MR52A:
Rheology of Earth's Mantle III Large-Scale Observations

Friday, 19 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Lowell M Miyagi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Lars N Hansen, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Anthony Brian Watts, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1, United Kingdom and Nadege Hilairet, University of Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Primary Conveners:  Lowell M Miyagi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Co-conveners:  Nadege Hilairet, University of Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Lars N Hansen, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom and Anthony Brian Watts, Univ Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaisons:  Lars N Hansen, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
MR52A-01
 
Observational Constraints on Lithospheric Rheology and Their Implications for Lithospheric Dynamics and Plate Tectonics
Shijie Zhong, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Anthony Brian Watts, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1, United Kingdom
10:35 AM
MR52A-02
 
Flexural modeling of circum-Pacific trench – outer rise systems and its implications for mantle rheology
Johnny Hunter, Anthony Brian Watts and Dan Bassett, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1, United Kingdom
10:50 AM
MR52A-03
 
Inferring Mantle Reology in Western Nevada Using Postseismic Relaxation and Lake Lahontan Rebound
Haylee Dickinson and Andrew Mark Freed, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
11:05 AM
MR52A-04
 
A- to B-Type Olivine Fabric Transitions Associated with Hydration, Dehydration and Shear Above the Farallon Flat Slab
Whitney M Behr and Douglas Smith, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
11:20 AM
MR52A-05
 
Low Water Content in the Center of an Upper Mantle Shear Zone
Kathryn Kumamoto1, Jessica M Warren1 and Erik H Hauri2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Carnegie Inst Washington, Washington, DC, United States
11:35 AM
MR52A-06
 
Mantle Water Fugacity is the Dominant Factor in Total Strength and Stability/Mobility of Continental Lithosphere
Anthony R Lowry1, Derek Schutt2, Marta Perez-Gussinye3, Xiaofei Ma1, Michael A Berry1 and Dhananjay Ravat4, (1)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom, (4)University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
11:50 AM
MR52A-07
 
Anisotropic Peridotite Rheology and Regional Upper Mantle Flow Patterns
Donna K Blackman1, Donald Boyce2, Paul Dawson2 and Olivier Castelnau3, (1)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France
12:05 PM
MR52A-08
 
Effects of the Depth-Dependent Grain Size on the Evolution of Earth's Mantle: Linking Mantle Rheology and Geophysical Observations
Petar Glisovic, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada and Alessandro M Forte, Université du Québec à Montréal, GEOTOP, Montreal, QC, Canada
 
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