[Geodynamics] AGU session on the lower mantle

[Ballmer, Maxim]

Dear all,


Please consider submitting an abstract to our session:

“Advances in deciphering the structure, mineralogy and composition of the lower mantle” at the AGU fall meeting, December 7- 11, 2020.


The session will focus on recent progress in lower mantle studies and invites submissions from all sub-fields across the Earth sciences.

(https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pwIZCnx1jniOwlKlF9UWUF?domain=agu.confex.com)


The lower mantle accounts for over half of the Earth’s mass and plays an important role in the planet’s large-scale heat and material cycles. Seismic studies of the lower mantle revealed heterogeneities across a range of scales which have been linked to accretion processes, mantle convection, plate tectonics and mineral phase transitions. Open questions remain about the physical nature and origin of seismically observed structures such as Large Low Velocity Provinces and Ultra-Low Velocity Zones and whether such features could be remnants of early processes such as magma ocean crystallization, long-term accumulation of subducted basaltic material or pristine chondritic-type material. Lower mantle evolution is also linked to that of the surface through volatile cycling as well as to the evolution of the core. Contributions are encouraged from sub-disciplines across the Earth Sciences that can provide new insights into the lower mantle's structure, composition and the processes driving its long-term evolution.


Conveners: Terry-Ann Suer (Harvard), Denis Andrault (University Blaise-Pascal), Maxim Ballmer (University College, London), and Jennifer Jenkins (Cambridge)


Invited Presenters: Neala Creasy (Colorado School of Mines) and Wenzhong Wang (University in Hefei, China)

The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday, 29 July at 23:59 EDT.


Cheers


Terry-Ann, Denis, Maxim, Jenny, Dongyang


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Maxim D. Ballmer
原眞マキシム
Asst. Professor @ Univ. College London, Dept. Earth Sciences
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Maxim D. Ballmer
原眞マキシム
Asst. Professor @ Univ. College London, Dept. Earth Sciences
office:  KLB 341, Gower Place, WC1E 6BT London
Visiting Scientist @ Inst. Geophysics, ETH Zurich
office:  NO H 9.3, 5, CH-8092 Zurich
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