U41A
When and How Did Plate Tectonics Begin, What Came Before, and Why Is This Controversy Important for Understanding the Earth?

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
102 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Robert J Stern, Univ Texas Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
Conveners:  Taras Gerya, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Stephan V. Sobolev, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany and Paul Tackely, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Chairs:  Taras Gerya, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Stephan V. Sobolev, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
OSPA Liaisons:  Robert J Stern, Univ Texas Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
08:00
U41A-01
Why is understanding when Plate Tectonics began important for understanding Earth? (Invited) (58952)
Jun Korenaga, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
08:20
U41A-02
When Did Plate Tectonics Begin (Invited) (59095)
Michael Brown, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
08:40
U41A-03
Origin of plate tectonics: Grain-damage, inheritance and hysteresis (Invited) (75073)
David Bercovici, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States and Yanick R Ricard, LGLTPE Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon : Terre, Planètes et Environnement, 15 parvis Descartes, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
09:00
U41A-04
What was Earth's tectonic style before Plate Tectonics? (Invited) (60155)
Patrice F Rey, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
09:20
U41A-05
Plate Tectonics and Planetary Evolution: Implications for Understanding Exoplanets (Invited) (71268)
Linda T Elkins-Tanton, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
09:40
U41A-06
DISCUSSION: When and How did Plate Tectonics Begin, What Came Before, and Why is this Controversy important for Understanding the Earth and Exoplanets? (Invited) (59098)
Robert J Stern, Univ Texas Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States, Taras Gerya, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Stephan V. Sobolev, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany and Paul Tackely, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
 
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