Rheology of Continental Lithosphere Seminar - SIO 239
http://igpp.ucsd.edu/~fialko/rheo
Instructor
Yuri Fialko yfialko{at}ucsd.edu
Seminar class
Mon 10-11 am, Munk Conference Room
class@ucsd.edu
SYLLABUS
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Date
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Topic
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Reading
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Discussion Leader
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08 APR
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Introduction
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Yuri
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15 APR
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Seismological constraints
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J. Jackson, Strength of the continental lithosphere: Time to abandon the jelly sandwich?, GSA Today, 2002
S. Lamb, Earth science: Is it all in the crust?, Nature N&V, 2002
Burov and Watts, The long-term strength of continental lithosphere: "jelly sandwich", or "crème brûlée"?, GSA Today, 2006
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Dallas
Thomas
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22 APR
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Experimental constraints
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Carter and Tsenn, Flow properties of continental lithosphere, Tectonophysics, 1987
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Erica
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29 APR
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Experimental constraints
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Mercier, Magnitude of the continental lithospheric stresses inferred from rheomorphic petrology, JGR, 1980
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James
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06 MAY
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Geodetic and geologic constraints
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Rheology of the lower crust and upper mantle: Evidence from rock mechanics, geodesy and field observations, Ann. Rev. Earth Plan. Sci., 2008
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Soli
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13 MAY
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Post-seismic deformation
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Freed et al., Using short-term postseismic displacements to infer the ambient deformation conditions of the upper mantle, JGR, 2012
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Robert
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20 MAY
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Lake loading
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Wang et al., Deformation cycles of subduction earthquakes in a viscoelastic Earth, Nature, 2012
Bills et al., Viscosity estimates for the crust and upper mantle from patterns of lacustrine shoreline deformation in the Eastern Great Basin, JGR, 1994
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Kang
Bill
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27 MAY
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No class (Memorial Day)
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03 JUN
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Postglacial rebound
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Peltier et al., Postglacial rebound and transient rheology, GRL, 1980
Fleming et al., Glacial-isostatic Adjustment and the Viscosity Structure Underlying the Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland, PAGEOPH, 2007
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Katia
Eric (Xiaohua)
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10 JUN
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Effects of shear localization
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Montesi, Fabric development as the key for forming ductile shear zones and enabling plate tectonics, J. Struct. Geol., 2013
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Eric
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SIO 239 SUGGESTED BOOKS (some on reserve at SIO Library):
Rheology of the Earth. Deformation and flow processes in geophysics and geodynamics Ranalli, G., Allen & Unwin, Boston, MA, 1986.
The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting Scholz, C., 2nd edition, 504 pp, 2002.
Principles of structural geology, J. Suppe, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1985.