Workshop Program

Spin transition in the mantle
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Chair: Renata Wentzcovitch

(8:30 AM)
Catherine McCammon: Intermediate spin ferrous iron in lower mantle perovskite
Video (No Audio)
Presentation

(9:00 AM)
Jennifer Jackson: Determination of the hyperfine parameters of iron in aluminous (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ perovskite
Video (No Audio)
Presentation

(9:30 AM)
Wolfgang Sturham: Phonon density of states at the spin crossover in (Fe_0.25Mg_0.75) O ferropericlase
Video (No Audio)
Presentation

(Break)
Chair: Catherine McCammon

(10:30 AM)
Afu Lin: Geophysical implications of the spin transition in the Earths lower mantle
Video (No Audio)
Presentation

(11:00 AM)
Michael Brown: Elasticity of ferropericlase through the pressure-induced high-spin to low-spin transition
Video
Presentation

(11:30 AM)
Joao F. Justo Filho: Thermoelastic properties of ferropericlase at lower mantle conditions
Video
Presentation

(Lunch)

Spin transition in the mantle
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Chair: Mike Brown

(1:30 PM)
Koichiro Umemoto: Spin transition in ferrous iron in MgSiO₃ perovskite under pressure
Video
Presentation

(2:00 PM)
Dane Morgan: First-principles study of Fe spin crossover in the lower mantle
Video
Presentation

(2:30 PM)
Dipta Bhanu Ghosh: Structural and spin transitions in Fe₂O₃
Video
Presentation

(Break)

Transport in the mantle
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Chair: Philip B. Allen

(3:30 PM)
Anne Hofmeister: Measurements and models of thermal transport properties
Video
Presentation

(4:00 PM)
Alex Goncharov: Thermal conductivity of lower mantle minerals
Video
Presentation

(4:30 PM)
Viktor Struzhkin: Electronic structure and transport properties in iron compounds: spin cross-over effects
Video
Presentation

Tuesday (Aug 7)

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Chair: Bruce Buffett

(8:30 AM)
Don Helmberger: Predicting a global perovskite and post-perovskite phase boundary
Video
Presentation

(9:00 AM)
Thorne Lay: Seismological tests of the post-perovskite presence
Video
Presentation

(9:30 AM)
Marteen de Hoop: Imaging of structure at and near the core-mantle boundary
Video
Presentation

(Break)
Chair: Don Helmberger

(10:30 AM)
Xiaodong Song: Correlation and scaling of P and S anomalies in D" beneath Central America
Video
Presentation

(11:00 AM)
Ed Garnero: Incorporating seemingly disparate high resolution seismic findings in the context of deep mantle dynamics and chemistry.
Video
Presentation

(11:30 AM)
Bruce Buffett: A bound on heat flow below a double crossing of the perovskite-postperovskite phase transition
Video
Presentation

(Lunch)

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Chair: Dave Yuen

(1:30 PM) Paul Tackley: Dynamical implications of the post-perovskite transition
Video
Presentation

(2:00 PM) Arie Van de Berg: Convection modeling of the post-perovskite transition and constraints on thermal conditions near the core mantle boundary
Video
Presentation

(2:30 PM) Marc Monnereau: Topology of the post-perovskite phase transition and mantle dynamics
Video
Presentation

(Break)
Chair: Thorne Lay

(3:30 PM)
Wendy Mao: Iron-rich post-perovskite at the core-mantle boundary
Video
Presentation

(4:00 PM)
Taras Gerya: Numerical modelling of shell tectonics during terrestrial planetary accretion
Video
Presentation

(4:30 PM)
Richard Peltier: Deep Earth Viscosity: A new test based upon the impact of variations in Earth's rotational state upon holocene relative sea level histories
Video
Presentation

Wednesday (Aug 8)

VLab software and developments in grid computation
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Chair: Bijaya B. Karki

(8:45 AM)
Gordon Erlebacher: Introduction
Video
Presentation


(9:00 AM)
Jamie Rintelman: Enabling science with grid technology
Video
Presentation


(9:30 AM)
Marlon Pierce: Open grid computing environments collaboration
Video
Presentation

(Break)
Chair: Gordon Erlebacher

(10:30 AM)
Dave Yuen: 3-D Interactive Visualization with Mantle Convection
Video
Presentation
Powerwall Demonstration

(11:00 AM)
Bijaya B. Karki: A Visualization Framework for Earth Materials Studies
Video
Presentation

(Lunch)

(1:30 - 3:00 PM)
Gordon Erlebacher, Renata Wentzcovitch, Cesar da Silva, Pedro da Silveira, Evan Bollig, Dan Kigelman:
Vlab: a service oriented architecture for planetary materials computations
Renata Video Presentation
Cesar Video Presentation
VLab Demo Video
Gordon Video Presentation

(Break)

Poster

Thursday (Aug 9)

Water in the Mantle
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Chair: Marc Hirschman

(8:30 AM)
Suzan Van der Lee: Earths Deep Water Cycle
Video
Presentation


(9:00 AM)
Shun-ichiro Karato: Geodynamic significance of seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle: new insights from laboratory studies
Video
Presentation


(9:30 AM)
Marc Hirschman: Hydrous partial melting of the upper mantle as judged from mineral/melt partition coefficients
Video
Presentation

(Break)

(10:00 AM)
Michael Wysession: Seismic wave attenuation and water in the lower mantle
Video
Presentation


(10:30 AM)
Sylvie Demouchy: The effect of hydrogen on the ionic diffusion in mantle minerals
Video
Presentation

(11:30 AM)
Zhu Mao: Single-crystal elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite and implication for the Earth's transition zone
Video
Presentation

(Lunch)
Chair: Ilja Siepmann

(2:00 PM)
Bjorn Winkler: Hydrogen bonding in minerals
Video
Presentation

(2:30 PM)
Lars Stixrude: Investigating water in deep Earth using density functional theory
Video
Presentation

(Break)
Chair: Lars Stixrude

(3:30 PM)
Ilja Siepmann: Monte Carlo simulations of water speciation in hydrated silica
Video
Presentation

(4:00 PM)
Mark Ghiorso: Molecular dynamics studies of MgSiO3 liquid to 150 GPa: thermodynamics and transport properties
Video
Presentation

Friday(Aug 10)

Transition Zone
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Chair: Adam Dziewonski

(8:30 AM)
Adam Dziewonski: Boundary Layers in the Mantle
Video
Presentation

(9:00 AM)
Baosheng Li: Constraints on mantle composition from 1D Earth models
Video
Presentation

(Break)

(Lunch, and Departure)