Primary Convener:
Donald Fisher, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus

Convener:
Kristin Morell, University of California Santa Barbara
Paul Mann, University of Houston
Gray Bebout, Lehigh University

Chair:
Gray Bebout, Lehigh University
David Scholl, University of Alaska Fairbanks

This session invites presentations on the subduction zones surrounding the Caribbean plate, where subduction inputs, sediment thickness, plate roughness, forearc structure, mass transport, fluid processes, seismicity, and active volcanism vary significantly. We seek contributions focused on these margins that explore slip behavior and deformation along the megathrust and upper plate, forearc architecture from geophysical surveys, long-term structural and thermal evolution, as well as volcanic hazards and gas outputs. We particularly invite discussions of how forearc and arc processes vary between the Lesser Antilles convergent margin and the forearc-arc complex of the Pacific margin of Central America, including the kinematics of their forearc slivers. We also welcome submissions that highlight new research across all ancient and modern subduction zones, including but not limited to, those utilizing plate reconstructions, on-land and marine geology, volcanology, geophysics, thermal and geodynamic modeling, geochemistry, petrology, paleoseismology, and experimental studies.

Index Terms
8123 Dynamics: seismotectonics
8155 Plate motions: general
8170 Subduction zone processes
8178 Tectonics and magmatism

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
V - Volcanology‚ Geochemistry and Petrology
S - Seismology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior