Divergent plate margins: Rift formation, propagation, and evolution

Seminar info and schedule

For the spring of 2017 we'll discuss divergent plate margins, including the formation of rifts, their propagation, and their evolution.

Seminars will take place at 12-14 in room D501 of the Exactum. You may also want to see more information about the general format of the seminar.

A tentative schedule of readings is below.

Date	Discussion leader(s)	Topic and papers	Paper rating
19.1.2017	n/a	Organizational meeting
2.2.2107	Dharmindar	Continental break-up Ebinger, C., 2005. Continental break-up: the East African perspective. Astronomy & Geophysics, 46(2), pp.2-16 Supplemental reading None	3.6
9.2.2017	Dave	Magma-poor versus volcanic rifted margins Franke, D., 2013. Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins. Marine and Petroleum geology, 43, pp.63-87 Supplemental reading Ziegler, P.A. and Cloetingh, S., 2004. Dynamic processes controlling evolution of rifted basins. Earth-Science Reviews, 64(1), pp.1-50	3.2
16.2.2017	Jorina	Dynamics of rifting Ziegler, P.A. and Cloetingh, S., 2004. Dynamic processes controlling evolution of rifted basins. Earth-Science Reviews, 64(1), pp.1-50 (only sections 1-3) Supplemental reading None	3.8
23.2.2017	Lars	Dynamic models of rifting Schmeling, H., 2010. Dynamic models of continental rifting with melt generation. Tectonophysics, 480(1), pp.33-47 Supplemental reading None	4.1
16.3.2017	Dave	How is extension distributed in the lithosphere? Huismans, R.S. and Beaumont, C., 2014. Rifted continental margins: the case for depth-dependent extension. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 407, pp.148-162 Supplemental reading Huismans, R. and Beaumont, C., 2011. Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins. Nature, 473(7345), pp.74-78	3.7
30.3.2017	Lotta	Rifting of Wilson Cycle margins Buiter, S.J. and Torsvik, T.H., 2014. A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?. Gondwana Research, 26(2), pp.627-653 Supplemental reading None	3.3
6.4.2017	Jorina	Modelling the Greenland-Norway separation Mosar, J., Eide, E.A., Osmundsen, P.T., Sommaruga, A. and Torsvik, T.H., 2002. Greenland–Norway separation: a geodynamic model for the North Atlantic. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 82 Supplemental reading None
13.4.2017	Dharmindar	Rifting and plume-lithosphere interaction Koptev, A., Calais, E., Burov, E., Leroy, S. and Gerya, T., 2015. Dual continental rift systems generated by plume-lithosphere interaction. Nature Geoscience, 8(5), pp.388-392 Sleep, N.H., Ebinger, C.J. and Kendall, J.M., 2002. Deflection of mantle plume material by cratonic keels. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 199(1), pp.135-150 Supplemental reading None

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