2:30 - 3:00pm
Symposium

The Plate Tectonic Approximation, Space Geodesy, Cenozoic True Polar Wander, and the Origin of the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend

Richard Gordon
50 Years of Plate Tectonics: Then, Now, and Beyond
2:30 - 3:00pm
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Documents and media

    Speaker(s)

    Richard Gordon

    Rice University, USA

    Events

    Welcome
    Barbara Romanowicz

    Symposium
    9:00 - 9:05am

    The Emergence of Plate Tectonics (From a Back Seat)
    Claude Jaupart

    Symposium
    9:05 - 9:15am

    Afterthoughts of a Witness: Comparing the Plate Tectonic Revolution to…
    Xavier Le Pichon

    Symposium
    9:15 - 10:00am

    My Perspective on the Origin of Plate Tectonics, and how Space Geodesy…
    Jason Morgan

    Symposium
    10:00 - 10:30am

    The Thermal Structure of the Oceanic Lithosphere
    Dan McKenzie

    Symposium
    10:30 - 11:00am

    CNEXO and Ifremer: Over Fifty Years of Worldwide Marine Scientific Res…
    Walter Roest

    Symposium
    11:30am - 12:00pm

    Where Did Geochemists Hide during the Plate Tectonics Revolution?…
    Francis Albarede

    Symposium
    12:00 - 12:30pm

    From Mantle Flow to Crustal Deformation, a Geological Perspective…
    Laurent Jolivet

    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm

    The Plate Tectonic Approximation, Space Geodesy, Cenozoic True Polar W…
    Richard Gordon

    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm

    Probing the Rheology of the Asthenosphere
    Roland Bürgmann

    Symposium
    3:30 - 4:00pm

    Mantle Earthquakes: Keys to Mantle Dynamics and the Strength of the Li…
    Peter Molnar

    Symposium
    4:00 - 4:30pm

    Large Earthquakes in Stable Plate Interiors: A Challenge to Plate Tect…
    Éric Calais

    Symposium
    4:30 - 5:00pm

    Intraplate Deformation: Short versus Long Time-Scales
    Luce Fleitout

    Symposium
    9:00 - 9:30am

    Imaging the Subduction
    Cesar Ranero

    Symposium
    9:30 - 10:00am

    Megathrust Earthquakes: How Large? How Destructive?…
    Jean-Philippe Avouac

    Symposium
    10:00 - 10:30am

    Current Understanding of Plate Divergence Processes at Mid-Oceanic Rid…
    Mathilde Cannat

    Symposium
    11:00 - 11:30am

    The Role of Magma in Continental Breakup and Seafloor Spreading…
    Roger Buck

    Symposium
    11:30am - 12:00pm

    How Plate Tectonics Drives the Geological Carbon Cycle
    Dietmar Müller

    Symposium
    12:00 - 12:30pm

    Plate Tectonics and Climate: What's New since Wegener and Koppen?…
    Gilles Ramstein

    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm

    Mantle Plumes as Presently Imaged by Global Seismic Tomography…
    Barbara Romanowicz

    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm

    Structure of Mantle Convection: Plumes and Plates
    Anne Davaille

    Symposium
    3:30 - 4:00pm

    Generation of Plate Tectonics from Grain to Global Scale
    David Bercovici

    Symposium
    4:00 - 4:30pm

    Will Plate Tectonics still Be our Paradigm in 50 Years?
    Nicolas Coltice

    Symposium
    4:30 - 5:00pm

    See also

    Barbara Romanowicz, chair Physics of the Earth's interior
    50 Years of Plate Tectonics: Then, Now, and Beyond