[Geoinfo] Fwd: IODP workshop on slow slip events: 1-5 August 2011

[Patricia Alvarado]

>>> ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AN UPCOMING IODP WORKSHOP:

USING OCEAN DRILLING TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF SLOW SLIP EVENTS
1-5 August 2011, in Gisborne, New Zealand
Workshop sponsored by IODP, the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, and
the New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation

Deadline to submit an application to attend is 15 April 2011

Workshop Motivation and Description:

Slow slip events (SSEs) are a new class of shear slip found at
subduction margins around the globe that have revealed the broad
spectrum of fault slip behaviour. The relatively close proximity of
SSEs to the seafloor in New Zealand, central Japan, and Costa Rica
indicates that ocean drilling studies can play an important role in
revealing the physical processes behind SSE occurrence. In some cases
(such as in New Zealand) direct sampling of the SSE source area may be
possible. While the science is exciting, the practical issues of
addressing transient slip behaviour in deep settings such as
subduction zones are challenging, and will require extensive
discussion, planning, and debate to develop the science and technology
for achieving it. This workshop is intended to move ahead with this
exciting challenge and facilitate discussion among the scientific
community on ways to use ocean drilling to elucidate the processes
behind slow slip event occurrence.

Apply to attend the workshop

We encourage applicants with interests in subduction margin tectonics,
fault mechanics, SSE processes, seismology, marine geophysics,
hydrogeology, geodesy, geochemistry, ocean drilling, and submarine
observatory instrumentation. We also encourage graduate students and
early career scientists to apply. Travel and accommodation support
will be provided to successful applicants, depending on demand and
availability. For further information and to apply to attend the
workshop, please go to
http://www.gns.cri.nz/slowslip
Application deadline is 15 April 2011.

Workshop steering committee: Laura Wallace (co-chair; GNS Science, New
Zealand), Eli Silver (co-chair; Univ.California-Santa Cruz), Nathan
Bangs (co-chair; University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics),
Rebecca Bell (Imperial College, London), Stuart Henrys (GNS Science,
New Zealand), Joshu Mountjoy (NIWA, New Zealand), Ingo Pecher (GNS
Science, New Zealand)

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