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2. Lithospheric and mantle dynamics (David Yuen and Huai Zhang)
This session will focus on fundamental issues of heat and mass transfer in the Earth's mantle
and its nonlinear interaction with the crust and lithosphere. We welcome contributions from
many vantage points, especially from multiscale points of view, towards this goal. Topics
ranging from both laboratory experiments to numerical simulations are appropriate.
Constraints from other geochemical and geophysical observations, in particular seismology
and mineral physics, are particularly welcome. We encourage contributions from younger
scientists.
Prof. David A. Yuen
Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and Minnesota Supercomputer Institute,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, USA
e-mail: davey@krissy.geo.wmn.edu
Prof. Huai Zhang,
Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
e-mail: hzhang@gweas.ac.cn
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3. Growth and evolution of the Asian continent (M. Zhai, S. Wilde, G. Zhao, M. Cho)
Asia is evolving into the next supercontinent, composed of diverse terranes; each with its own
unique story. Outstanding issues include the nature and distribution of the earliest crustal
components; the relative roles of mantle plumes versus subduction-related processes in the
Archean; the nature and timing of anorogenic magmatic and rifting events in the Proterozoic;
the evidence for, and timing of, continental collisions; crustal growth during the Phanerozoic;
evaluating geological correlations between various crustal components; and detailing the
consequences of mantle processes as they impinge on the evolving crust. We welcome
contributions on these and other related issues.
Mingguo Zhai,
Institute of Geology & Geophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 9825,
Beijing 100029, China
e-mail: mgzhai@mail.igcas.ac.cn
Simon Wilde,
Department of Applied Geology,
Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U1987,
Perth, 6845, Western Australia
e-mail: wildes@lithos.curtin.edu.au
Guochun Zhao,
Department of Earth Sciences,
The University of Hong Kong,
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
e-mail: gzhao@hkucc.hku.hk
Moonsup Cho,
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Seoul National University,
Seoul, 151-747, South Korea