Soft Earth Geophysics

Presentations

• From Fracture to Flow: How Calving Ice Sheets Drive Mélange Behavior and Fjord Ocean Dynamics

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Yue Meng

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Yue Meng

    • Purdue University

  • Xueji Shi

  • Yilang Xu

  • Thomas Haine

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• A Microstructural Rheological Model for Transient Creep in Polycrystalline Ice

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Alex Vargas

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Alex Vargas

    • Emory University

  • Ranjiangshang Ran

    • Emory University

  • Justin Burton

    • Emory University

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• Understanding creep dynamics in model earth systems

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Nandish Vora

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Nandish Vora

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Shravan Pradeep

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Douglas Jerolmack

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Paulo Arratia

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Direct comparison of labquake and earthquake aftershocks sequences

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Publication: A. Mathey, J. Crassous, D. Marsan, J. Weiss, and A. Amon, Aftershocks as a Time Independent Phenomenon, Geophysical Research Letters 52, e2024GL112618 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Axelle Amon

    • Universite Rennes 1

  Authors

  • Ambroise Mathey

    • EPFL

  • Jerome Crassous

    • University Rennes I

  • David Marsan

  • Jérôme Weiss

  • Axelle Amon

    • Universite Rennes 1

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• Are some break-ups harder than others? Thoughts on the state of 'crackiness', trees vs. ice, and soft-earth mechanics through time

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Jill Marshall

    • Portland State University

  Authors

  • Jill Marshall

    • Portland State University

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• The Emergence of Rigidity in Desiccated Granular Materials

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Leon Palacio Rangel

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Leon Palacio Rangel

    • Emory University

  • Jennifer Rieser

    • Emory University

  • Justin Burton

    • Emory University

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• Sandballs

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: Sandball genesis from raindrops

  Presenters

  • Hugo Ulloa

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Hugo Ulloa

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Bertil Trottet

  • Douglas Jerolmack

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Daisuke Noto

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Controlling the sands of time with ambient gas

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Schuyler Arn

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Schuyler Arn

    • Emory University

  • Nia Smith

  • Ranjiangshang Ran

    • Emory University

  • Justin Burton

    • Emory University

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• Effects of sub-critical fluid flows on sediment strength

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Dong Wang

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Dong Wang

    • Yale University

  • Sophie Bodek

    • Stanford University

  • Nicholas Ouellette

    • Stanford University

  • Mark D Shattuck

    • The City College of New York

  • Corey O'Hern

    • Yale University

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• Anomalous dispersion and attenuation in models of fluid-saturated granular packings

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Abram H. Clark, Derek R. Olson, Andrew J. Swartz, W. Mason Starnes; An explicit granular-mechanics approach to marine sediment acoustics. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 May 2024; 155 (5): 3537–3548. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0026126

  Presenters

  • Abe Clark

    • The Naval Postgraduate School

  Authors

  • Abe Clark

    • The Naval Postgraduate School

  • Colton Kawamura

    • The Naval Postgraduate School

  • Derek Olson

  • Joshua Dijksman

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Brian Tighe

    • Delft University of Technology

  • Anthony Austin

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