Session outline
 
Solid Earth Sciences(S)
Session Sub Category Science of the Earth's Interior & Tectonophysics(IT)
Session ID S-IT12
Title Tectonic processes on the incoming plate seaward of the trench: Inputs to subduction zones
Short title Tectonic processes on the incoming plate
Convener Name Makoto Yamano
Affiliation Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Co-convener 1. Name Tomoaki Morishita
Affiliation School of Natural System, Colleage of Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
Co-convener 2. Name Gou Fujie
Affiliation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Co-convener 3. Name Susanne Straub
Affiliation Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
International Symposium 'International Symposium' in addition to Scientific session.
Language English
Scope Various tectonic processes occur on the seaward side of the trench associated with bending of the incoming oceanic plate, e.g., fracturing of oceanic crust, infiltration of water, and intraplate volcanism. Investigation of these processes and their influence on the incoming plate provides important information on the boundary condition at the trench, inputs to subduction zones. We welcome contributions from a broad range of earth science (geophysics, geology, petrology, and so on) discussing topics related to inputs to subduction zones such as occurrence of tectonic processes due to bending of the incoming plate, modification of the incoming plate by the processes, relationship between the processes and the inherited structure of the incoming plate, and influence of the processes on the subduction plate interface.
Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation
Invited papers Tsuyoshi Ishikawa (JAMSTEC)
Masao Nakanishi (Chiba University)
Koichiro Obana (JAMSTEC)
Yuji Sano (University of Tokyo)