2010 Rock Deformation Gordon Research Conference at Tilton School, New Hampshire

2010年8月8日至13日在新罕布什尔州蒂尔顿学院举行的2010年岩石变形戈登研究会议，突出了脆性和延性岩石力学的最新研究和未来趋势，包括实验、现场和理论贡献。这次会议汇集了这些研究领域的专家和学生，以及研究相同过程的实验家和理论家。参与者将探索关于非稳态变形的已知知识，以及如何通过地质和地球物理现场调查、实验室实验和建模来推进当前的理解。主题会议包括：1)什么是稳态？2)发震断裂和脆断岩；3)地震周期的幕式蠕变；4)温度和应力循环区域的变形；5)变形、变质和流体作用；6)变形过程中的机理和微观组织转变；7)与地幔地球物理相关的微观结构转变机制。与会者包括岩石力学、地震学、构造学、流变学、大地测量学和构造地质学方面的专家，反映了会议主题的多学科性质。该计划为所有会议参与者提供了大量的时间来讨论当前的问题和未来的研究方向。这次会议的主要目的不是评估或介绍已经取得的成就，而是展望未来，开辟新的研究方向。会议形式旨在让一系列学科领域的知名领导者（包括男性和女性）与所有参与者进行讨论，并激励将推动该领域向前发展的博士后科学家和研究生。

The 2010 Rock Deformation Gordon Research Conference, held August 8-13, 2010 at Tilton School, New Hampshire, highlights the latest research and future trends in brittle and ductile rock mechanics, with experimental, field and theoretical contributions. This conference brings together experts and students in these research areas with experimentalists and theoreticians studying the same processes. Participants explore what is known about non steady-state deformation and how to advance current understanding through geological and geophysical field investigations, laboratory experiments and modeling. Thematic sessions are: 1) what is steady-state?; 2) seismogenic faulting and brittle fault rocks; 3) episodic creep during the seismic cycle; 4) deformation in zones of temperature and stress cycling; 5) deformation, metamorphism and fluids; 6) mechanism and microstructure transitions during deformation; 7) mechanism and microstructure transitions related to mantle geophysics. Participants include specialists in rock mechanics, seismology, tectonics, rheology, geodesy, and structural geology reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the conference theme. The program includes significant time for all conference participants to debate current problems and future research directions. The principal goal of this conference is not so much to assess or present what has already been accomplished, but rather to look towards the future and open up new research directions. The conference format is designed to involve established leaders, both men and women, in a range of disciplines, in discussion with all participants, and to inspire the postdoctoral scientists and graduate students who will carry the field forward.