This multi-disciplinary session includes 3 sub-sessions.
1) Geodynamics of cratonic crust and upper mantle: from the early Earth to present.
Convener: Irina Artemieva | Co-Convener: Sonja Aulbach
2) Nature of upper mantle discontinuities.
Convener: Hans Thybo | Co-Conveners: Catherine A. Rychert , Alan G. Jones
3) The African continent - Large-scale crust and mantle geodynamic processes.
Convener: Manel Fernandez | Co-Conveners: Susan Webb , Jörg Ebbing , Dominique Frizon De Lamotte