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TS Tectonics and Structural Geology Division on Tectonics and Structural Geology

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Division on Tectonics and Structural Geology
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Division on Tectonics and Structural Geology

President: Paola Vannucchi (ts@egu.eu)
Deputy President: João C. Duarte (jdduarte@fc.ul.pt)

The Division on Tectonics and Structural Geology (TS) investigates rock deformation at all scales with the aim to decipher its complex relationships with Earth dynamics. We use natural observations, including mapping, remote sensing and seismics, and experimental methods. The division is highly interdisciplinary, with strong ties with other EGU divisions including GD, EMRP, SM, SSP, GM, G, and GMPV.

NEWS & NEWSLETTER


20. Jan 2022

Join the ECS Representative team of the EGU TS Division

We’re now looking for applicants to join the Early-Career Scientists (ECS) Representative team!

Each EGU division has a representative for its Early-Career Scientists (ECS), acting as a critical link between them and the Union. ECS Representatives work to ensure the needs of ECS members are satisfied, at the General Assembly (GA) in Vienna, and throughout the year. They also take on other responsibilities, depending on experience and interests, ranging from outreach to networking, blogging, or anything else that engages division members.

Currently, the EGU TS Division operates under a three-person representative structure consisting of a 'main' representative, an 'incoming' representative, and a 'shadowing' representative. If you are an ECS of the TS division (see definition) you can always get in contact with the ECS representative team if you have any problems, complaints, suggestions, or simply want to reach out. For instance between the general assemblies of EGU21 and EGU22, you can approach David Fernández-Blanco (main), Silvia Crosetto (incoming), and/or Gino de Gelder (shadowing).

EGU TS ECS Representative team selection process

Any ECS member of the TS division can become an ECS Representative. When freshly elected, the new ECS representative will serve as a 'shadowing' representative for a year: although they cannot attend Union- or Division-wide meetings, they will be involved in team organization, in close contact with the other two representatives, and assist them as needed while being updated about the main points of the meetings. In doing so, the 'shadowing' representative can get to know the team and its processes, and acquire insight into the role. After a year, they are promoted to the position of 'incoming' representative and are exposed to meetings with the division president, other EGU division representatives, and the union-wide activities they promote, while getting prepared to assume the lead as 'main' representative in the third year. This is the point at which they become the official face and voice of the ECS members of the TS division.

Election Procedure

The ECS representative of the TS Division is chosen annually and begins their duties at the General Assembly (GA), which is typically held in April. The application period begins 3 months before the GA (in January) and remains open for a month (until the end of February). The selection committee (ECS representative team, presidential team, and the chiefs of media, blogs, and activities teams) evaluates submitted applications early in March and chooses the candidate, who will be announced during the EGU GA of that year. Applicants must be EGU ECS members at the time of submission (see definition) and remain so for two or more years to ensure they are still ECS when they are appointed as 'main' representative. Applicants should have a strong sense of responsibility and commitment, and will direct their passion and energy to represent and help EGU TS ECS and support and promote the TS division’s ongoing and upcoming activities. If interested, please check the handover document for ECS division representatives as well as the EGU TS ECS team activity table to better understand the range of responsibilities and activities of the EGU ECS TS team and representatives. Interested applicants should submit to ts@egu.eu a 1-pg CV including relevant entries to the post, time of latest academic degree, periods of exception (caring and/or parental responsibilities, disability, etc), management and organizational abilities, leadership in other activities, prior/current EGU engagement, and a letter (max. 500 words) roughly outlining motivation and potential actions to implement during the post. The TS division promotes and supports equality, diversity, and inclusion; applicants from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Interested applicants should submit to ts@egu.eu a 1-pg CV including relevant entries to the post, time of latest academic degree, periods of exception (caring and/or parental responsibilities, disability, etc), management and organizational abilities, leadership in other activities, prior/current EGU engagement, and a letter (max. 500 words) roughly outlining motivation and potential actions to implement during the post. The TS division promotes and supports equality, diversity, and inclusion; applicants from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.


07. Jan 2022

Introduction to the Newsletter

We have decided to open a new communication channel in the shape of a newsletter. In the past, pertinent updates and modifications about the activities created and promoted by the ECS TS team, the blog, media and activities subteams and the ECS TS Representative, have been made informally and internally.  We are now committed in our attempt to increase openness and transparency from the ECS team of the TS division to the ECS TS members of the EGU community. We want to work with open doors and have chosen to make a consistent effort to publish an "update report" at the end of each month, and other news as frequently as necessary. We aim for a larger engagement with our EGU ECS TS community, and we hope that the increased communication that the TS newsletter will secure will help us achieve this goal.

The newsletter will report on plans that are slated to be executed, announcements about upcoming events and  information about the activities that take place in different subteams, as well as at ECS representative and  council level. Stay tuned!!


10. April 2019

TS Division Meeting

You can be part of shaping the way forward for the TS Division by joining the Division Meeting today at 12:45–13:45 in Room K2.

 


09. April 2019

Serge Lallemand to receive Stefan Mueller Medal!

Congratulations to Serge Lallemand for receiving the Stephan Mueller Medal!

 


05. April 2019

Welcome to Vienna!

Welcome to Vienna! The General Assembly 2019 will kick off on Sunday evening at 18:30 with the opening reception in Foyer F. You can pick up your badges from 12:00 on in hall X.2. If you haven't done so yet, now is a good time to put together your personal program and install the egu2019 app on your phone. Enjoy your stay!

 


07. January 2019

Abstract submission: 3 days left!

The new year starts off with the deadline for the EGU 2019 General Assembly approaching on January 10th. If you haven't done so, please consider submitting an abstract to one of our many exciting TS sessions. Only 2019 EGU members will be able to submit abstracts as first author to the 2019 meeting and, with a few exceptions outlined below, only one abstract as first author will be permitted.

for more information click here.

 


25. October 2018

Call for abstracts to the EGU 2019 General Assembly now open!

The EGU 2019 General Assembly, taking place in Vienna (Austria) on 7–12 April 2019, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2019 or, for those applying for Roland Schlich travel support, 1 December 2018. Only 2019 EGU members will be able to submit abstracts as first author to the 2019 meeting and, with a few exceptions outlined below, only one abstract as first author will be permitted.

for more information click here.

 


23. October 2018

EGU annonced winners of next years medals

The The EGU announced the winners of next years medals. The winners in the TS division are Serge Lallemand, who is awarded the Stephan Mueller Medal and Daniel Pastor-Galán, who receives the Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award.

Congratulation!

 

02. October 2018

Call for Abstracts

The abstract submission for EGU General Assembly 2019 will be openend on 22. October 2018. Time to start thinking about your contributions! 

The submission link will be provided once available.

 

29. June 2018

Call for Session Proposals

The next EGU General Assembly 2019 (EGU2019) will be held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) from 07 to 12 April 2019. The call for session proposals is now open until 06 September 2018. If you have a good idea for a session that fits the TS division objectives, please go ahead and propose one! You can do this at: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/provisionalprogramme

NEW IN 2019

a) For the first time, the skeleton programme consists only of the programme groups and their sub-programme groups. The programme groups do not show sessions from last year. This means that all session proposals need to be submitted, also those on classic topics in the community.

b) The deadline for suggesting Union Symposia and Great Debates is 15 August 2018. Please see the guidelines (https://www.egu2019.eu/guidelines/us_and_gdb_guidelines.html) for more information.

 

12. April 2018

ECS Award Lecture by Fabio Corbi

Today Fabio Corbi will present his TS Division Outstanding ECS Lecture with the title "On the relationship between interseismic coupling and earthquake slip pattern". Join us for this great event at 11:45 in room K1! 

 

11. April 2018

TS Division Meeting

The Division Meeting for Tectonics and Structural Geology (TS) is happening today at 12:15 in room D2. The community is strongly encouraged to join, meet the TS board, learn about our activity and participate in improving EGU.

 

8. April 2018

EGU General Assembly 2018 opening today

EGU 2018 is starting today! The registration is open from 12:00 on in hall X5 opposite the main entrance. The opening reception starts at 18:30 in the foyer of the main building. We wish you all a save journey to Vienna.

 


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Recent awardees

Yann Klinger

Yann Klinger

  • 2024
  • Stephan Mueller Medal

The 2024 Stephan Mueller Medal is awarded to Yann Klinger for his exceptional interdisciplinary contribution to the fields of seismology and palaeo-seismology, in particular, for his groundbreaking development of space seismology.


Richard G. Gordon

Richard G. Gordon

  • 2023
  • Stephan Mueller Medal

The 2023 Stephan Mueller Medal is awarded to Richard G. Gordon in recognition for his outstanding and innovative contribution to global tectonics, in particular, for his leadership of the NUVEL (Northwest University Velocity) and MORVEL (Mid-Ocean Ridge Velocity) global plate motion projects.


Afonso Gomes

Afonso Gomes

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Afonso Gomes 2D numerical modelling of Tethyan-type ophiolite emplacement: The role of overriding plate age, serpentinization, and OCT width.


Caroline Haslebacher

Caroline Haslebacher

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Caroline Haslebacher Mapping linear surface features on Europa using a deep learning framework


Jessica McBeck

Jessica McBeck

  • 2023
  • Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists

The 2023 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Jessica McBeck for developing a new and unique understanding of strain localization mechanisms that control failure across scales, with the application of novel investigation techniques and modelling tools.

Latest posts from the TS blog

Geotandem: The Tectonics (or lack thereof) of Mars

Welcome to the first of its kind, the Geotandem 01! A collaborative series between EGU divisions. Interdisciplinarity is intrinsic to Geosciences, so we want to showcase how researchers approach the same topics from different but also complementing perspectives. In each edition, we will bring you a high-interest topic for the community seen from the eyes of diverse disciplines. Today, the Tectonics & Structural, Geodesy and Geodynamics divisions come together to present one of our favourite planets of the solar system, …


TS Must-Read – Mancktelow (2008): Tectonic pressure: Theoretical concepts and modelled examples

Neil Mancktelow published this Must-Read paper on the concept of “tectonic pressure” in 2008. The paper reviews previous work and theoretical concepts published on this fundamental topic. Additionally, numerical models that estimate the magnitude of tectonic pressure variations are presented for several realistic natural structures, such as folds, boudins, and inclusions. The premise of tectonic pressure is that the pressure distribution in heterogeneous rocks is neither static nor homogeneous, i.e., the absolute pressure varies in space and time. Further, pressure …


TS Must-Read – Bürgmann and Dresen (2008): Rheology of the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle: Evidence from Rock Mechanics, Geodesy and Field Observations

In 2008 Roland Bürgmann and Georg Dresen published their Must-Read paper on the rheology of the lower crust and upper mantle, based on findings from the lab, the field and space. As stated in the introduction, “rheology is the study of the flow and deformation of all forms of matter,” and as such the rheology of the Earth’s lower crust and upper mantle is closely linked to the evolution and deformation of tectonic plates as a whole. This paper is …


TS Must-Read – Hudec and Jackson (2007) Terra infirma: Understanding salt tectonics

The TS Must-Read paper by Hudec and Jackson (2007) provides a combination of analogue models and natural cases to describe, in a review paper, salt flow mechanisms, diapir growth, and the ways these processes interact with regional deformation, in compression and extensional tectonics. Salt is mechanically weak and can flow like a fluid under gravitation, displacement, and thermal loading. However, the strength of the overlying sediment is the first factor in controlling the salt body behavior: the higher the strength …

Current issue of the EGU newsletter

How do you get more people to care for the geosciences – a field that affects and influences all of life itself? Scientists across the EGU network share their stories!

Friedrich Barnikel outlines how, since 2003, EGU brings together scientists and teachers for capacity-building workshops, while Evi Nomikou takes us through EGU’s third Geoscience Day, highlighting volcanic geohazards to over 260 school students.

We also hear from Grace Skirrow who breaks down a seemingly complex subject like fluvial geomorphology and the role that it can play in policy decisions. Meanwhile, geologist Sinelethu Hashibi explains why she’s driven to translate geoscience for isiXhosa-speaking communities. And for those of you fond of card games, don’t miss the launch of QUARTETnary: a game about the geological time scale, developed by Iris van Zelst and Lucia Perez-Diaz and partly funded by the EGU Public Engagement Grant 2021.

Finally, don’t forget to visit our EGU24 page to stay up-to-date with information on the upcoming General Assembly this April. You can also subscribe to receive monthly updates in your inbox at the beginning of each month.

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