A focus group of the American Geophysical Union, providing an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the properties of the materials of Earth's interior.

 

MRP Focus Group Chair: Chris Marone

Research Spotlight

Synthetic diamond opens windows into the deep Earth
This AGU Eos feature article describes the critical role of synthetic diamonds in researching the properties of the deep Earth. The physical properties and features of the synthetic diamonds allow scientists to study materials at pressure-temperature conditions ranging from those at Earth's surface to those at the very center of the Earth. In essence, these synthetic diamonds offer new windows into the deep Earth.

Call For Nominations:

2012 Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award

Deadline: 1 May 2012

More Details Here.

Nomination timeline for AGU Fellows and Honors:

15 January–15 March 2013

More Details Here.

Congratulations to new AGU Fellows in 2011

Paul Johnson and Takehiko Yagi

Full list here.

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AGU Sections with close connections to MRP:

SEDI Focus Group
Seismology
Tectonophysics Section
Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology

Other Mineral and Rock Physics Sites of Interest:

Physical Properties of Earth Materials (Subgroup within MRP)
COMPRES (Research Group investigating strength of minerals under extreme conditions)
Mineralogical Society of America
Mineral Physics group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Mineral Spectroscopy (Maintained by George Rossman)