Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:34:11 +0100 From: Jürgen KlotzSubject: Crustal Deformation Symposium in Santiago de Chile, Oct 2002 IAG Symposium on Recent Crustal Deformation, Santiago de Chile, October 21 -25, 2002 Together with VII Int. Congress on Earth Sciences Session: Earthquake Related Studies Call for Contributions Dear Colleagues: The Military Geographic Institute of Chile will organize the VII. International Congress on Earth Science together with the International Symposium on "Recent Crustal Deformation in South America and Surrounding Areas" of IAG Commission XIV "Crustal Deformation" to be held in Santiago de Chile from 21-25 October 2002. Please consult the website http://www.igm.cl for additional information. Within the framework of the symposium a session about earthquake related studies is planned. Description of the session: The western coast of South America is the prime example for a convergent continental margin. Crustal deformation in this tectonically active area is dominated by transient effects related to the earthquake cycle. These effects include the interseismic built-up of elastic strain, the co-seismic strain release, and post-seismic relaxation processes. The increasing accuracies of high resolution geodesy are providing new insights into the earthquake cycle and plate boundary dynamics. The session "Earthquake Related Studies" will provide a forum for geodetic, seismologic, geologic and other observations and models that describe earthquake processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: earthquake related deformation measurements, analyses of surface and subsurface processes, the joint interpretation of complementary data sets, and future hazard assessment and monitoring strategies. Short contributions as well as extended presentations are welcome. Overview talks will summarize our current knowledge of the so called "earthquake deformation cycle" and will point out the open questions of this research field. Please forward this information to other colleagues that might be interested in the topic. Best regards, Jürgen Klotz ---------------------------------------------- PD Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Klotz GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) Section 1.1: Kinematics & Neotectonics Telegrafenberg A 17, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany phone: +49 (0)331 288-1118 fax: +49 (0)331 288-1759 klotz@gfz-potsdam.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------------