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Discussion meeting schedule

 

Thursday 10th February
Linnean Society Lecture Theatre

10:00 - 10:30

Registration and coffee

Session A: Interpreting the Observations: Models of Continental Deformation and the Earthquake Cycle

10:30 - 11:20

Brad Hager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Inferring seismogenic strain accumulation, crustal rheology, and mantle motions from combined geodetic, geologic, and stress observations [Abstract]

11:20 - 11:55

Tim Wright (University of Oxford)
InSAR Observations and Simple Models of Deformation in Fault Zones [Abstract]

11:55 - 12:30

Rob Reilinger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
GPS Constraints on Continental Deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus Region [Abstract]

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch

Session B: Observing the Earthquake Cycle

13:45 - 14:35

Kerry Sieh (California Institute of Technology)
Behavior of the Sumatran megathrust from coral paleoseismology, paleogeodesy and continuous GPS [Abstract]

14:35 - 15:10

Mohamed Chlieh (California Institute of Technology)
Crustal deformation and fault slip during the seismic cycle in the North Chile subduction zone, from GPS and InSAR observations [Abstract]

15:10 - 15:45

Herb Dragert (Geological Survey of Canada)
Episodic Tremor and Slip along the Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone [Abstract]

15:45 - 16:15

Introduction to posters

16:15 - 17:30

Wine and posters
 

Friday 11th February
Geological Society Lecture Theatre

09:45 - 10:15

Coffee

Session C: Measuring and Interpreting Continental Deformation

10:15 - 11:00

Jean-Philippe Avouac (Californian Institute of Technology)
The mechanics of the seismic cycle on continental thrust faults [Abstract]

11:00 - 11:35

Yann Klinger
The M7.8 Kokoxili earthquake (Tibet, 14/11/01): An integrated study from fieldwork to space observation [Abstract]

11:35 - 12:10

Jean Chery (University of Montpellier)
Continental tectonics and active faulting in Iran from GPS measurements [Abstract]

12:10 - 12:45

Roland Burgmann (University of California, Berkeley)
I Feel the Earth Move Under my Feet: Crustal Deformation in the San Francisco Bay Area [Abstract]

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch and British Geophysical Association AGM

Session D. Gravity, Topography and Tectonics

13:45 - 14:30

Dan McKenzie (University of Cambridge)
Estimating elastic thickness from satellite orbits [Abstract]

14:30 - 15:05

Nicola D'Agostino (INGV, Rome)
Geomorphological and geodetic constraints on active crustal deformation in the Apennines and surrounding regions [Abstract]

15:05 - 15:40

Andrew Sorby (University of Oxford)
Quantitative analysis of digital topography: Examples from the Basin and Range [Abstract]

15:40 - 16:00

Tea

16:00 - 18:00

RAS Monthly A & G (Ordinary) Meeting

18:00 - 19:00

Drinks Party (at the Royal Astronomical Society)