Carissimi Associati SGI,
Carissimi Soci Società Associate,
su indicazione del Prof. Rodolfo Carosi (Università Roma TRE, GFZ Potsdam) vi segnaliamo l'episodio 112 di Geology Bites (Conversations about geology with researchers making key contributions to our understanding of the Earth and the Solar System):
Claudio Faccenna (Università Roma TRE, GFZ Potsdam) on the Dynamics of Subduction Zones
Cordiali saluti,
La Segreteria SGI
The trenches of subduction zones rarely stay still. Instead, they often roll back toward the subducting plate, though sometimes they move laterally or even advance away from the subducting plate. In the podcast, Claudio Faccenna describes this behavior and explains our current theories as to what causes subduction zones to migrate.
Faccenna has been studying how convergent margins evolve for over 30 years, concentrating particularly on the Mediterranean region. He is Head of the lithospheric dynamics section at the Helmholtz Center for Geosciences at GFZ in Potsdam in Germany and also a Professor at the Department of Science at Roma Tre University.