First Gordon Conference on Rock Deformation
Chair: Terry E. Tullis - Brown University
Vice Chair: Harry W. Green, II - University of California, Riverside
1. Mon AM - Present Understanding of Deformation in the Earth
Discussion Leader: Gloria Eisenstadt - Mobil Research and Development Co.
- Harry Green - University of California, Riverside - "The view from the laboratory"
- Stefan Schmid - Basel, Switzerland - "The view from the field"
- Marc Parmentier - Brown University - "The view from the office"
2. Mon Night - Ductile Flow Laws: The Laboratory Perspective
Discussion Leader: Arlo Fossum - RE/SPEC Inc.
- Jan Tullis - Brown University - "Crustal rocks"
- Dave Kohlstedt - University of Minnesota - "Mantle rocks"
3. Tue AM - Ductile Deformation: Bulk vs. Localized
Discussion Leader: Shun Karato - University of Minnesota-
- Ernie Rutter - University of Manchester - "Observations of crustal rocks"
- Adolphe Nicolas - Montpellier, France - "Observations of mantle rocks"
- Brad Hager - MIT - "Theoretical considerations"
4. Tue Night - Do Laboratory-Based Flow Laws Quantitatively Describe Flow in the Earth?
Discussion Leader: Ziqiong Zheng - Terra Tek Inc.
- Richard Peltier - University of Toronto - "Evidence from post-glacial rebound"
- Dan Schultz-Ela - Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas - "Evidence from
observations on flow of salt"
5. Wed AM - Constitutive Laws for Rock Friction
Discussion Leader: Jim Dieterich - U. S. Geological Survey
- Nick Beeler - Brown University - "What laws are best?"
- Chris Marone - MIT - "The influence of gouge on behavior"
- Toshi Shimomoto - University of Tokyo - "Behavior at high velocity and across the brittle-plastic transition"
6. Wed Night - Do Laboratory-Based Constitutive Laws Adequately Describe Faulting in the Earth?
Discussion Leader: Peter Bird - UCLA
- Jim Rice - Harvard University - "Model earthquake behavior with laboratory laws"
- Jim Byerlee - U. S. Geological Survey - "The complexities not included in existing laws"
7. Thur AM - The Brittle Ductile Transition
Discussion Leader: Brian Evans - MIT
- Teng-Fong Wong - SUNY, Stonybrook - "The view from experiments and theory"
- Florain Lehner - Royal Dutch Shell - "The role of pressure solution"
- Jim Evans - Utah State University - "What the rocks show"
8. Thur Night - How Weak are Faults and Why?
Discussion Leader: Kevin Furlong - Pennsylvania State University
- Mark Zoback - Stanford University - "What in situ measurements tell us"
- Mike Blanpied - U. S. Geological Survey - "Possible explanations for weak faults"
9. Fri AM - Outstanding Questions and How to Approach Them
Discussion Leader: Fred Dula - ARCO Exploration and Production Technology
- Fred Chester - St. Louis University - "What should we do next in the lab?"
- Ron Bruhn - University of Utah - "What more can we learn from the earth?"
- Roger Buck - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory - "Can we merge the lab and observational views?"