Primary Convener:
Jonathan Snow, Louisiana State University

Convener:
Cynthia Ebinger, Tulane University
Wendy Nelson, Towson University
Martin Musila, Tulane University

Early Career Convener:
Keneni Godana, University of California Santa Barbara

Chair:
Jonathan Snow, Louisiana State University
Wendy Nelson, Towson University

The physics and chemistry of rift formation and evolution are among the most fundamental of Earth system processes. Continental rifts, oceanic rifts and backarc rifts in both environments have a host of commonalities that extend well beyond their external mechanical boundary conditions. Time and rate boundary conditions on lithosphere and mantle dynamics, lithospheric properties at rift inception and spreading, the phase relations of melting, the mechanics of melt transport all play significant roles in the evolution of the rift from extension, to rifting to sea floor spreading. This session aims to bring together oceanic and continental rift communities to understand the common types of mechanisms, data sets and intellectual approaches that are common to both communities. Seagoing and continental data sets are welcome that constrain structure, kinematics, hazards, dynamics of processes and models of the overall rift environment as it evolves toward spreading.

Index Terms
8109 Continental tectonics: extensional
8178 Tectonics and magmatism
8416 Mid-oceanic ridge processes
8488 Volcanic hazards and risks

Co-Sponsored Sessions:
JpGU： Japan Geoscience Union

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior

Cross-Listed:
V - Volcanology‚ Geochemistry and Petrology
S - Seismology