This session aim to integrate the studies of the Antilles subduction zone from all the range of geology and geophysics to construct a comprehensive panel of the recent advances.

The Antilles are a region of volcanic and seismic activities due to the 1000 km convergence zone resulting from the subduction of the America plates below the Caribbean plate with a velocity of 2 cm/year. Shallow seismicity and major shocks in Guatemala, northern Venezuela, and the Cayman Ridge indicate transform fault and pull-apart basin tectonics. Recently, the geodynamics of the Antilles subduction zone is responsible for major tectonic and seismic events like the January 12 2010, Mw7.0 Haïti earthquake and the eruption of the Soufriere Hill of Montserrat from July 18, 1995 to October, 2003. Still, the Antilles subduction zone remains a poorly known geological system compared to the cascadian of the Japan subduction zones.

Joint efforts have been developed to obtain more information on the seismicity, starting with the LADLE research group, and lately with the Seismological Data Center for of the Antilles and the DOMOSCAN project. Extensive instruments networks were deployed for deformations measurements during the CoCoNet project. Geothermal resources are also investigated, for example in Dominico and Guadeloupe. Finally, several geophysical exploration campaigns have been conducted by the University of French West Indies and the Seismic Research Center to provide informations on structures and on the dynamic of sediments transfer.

Aiming to promote multi-disciplinary approaches and collaborative studies, we invite contributions from a wide range of discipline, such as tectonics, volcanology, seismology, geodynamics, geothermal, sedimentology, erosion and atmospheric sciences and modeling to discuss all aspects of the Antilles subduction zone internal and external dynamics.