MARGINS Successor Planning Workshop - Agenda

Sunday, February 14 – Arrive

Early Afternoon - Tour of San Antonio Missions (Droxler)

17:00-19:00 Registration, Reception, and Ice Breaker

19:00-21:00 Dinner on your own

Monday, February 15

07:00-08:00 Breakfast

Morning Session

08:00-08:15 Workshop Organization and Objectives (Morgan and Conveners)

08:15-08:30 MARGINS Review & Decadal Review Committee Report (Abers)

08:30-08:45 NSF Update: MARGINS Past and Future (Haq)

08:45-09:00 NSF Update: New Initiatives at NSF (Detrick and others)

09:00-10:00 Subduction Zone Processes

09:00-09:15 K. Kelley - Overview and Future Perspectives on Subduction Zone Processes.
09:15-09:45 K. Wang - Subduction Zone Geodynamics: Walking the Maze of Coupling and Decoupling
09:45-10:00 Discussion

10:00-10:15 Coffee break

10:15-11:15 Rifting Processes

10:15-10:30 M. Behn - Overview and Future Perspectives on Rifting Processes.
10:30-11:00 D. Forsyth - Rupturing Continental Lithosphere: Scientific Challenges
11:00-11:15 Discussion

11:15-12:15 Sedimentary Processes

11:15-11:30 R. Slingerland - Control of Margin Dynamics by Sediments, Part 1
11:30-12:00 D. Mohrig - Control of Margin Dynamics by Sediments, Part 2
12:00-12:15 Discussion

12:15-13:30 Lunch

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30 Short Talks 1 – Geochemical Cycles

13:30-13:45 R. Dasgupta - Carbon Cycling in Subduction Zones
13:45-14:00 A. Shaw - Mantle Melting and Volatile Fluxes at the Gakkel Ridge - Can Ultra-Slow Spreading Systems Reveal Insights to Rift Initiation?
14:00-14:15 L. Derry - Surface Processes, Weathering Fluxes and CO2 Sinks in Arc Terranes
14:15-14:30 Discussion

14:30-15:30 Short Talks 2 – Convergent Margin Deformation

14:30-14:45 G. Spinelli - Effects of Fluid Circulation in Ocean Crust on Subduction Zone Temperatures and Metamorphism
14:45-15:00 H. Savage - Remotely Triggered Seismicity in Subduction Zones
15:00-15:15 M. Brudzinski - Episodic Tremor and Slip: Potential Clues to Accumulation of Strain and State of Stress on Faults
15:15-15:30 Discussion

15:30-15:45 Instructions for Break-Out Session 1

15:45-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:30 Break-Out Session 1 – Overarching Themes

17:30-19:00 Posters and Cash Bar

19:00-21:00 Conference Dinner (w/ MARGINS Classic Panel)

Tuesday, February 16

07:00-08:00 Breakfast

Morning Session

08:00-09:30 Summary & Discussion of Break-out Session 1

Session 1 Synthesis

09:30-10:15 Rheology and Deformation

09:30-10:00 G. Hirth - A Rheological Perspective on Current MARGINS Problems
10:00-10:15 Discussion

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-11:15 Fluids and Melts

10:30-11:00 T. Plank - The Production and Fate of Fluids and Magmas at Active Margins
11:00-11:15 Discussion

11:15-12:00 Sediments and Feedbacks

11:15-11:45 S. Gupta - Control of Margin Dynamics by Sediments: Part 3
11:45-12:00 Discussion

12:00-13:30 Lunch

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30 Short Talks 3 – Plate Boundary Deformation and Geodynamics

13:30-13:45 M. Pritchard - What Can We Learn About Subduction Zones and Rifting From Geodesy?
13:45-14:0 D. Shillington - Insights into tectonic and magmatic evolution of the crust and mantle lithosphere during rifting from passive margins: examples from the North Atlantic and the Black Sea
14:00-14:15 M. Billen - Geometry and Rates of 3D Mantle Flow in Subduction Zones
14:15-14:30 Discussion

14:30-15:30 Short Talks 4 – Tectonics, Surface Processes, and Crustal Growth

14:30-14:45 G. Bergantz - Geological Constraints on the Tempo and Styles of Arc Crust Generation and Differentiation, with an Emphasis on Crustal-Cross Sections
14:45-15:00 A. Densmore - Dynamics of Simple Sediment Routing Systems in Tectonically-Active Mountain Ranges
15:00-15:15 Discussion

15:15-15:30 Instructions for Break-Out Session 2

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-17:15 Break-Out Session 2 – Program Structure

New Initiatives & Questions

17:15-17:30 Break

17:30-19:00 Posters and Cash Bar

19:00-21:00 Dinner on your own

Wednesday, February 17

07:00-08:00 Breakfast

Morning Session

08:00-09:00 Summary & Discussion of Break-out Session 2

Session 2 Synthesis

09:00-09:45 Panel & Discussion – Relationships w/ Other Programs and Agencies

Discussion Thread

09:45-10:00 Coffee Break

10:00-10:30 Panel & Discussion – Relationships w/ Industry

Discussion Thread

10:30-11:30 Short Talks 5 – International Partners

10:30-10:45 K. Hoernle - Past and Potential Future Collaboration between MARGINS and the Collaborative Research Center (SFB574) in Kiel, Germany
10:45-11:00 S. Kodaira - MARGINS-IFREE collaboration - successful results and future directions
11:00-11:15 G. Kimura - Expectations for international MARGINS' collaborations from the point of view of an "active margin" country
11:15-11:30 Discussion

11:30-12:15 Panel & Discussion – Broader Impacts of MARGINS

Discussion Thread

12:15-13:30 Lunch

Afternoon Session

13:30-13:45 Implementation Models – Focus Sites vs. Themes (Abers)

The Future of Focus Sites: Some Models - Document and Discussion Thread

13:45-14:00 Instructions for Break-Out Session 3 (Implementation Models)

14:00-15:00 Break-Out Session 3 – Implementation & Broader Impacts

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30 Summary & Discussion of Break-out Session 3

Session 3 Synthesis

16:30-17:00 Discussion – The Role of Focus Sites in a MARGINS Successor (Abers)
The Future of Focus Sites: Some Models - Document and Discussion Thread

17:00-17:30 Future Plans (Morgan and Conveners)

19:00-21:00 Dinner on your own

Thursday, February 18

Half Day Field Trip To Canyon Lake Gorge (T. Gardner)

Science Plan Writing Activities



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