Message-Id: From: Jeff Freymueller To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov, dorismail@cls.fr, ivsmail@ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov, SLRMail@dgfi.badw-muenchen.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [IGSMAIL-5988]: AGU2009 G11 session: Plate Motion and Plate Boundaries Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:54:34 -0800 Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 20 Aug 12:55:36 PDT 2009 Message Number 5988 ****************************************************************************** Author: Jeff Freymueller Dear Colleagues, As you think about the AGU meeting, please consider submitting to session G11, Plate Motions and Plate Boundaries. G11: Plate Motion and Plate Boundaries We seek geodetic and geologic studies on plate motion, microplate motion, and how they relate to elements in the deforming zones between the platesfaults, slip, great earthquakes, and mountains and rifts generated by active deformation. In addition to well-studied regions and plates, we specifically solicit abstracts that address plate motions and plate boundary deformation in the more remote areas of the world, where data are limited. Among the questions we seek answer are: How accurately can we measure plate motions today using geodesy? What is the impact of uncertainties in geocenter motion, or in models of GIA and other non-tectonic processes on the estimation of plate motions? What are the proper uncertainties in plate motion estimates, especially where data are sparse? What fraction of plate motion is being taken up on major faults, and what fraction is being taken up by distributed permanent strain that is becoming part of the geologic record? Are deforming belts better described by microplates or by a homogeneous medium? Do estimates of plate motion from magnetic anomalies, transform azimuths, and earthquake slip vectors differ significantly from those from GPS, VLBI, SLR, and DORIS? Conveners: Donald Argus Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA 91109 818 354 3380 Donald.F.Argus@jpl.nasa.gov Jeff Freymueller University of Alaska Fairbanks USA jeff.freymueller@gi.alaska.edu Rui Manuel Fernandes UBI, CGUL, IDL Portugal rmanuel@di.ubi.pt Dr. Jeffrey T. Freymueller Office: 907-474-7286 Geophysical Institute Fax: 907-474-7290 University of Alaska, Fairbanks Home: 907-479-3550 PO Box 757320 Cell: 907-378-7556 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320 email: jeff.freymueller@gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gps.alaska.edu/jeff/jeff.html Download Alaska GPS data: ftp://gps.alaska.edu/pub/gpsdata/