Rock Deformation from Field, Experiments and Theory
A meeting in honour of Professor E.H. Rutter
| Organised by: | Main Geological Society events |
| Date: | 30-31 May 2012 |
| Event Type: | Conference |
| Venue: | The Geological Society (Burlington House) |
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Registration rates
| Fellow £80.00 |
| Non-Fellow £120.00 |
| Student £50.00 |
| Retired £60.00 |
The field of rock deformation is central to the understanding of numerous aspects of Earth Sciences. Studies of brittle deformation and friction have furthered our knowledge of earthquake and faulting processes, as well as of how these affect fluid flow in the brittle crust. Studies in the plastic field have informed our knowledge of lower crustal and mantle rheology. Combined, these studies have given us constraints on the strength of the lithosphere that have been widely used for geodynamic modelling.
We are convening a meeting in honour of Professor E.H. Rutter for the significant contribution he has made to this field throughout his career. In particular, he has made seminal contributions in furthering our understanding of the rheology of calcite rocks, of pressure solution, of grain-size sensitive flow, of the interrelationships between deformation and metamorphism, of the structure and properties of the lower crust, of the rheology of partially molten rocks, and of the structure, microstructure and properties of brittle fault zones. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to science including The Wollaston Fund (1994) and Lyell Medal (1999) from the Geological Society, and the Louis Néel Medal (2011) from the EGU, and he was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2004. Moreover, through his teaching and supervision of students at Imperial College London, and at the University of Manchester, he has inspired several generations of geoscientists who now inhabit a wide domain across the Earth Sciences.
We are convening a meeting in honour of Professor E.H. Rutter for the significant contribution he has made to this field throughout his career. In particular, he has made seminal contributions in furthering our understanding of the rheology of calcite rocks, of pressure solution, of grain-size sensitive flow, of the interrelationships between deformation and metamorphism, of the structure and properties of the lower crust, of the rheology of partially molten rocks, and of the structure, microstructure and properties of brittle fault zones. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to science including The Wollaston Fund (1994) and Lyell Medal (1999) from the Geological Society, and the Louis Néel Medal (2011) from the EGU, and he was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2004. Moreover, through his teaching and supervision of students at Imperial College London, and at the University of Manchester, he has inspired several generations of geoscientists who now inhabit a wide domain across the Earth Sciences.
Keynote speakers include:
Rick Sibson, University of Otago, NZ
Chris Spiers, Utrecht University
David Mainprice, University of Montpellier
Convenors
Dan Faulkner, University of Liverpool
Julian Mecklenburgh, University of Manchester
Elisabetta Mariani, University of Liverpool
Steve Covey-Crump, University of Manchester
Registration
You can register for this conference either online or by downloading the PDF registration form below. Please note that the registration fees do not include accommodation. Further information about how to book accommodation will be sent with your registration confirmation details.
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