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SUMMARY:Impact of thermal inheritance on rifting: insight from analytical 
 and thermo-mechanical models   - Prof. Laetitia Le Pourhiet\, Sorbonne Uni
 versité\, Paris
DTSTART:20241031T140000Z
DTEND:20241031T150000Z
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CONTACT:Sergei Lebedev
DESCRIPTION:The role of tectonic and thermal inheritance on rifting is wid
 ely recognised. While tectonic inheritance is known to survive many millio
 ns of years\, it is questionable whether thermal inheritance\, such as var
 iations of the depth of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary\, does. Yet
 \, this represents essential initial conditions of thermo-mechanical model
 s of rifting. Here\, we investigate the effect of heterogeneous heat produ
 ction distribution on continental rifting and focus on two different geolo
 gical examples: the South China Sea and the European Cenozoic Rift System.
  Both examples are located on the lower plate of a former subduction syste
 m\, with rifting of post-orogenic crust that displays lateral variation in
  lithologies and heat production. They mainly differ by the time lag betwe
 en the last thermo-tectonic event and the onset of rifting\, which allows 
 us to discriminate the lithospheric and crustal effects.
LOCATION:Bullard Lecture Theatre\, in the Wolfson Building at Madingley Ri
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