Open AccessSubduction: From mantle flow to great earthquakes
Author(s) -
Morra Gabriele,
Yuen Dave A.,
Lee SangMook
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo450007
Subject(s) - subduction , geodynamics , geology , mantle (geology) , seismology , plate tectonics , predictability , tectonics , volcanism , slab window , geophysics , earth science , hotspot (geology) , oceanic crust , physics , quantum mechanics
International Conference on Geophysics of Slab Dynamics;Jeju Island, South Korea, 19–22 August 2012 In a recent meeting on Jeju Island, South Korea, a community of researchers, half from East Asia and half from North America and Europe, came together to study subduction from complementary points of view—seismology, geodynamics, mineral physics, and tectonics—to enhance the synergy between subduction‐related disciplines. The discussion focused on the predictability of the largest earthquakes, the origin of the interplate volcanism in Asia, the challenges for numerical modelers, and how the subduction process influences the evolution of the mantle.