CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 147
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 102BC (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T30. Earth's Deep Interior: In Honor of Motohiko Murakami, 2011 MSA Awardee

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Jay D. Bass, Advocate
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:10 AM
PHASE RELATIONS, DENSITY, AND SOUND VELOCITY OF FE-NI-SI ALLOYS AND COMPOSITION OF THE INNER CORE
OHTANI, Eiji1, SAKAI, Takeshi1, KAMADA, Seiji1, FUKUI, Hiroshi2, SHIBAZAKI, Yuki1, BARON, Alfred Q.R.3, TSUTSUI, Satoshi4 and ASANUMA, Hidetoshi5, (1)Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 9808578, Japan, (2)Garduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, 6781279, Japan, (3)Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN Spring-8 Center, Sayo, 6795148, Japan, (4)Japan Synchrotoron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan, (5)Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 1511 Komaki, Jousou, 300-2795, Japan, ohtani@m.tohoku.ac.jp, ohtani@m.tohoku.ac.jp
2
8:30 AM
SPIN CROSSOVER SYSTEMS IN THE DEEP MANTLE
WENTZCOVITCH, Renata, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and HSU, Han, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, 55455, wentz002@umn.edu, wentz002@umn.edu
3
8:45 AM
DEEP EARTH, DEEP TIME: IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT MINERAL PHYSICS DISCOVERIES
HERNLUND, John W., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, hernlund@gmail.com, hernlund@gmail.com
 
9:05 AM
Break
4
9:20 AM
STRUCTURE IN DICHALCOGENIDES AT HIGH PRESSURE
ROSS, Nancy, Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and YU, Yonggang, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany, nross@vt.edu, nross@vt.edu
5
9:35 AM
EQUATION OF STATE OF WATER AND MELTING CURVE OF ICE VII BASED ON SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF SOUND VELOCITY AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION OF ICE VII TO 19 GPa AND 873 K
SANG, Liqin1, FARBER, Daniel2, ARACNE, C.R.3, ZHANG, Jin S.1, ZHANG, Guimiao1, PRAKAPENKA, Vitali4, KANTOR, I.4, TKACHEV, S.4, ZHURAVLEV, K.4 and BASS, Jay D.5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, (4)GeoSoilEnviroCARS, University of Illinois at Chicago, Building 434A, 9700 South Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, (5)Geology, COMPRES, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green St, Urbana, IL 61822, sang1@illinois.edu, sang1@illinois.edu
6
9:50 AM
SOUND VELOCITIES OF Fe3S UP TO 85 GPa AT ROOM TEMPERATURE USING INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING
KAMADA, Seiji1, FUKUI, Hiroshi2, OHTANI, Eiji3, SAKAI, Takeshi3, TERASAKI, Hidenori4, SHIBAZAKI, Yuki3, TAKAHASHI, Suguru3, BARON, Alfred Q.R.5, OHISHI, Yasuo6 and HIRAO, Naohisa6, (1)Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 9808578, Japan, (2)Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, 6781279, Japan, (3)Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 9808578, (4)Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Oasaka, 5600043, Japan, (5)Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, 6795148, Japan, (6)Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Insitute, Sayo, 6795198, Japan, seiji13kamada@m.tohoku.ac.jp, seiji13kamada@m.tohoku.ac.jp
7
10:05 AM
INCREASING THE YIELD OF ABIOGENIC METHANE FROM CARBONATE AT MANTLE PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES
BORKHOLDER, Eric E.1, GRAY, Marteve R.1, FRANK, Mark R.2, MENG, Yue3 and SCOTT, Henry P.4, (1)Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46615, (2)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall, Room 312, DeKalb, IL 60115, (3)Hpcat, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, (4)Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46634, eebgcp@gmail.com, eebgcp@gmail.com
8
10:20 AM
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE P-V EQUATION OF STATE FOR GARNET SAND OF PFEIFFER BEACH
COTTER, Erica L., Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46615 and SCOTT, Henry P., Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46634, elcotter@umail.iu.edu, elcotter@umail.iu.edu
9
10:35 AM
DIRECT OBSERVATIONS OF MAGNESITE FORMATION FROM MIXED OXIDES AT MANTLE PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES
DOÇZY, Vincent M.1, SCOTT, Henry P.2, FRANK, Mark R.3 and HASAN, Maggie3, (1)Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46615, (2)Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46634, (3)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall, Room 312, DeKalb, IL 60115, Vdoczy@iusb.edu, Vdoczy@iusb.edu
10
10:50 AM
A NEW HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE TRANSITION IN IRON-BEARING ORTHOENSTATITE: AN ANISOTROPY DISCONTINUITY IN THE UPPER MANTLE?
ZHANG, Jin S., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W Green St, NHB 208, Urbana, IL 61801, DERA, Przemyslaw, Gsecars, University of Chicago, 9700 S. Cass Ave, Building 434A, Argonne, IL 60439 and BASS, Jay D., Geology, COMPRES, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green St, Urbana, IL 61822, zhang72@illinois.edu, zhang72@illinois.edu
11
11:05 AM
THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF FINE-GRAINED POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES BY BRILLOUIN SCATTERING
ZHANG, Guimiao1, BÉJINA, Frédéric2, BYSTRICKY, Misha2, ZHANG, Jin S.1, LIEBERMANN, Robert C.3, GWANMESIA, Gabriel4 and BASS, Jay D.5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, (3)Compres, Room 167 ESS Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (4)Dept. of Physics, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, (5)Geology, COMPRES, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green St, Urbana, IL 61822, guimiao.zhang@gmail.com, guimiao.zhang@gmail.com
 
11:20 AM
Discussion
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