernard
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