| WEEK # | STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Phase Transitions in the Earth's Mantle and Mantle Mineralogy (PDF) (Courtesy of Sandeep Rekhi. Used with permission.) Topography of the Transition Zone Seismic Discontinuities |
| 2 | Iron Partitioning in a Pyrolite Mantle and the Nature of the 410-km Seismic Discontinuity (PDF) (Courtesy of Javier Santillan. Used with permission.) The Effect of H2O on the 410-kilometer Seismic Discontinuity (PDF) (Courtesy of Huajian Yao. Used with permission.) |
| 3 | Testing Plausible Upper-mantle Compositions using Fine-scale Models of the 410-km Discontinuity Elasticity of Forsterite to 16 GPa and the Composition of the Upper Mantle (PDF) (Courtesy of Sandeep Rekhi. Used with permission.) |
| 4 | Seismic Evidence for Olivine Phase Changes at the 410- and 660-kilometer Discontinuities (PDF) (Courtesy of Rosalee Lamm. Used with permission.) The Post-spinel Transformation in Mg2SiO4 and its Relation to the 660-km Seismic Discontinuity (PDF) (Courtesy of Scott Lundin. Used with permission.) |
| 5 | Post-spinel Transition in Mg2SiO4 determined by High P-T in Situ X-ray Diffractometry (PDF) (Courtesy of Javier Santillan. Used with permission.) Effect of Water on the Spinel-postspinel Transformation in Mg2SiO4 (PDF) (Courtesy of Sandeep Rekhi. Used with permission.) |
| 6 | The Effect of Alumina on Phase Transformations at the 660-kilometer Discontinuity from Fe-Mg Partitioning Experiments Seismic Velocity and Density Jumps across the 410- and 660-kilometer Discontinuities (PDF) (Courtesy of Javier Santillan. Used with permission.) |
| 7 | Effects of an Endothermic Phase Transition at 670 km Depth in a Spherical Model of Convection in the Earth's Mantle The Interaction of a Subducting Lithospheric Slab with a Chemical or Phase Boundary (PDF) (Courtesy of Huajian Yao. Used with permission.) |
| 8 | Seismic Observations of Splitting of the Mid-transition Zone Discontinuity in Earth's Mantle (PDF) (Courtesy of Rosalee Lamm. Used with permission.) Tetragonal Structure of CaSiO3 Perovskite above 20 GPa (PDF) (Courtesy of Scott Lundin. Used with permission.) |
| 9 | Phase Transformations: Implications for Mantle Structure. In Earth's Deep Interior: Mineral Physics and Tomography from the Atomic to the Global Scale (PDF) Strength and Elasticity of SiO2 across the Stishovite-CaCl2-type Structural Phase Boundary (PDF) (Courtesy of Huajian Yao. Used with permission.) |
| 10 | Post-perovskite Phase Transition and Mineral Chemistry in the Pyrolitic Lowermost Mantle (PDF) (Courtesy of Rosalee Lamm. Used with permission.) Ferromagnesian Postperovskite Silicates in the D" Layer of the Earth |
| 11 | Evidence for a Ubiquitous Seismic Discontinuity at the Base of the Mantle (PDF) (Courtesy of Scott Lundin. Used with permission.) The D" Discontinuity and its Implications |
| 12 | The Effect of Temperature on the Seismic Anisotropy of the Perovskite and Post-perovskite Polymorphs of MgSiO3 (PDF) (Courtesy of Scott Lundin. Used with permission.) Electronic Transitions in Perovskite: Possible Nonconvecting Layers in the Lower Mantle (PDF) (Courtesy of Javier Santillan. Used with permission.) |