[unav_all] MR019: The Mechanics of Slow Earthquakes as illuminated by observational-, theoretical- and laboratory studies.

[Chris Marone]

Dear Colleagues-

Please consider submitting an abstract to the special session on:  The Mechanics of Slow Earthquakes as illuminated by observational-, theoretical- and laboratory studies.

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13246

The  AGU abstract deadline is 3 Aug.

Best regards, Chris (for Don and Zhigang)
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Chris J. Marone                                         office: 814-865-7964
Prof. of Geophysics                                   fax: 814-863-7823
Associate Director Institute for Natural Gas Research at Penn State
536 Deike Building                                     lab: 814-865-6147
Pennsylvania State University                   marone at psu.edu
University Park, PA  16802                        www.geosc.psu.edu/~cjm
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Session ID#: 13246
Session Description: Recent studies show that tectonic faults exhibit a broad spectrum of slip behaviors ranging from creep to earthquakes, including several phenomena that were unknown as recently as 15 years ago.  This session will bring together scientists studying the underlying physics that dictate slow slip. Our goal is to foster critical thinking about the mechanics of slow earthquakes as revealed by multidisciplinary observations. Key questions to be addressed include: 1) what processes dictate fault slip rate and rupture propagation velocity during slow slip, 2) what are the relationships between slow and normal earthquakes, and 3) what are the critical issues that need to be resolved to advance our understanding of the physics of slow slip. We welcome contributions from observational-, theoretical-, and laboratory-based research programs.
Primary Convener:  
Chris Marone, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States 
Conveners:  
Donald M Fisher, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States and Zhigang Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States 
Co-Organized with:
Mineral and Rock Physics, and Tectonophysics

Invited Speakers:
Heidi Houston, Jessica Hawthorne

Cross-Listed:
	• G - Geodesy
	• S - Seismology
	• T - Tectonophysics

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
	• T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

3902 Creep and deformation [MINERAL PHYSICS] 
7209 Earthquake dynamics [SEISMOLOGY] 
7223 Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction [SEISMOLOGY] 
8118 Dynamics and mechanics of faulting [TECTONOPHYSICS]