2014 CIG-EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling Workshop
The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics' (CIG) long-term tectonics community is partnering with EarthScope for the first CIG-EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling workshop, to be held in Tempe, Arizona at the EarthScope National Office on the Arizona State University Campus February 3-4, 2014.
This meeting will focus on geodynamic modeling of lithosphere dynamics, data integration, and the software tools that facilitate this work. The primary goal of this workshop is to establish use cases, which will facilitate the development of a list of functional specification, scientific goals and end-user criteria that will improve current and future development of lithosphere modeling software as well as enhance use of EarthScope-related observations of lithospheric structure and deformation. Discussion will also include best practices for dissemination of codes, including contribution of open-source codes to CIG, training, manual development, and how CIG can help PIs achieve their software development and data management goals.
The workshop will combine developer presentations on new advances in lithosphere modeling tools, posters and identification of science drivers and datasets that are advancing our understanding of lithosphere deformation. In depth discussions between end-users and developers will address the needs and goals of both groups and how this can be integrated into the EarthCube framework. The primary goal of these discussions is to develop a white paper that will outline a 5-10 yr roadmap for the long-term tectonics community including major scientific goals, numerical advances, and benchmarks.
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
The CIG Long Term Tectonics Working Group aims to provide numerical tools to researchers who investigate the behavior of the lithosphere and upper mantle over time scales on the order of 104-9 years. Studies undertaken by the LTT community commonly focus on subduction of the tectonic plates, creation and evolution of mid-ocean ridges, upwelling and self-spreading of sub-lithospheric mantle plumes, and large-scale continental deformation. Such simulations are complex and involve multiple scales of interaction between materials of widely varying rheologies, from linear/non-linear viscous to brittle faulting, as well as other multi-physics problems like two-phase flow of melts or other fluids and chemical evolution during the above processes.
For more information please contact us at events@geodynamics.org or the conference organizers:
- Jolante van Wijk, New Mexico Tech
- Claire Currie, University of Alberta
- Catherine Cooper, Washington State University
- Eric Mittelstaedt, University of Idaho
- Lorraine Hwang, CIG, University of California, Davis
- Ramon Arrowsmith, EarthScope, Arizona State University
AGENDA
Final agenda.
ABSTRACTS
Meeting abstracts.
REGISTRATION ***CLOSED
*** Workshop is FULL. Registrations are still being accepted. Participants will be notified on a space available basis.
Participation is limited to 40 attendees.
Participants will be selected for breadth according to their statement of interest on the registration form and abstract submission.
Participants will be notified by January 3, 2014.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ***CLOSED
Abstract should be submitted by January 15, 2014 to events@geodynamics.org.
PRE-MEETING QUESTIONNAIRE
Participants are required to return the pre-meeting questionnaire by January 15, 2014 to events@geodynamics.org.
SPONSORED BY:
- CIG and EarthScope
with additional support from:
- EarthCube
