Divergent plate margins: Rift formation, propagation, and evolution

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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	3.4
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	Koptev: 3.8 Sleep: 3.8
20.4.2014	--	EGU presentation rehearsals
18.5.2017	Lars	Oblique rifting, transforms, and hyperextended margins Le Pourhiet, L., May, D.A., Huille, L., Watremez, L. and Leroy, S., 2017. A genetic link between transform and hyper-extended margins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 465, pp.184-192 Supplemental reading None

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Divergent plate margins: Rift formation, propagation, and evolution

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