Mercoledì 25 e giovedì 26 marzo si terrà presso il Palazzo Corsini di Roma (Via della Lungara 10) il convegno dal titolo “Birth of a New Ocean in the Red Sea, Danakil and East Africa region”.
L’evento è organizzato dall’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
The formation of a new ocean through the separation of continental lithospheric blocks is one of the fundamental geological processes predicted by the theory of Plate Tectonics and the hypothesis of Continental Drift. Today, this process is observable in the region of the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa (Afar, East African Rift), where the Arabian plate is separating from the African plate. There is no other geological scenario of equal significance that so clearly demonstrates the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for a deeper understanding of such major phenomena.
In recent years, numerous studies in geodesy, seismology, geophysics, tectonics, magmatism, petrology, and geochemistry have taken shape in this region, contributing to an increasingly detailed and precise understanding of the ongoing processes. We propose a conference at the Accademia dei Lincei to bring together experts from various scientific disciplines, with the aim of reviewing the results achieved so far, analyzing the synergies between different areas of research, and outlining the prospects for future developments on this critical issue for the Earth Sciences. The goal of the conference is to provide a space for discussion among leading national and international experts, address open scientific challenges, and stimulate new reflections in a strictly academic context.
Programma
Mercoledì 25 marzo
10.00
Enrico Bonatti (Linceo, Istituto di Scienze Marine – CNR)
Brief introduction to the Meeting
10.20
Attila Balazs (ETH-Zurich)
Tectonic and magmatic evolution of rifted margins and oceanic spreading: inferences from thermo mechanical modelling
11.00
Coffee Break
11.30
Luca Lupi (Società Geografica Pontederese)
The Danakil Region
12.10
Giacomo Corti (Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, CNR)
Rift propagation, abandonment, migration and the complex volcano-tectonic evolution of the Southern Main Ethiopian Rift
12.50
Lunch
14.00
Carolina Pagli (Università di Pisa)
Deep magma underpressure and connectivity drive large dyke intrusions
14.40
Derek Keir (Università di Firenze)
Along rift variations in style of extension in Afar
15.20
Carlo Doglioni (Vicepresidente dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei)
Welcome on behalf of the Accademia dei Lincei – Why is an ocean born?
16.00
Coffee break
16.30
Neil C. Mitchell (University of Manchester):
Nubia-Arabia separation: clues from oceanic spreading fabric and seismic receiver function results
17.10
Alessio Sanfilippo (Università di Pavia)
Recurring signature of Proterozoic mantle in Arabian magmatism
Giovedì 26 marzo
10.00
Marco Ligi (Linceo, Istituto di Scienze Marine – CNR)
Parting continents: Lower-crustal intrusions delayed continental rupture in the Red Sea
10.40
Nico Augustin (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)
Activity, distribution, and biodiversity of hydrothermal vent sites in the Red Sea
11.20
Coffee break
11.50
Jamie Connoly (ETH, Zurich)
Thermobarometry as an inverse problem with incomplete information
12.30
Giulio Armando Ottonello (Linceo, Università di Genova)
The engine: ab-initio assisted petrology
13.10
Conclusions and Lunch
Per partecipare in presenza al convegno è necessaria l’iscrizione online.
Sarà possibile seguire l’evento anche in diretta streaming.
