1 Plenary: Global-Scale Processes: Global Plate Motions & Structure and Dynamics of the Earth's Mantle

Monday, 5 September 2011
8:45 AM - 10:40 AM
E 120 (Grosse Aula)

Presentations

• 8:50 AM
  THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLID EARTH OVER THE PAST 200 MILLION YEARS: CONSTRAINTS FROM MANTLE STRUCTURE, PLATE TECTONIC HISTORY, AND SURFACE GEOLOGY
  R. Dietmar Müller, The University of Sydney, Sydney
  189664 (Plenary Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  MAPPING THE MANTLE WITH SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY
  Brian Kennett, The Australian National University, Canberra
  189126 (Plenary Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  THE DYNAMICS OF PLATE TECTONICS AND MANTLE FLOW: FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES
  Michael Gurnis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Laura Alisic, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Georg Stadler, The University of Texas, Austin, TX and Carsten Burstedde, The University of Texas, Austin, TX and Omar Ghattas, The University of Texas, Austin, TX and Lucas Wilcox, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
  189468 (Plenary Sessions)