WPGM 96
SEDI 5th Int. Symp. Sessions and Presentations
SD21A BCC:M3 Tues 0830h
Phases and Properties of Iron and the Core - Part 1
Presiding: K Lambeck, Australian National University; O L
Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles
0830h INTRODUCTION: K Lambeck,
Australian National University
0850h SD21A-01 INVITED Molecular Dynamics Study of
Liquid and Solid Iron at Earth's Core
Conditions: *M Matsui
0910h SD21A-02 INVITED Stability and Elastic
Properties of Fe-S, Fe-O, Fe-C, and Fe-Si
Alloy Phases Under the Conditions of the
Earth's Core: *D M Sherman
0930h SD21A-03 INVITED Embedded-Atom Molecular and
Lattice Dynamics Study of Iron: *A B
Belonoshko, L S Dubrovinsky, R Ahuja
0950h SD21A-04 INVITED First-Principles Studies of
Fe Under Core Conditions: R E Cohen, L
Stixrude, E Wasserman
1010h Break
1030h SD21A-05 INVITED Static and Shock Melting:
Iron and Alkali Halides: *R Boehler
1050h SD21A-06 INVITED Experimental Constraints on
the Phase Diagram of Iron: A G Duba, *O L
Anderson
1110h SD21A-07 INVITED Ultra High Pressure Thermal
Diffusivity and Shock Temperature
Experiments on Metals and the Phase Diagram
of Iron: *K G Holland-Gallagher, T J Ahrens
SD22A BCC:M3 Tues 1330h
Phases and Properties of Iron and the Core - Part 2
Presiding: K Lambeck, Australian National University; O L
Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles
1330h SD22A-01 Desperately Seeking Phase Q:
Thermodynamics and Experiments on Iron: *S K
Saxena, L S Dubrovinsky
1350h SD22A-02 INVITED High P-T Phase Relations of
Iron Determined by Synchrotron X-Ray
Diffraction: H K Mao, G Y Shen, R J Hemley
1410h SD22A-03 INVITED The Interior Structure of
Mars Is the Key to Understanding the
Formation of Terrestrial Planets: *V Zharkov
1430h SD22A-04 INVITED Liquid Iron Is Not a Single
Phase: *F D Stacey
1450h SD22A-05 The Abundance of Alkali Elements in
the Earth's Core: Constraints From Highly
Reduced Meteorites: *K Lodders
SD22B BCC:M3 Tues 1530h
High-Pressure Properties of Silicates, Oxides, and the Deep
Mantle - Part 1
Presiding: I N S Jackson, Australian National University
1530h SD22B-01 INVITED Modelling
Volatile-Dependent Rheologies: *S Franck, C
Bounama
1550h SD22B-02 Seismic Shear Wave Dispersion and
Attenuation in Synthetic Olivine: *B Tan, I
Jackson, J Fitz Gerald
1610h SD22B-03 Determination of Sound Velocities at
Mantle Conditions: *R Knoche, S L Webb, D C
Rubie
1630h SD22B-04 Thermodynamic Properties and Phase
Relations in the System
Na2-CaO-MgO-A12O3-SiO2
(NCMAS) at Pressures up to 22 GPa: *T
Gasparik
1650h SD22B-05 Mineralogy, Phase Chemistry and
Density Relations of a Pyrolite Lower Mantle
at 70 GPa: J D Fitz Gerald, J M G Shelley,
*S E Kesson
SD31A BCC:M3 Wed 0830h
High-Pressure Properties of Silicates, Oxides, and the Deep
Mantle - Part 2
Presiding: I N S Jackson, Australian National University
0830h SD31A-01 Elastic Moduli of Modified Spinel
With Composition of Natural Olivine Measured
by Means of RST: *I Suzuki, M Sakai, T
Katsura
0850h SD31A-02 Synthesis and Elasticity of
ScAlO3 at High Pressure: *J Kung, S M
Rigden, G Gwanmesia, R C Liebermann
0910h SD31A-03 Grain Growth Kinetics of MgSiO3
Perovskite Under Lower Mantle Condition: *D
Yamazaki, M Toriumi, T Kato, E Ohtani
0930h SD31A-04 Mineral Physics Constraints on
Lower-Mantle Electrical and Thermal
Conductivity: *D A Boness
0950h SD31A-05 INVITED Theoretical Studies of
Geophysically Important Oxides and Silicates
at High Pressures: R E Cohen, I Mazin, J
Ita, L Stixrude
1010h Break
1030h SD31A-06 Stability and Electronic Structure
of Magnesiowustite, (Mg,Fe)O, in the Earth's
Lower Mantle: *D M Sherman
1050h SD31A-07 Eutectic Melting at the Core-Mantle
Boundary: L S Dubrovinsky, *A B Belonoshko
SD31B BCC:M3 Wed 1110h
High-Pressure Properties of Silicates, Oxides, and the Deep
Mantle III Posters
Presiding: I N S Jackson, Australian National University
1110h SD31B-01 POSTER Assessment of Thermodynamic
Data for Several Oxides for Geophysical
Applications: *N A Dubrovinsky, L S
Dubrovinsky, S K Saxena
1110h SD31B-02 POSTER Thermodynamic Properties of
High Pressure Phases in the CaO-MgO-SiO2
System: *V Swamy
1110h SD31B-03 INVITED POSTER Ultrasonic
Interferometric Measurements in Multi-anvil
Apparatus of Velocities for Mantle Minerals
to Pressures and Temperatures of the Earth's
Transition Zone: R C Liebermann, B Li, G
Chen, T Gasparik, G D Gwanmesia, *I Jackson
1110h SD31B-04 POSTER Residual Uncertainties in
the Thermoelastic Properties of Silicate
Perovskite: Implications for the Composition
and Temperature of the Earth's Lower Mantle:
*I Jackson, S Rigden
1110h SD31B-05 INVITED POSTER Relation Between
Material State and Physical Properties Under
High Pressure - High Temperature Conditions:
*H J Mueller, K Roetzler, S Raab, L
Corriveau
1110h SD31B-06 POSTER Constraints on the
Core-Mantle Boundary, D" and Ultra-Low
Velocity Zone From Shock Temperature
Measurements on Fe, SiO2 and
Mg2SiO4: *K G Holland-Gallagher, T J
Ahrens
1110h SD31B-07 POSTER Thermodynamic Data on the
FeO-Fe2O3-SiO2 System: O Fabrichnaya, *S K
Saxena, B Sundman
1110h SD31B-08 POSTER Thermal Conductivity Change
Accompanied With Magnetic Transition of CoO,
MnO, and NiO and the Application to the
Earth's Interior: *H Watanabe
1110h SD31B-09 POSTER Boron Isotopes in Icelandic
and New Zealand Hydrothermal Systems:
Contributions From Host Rock and Seawater: *J
Aggarwal, M Palmer
SD32A BCC:M3 Wed 1310h
Constraints on Mantle Viscosity and on Core-Mantle Boundary
and Free Core Nuvations I
Presiding: T A Herring, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
J B Merriam, University of Saskatchewan
1310h SD32A-01 Geodetic Studies of the Inner and
Outer Cores: *T A Herring
1330h SD32A-02 The Nearly Diurnal Free Wobble
Signal in Superconducting Gravimeter Data:
*J B Merriam
1350h SD32A-03 Possible Influence of the Inner Core
on the Decade Variations of the Pole: A Pais,
G Hulot
1410h SD32A-04 The Free Core Nutation: New
Theoretical Aspects and Observational
Constraints: *J Hinderer, M Greff-Lefftz,
H Legros, N Florsch
1430h SD32A-05 Influence of the C20 Lateral
Heterogeneities in the Mantle on Nutations: V
Dehant, P Defraigne
1450h Break
1510h SD32A-06 INVITED Constraints on Mantle
Viscosity From Observations of Sea-Level
Change: *K Lambeck
1530h SD32A-07 Constraints on Mantle Viscosity From
Observations of Near-Earth Satellites: *P J
Johnston
1550h SD32A-08 INVITED Global Glacial Isostatic
Adjustment and Mantle Viscosity: *W R Peltier
SD32B BCC:M3 Wed 1630h
Constraints on Mantle Viscosity and on Core-Mantle Boundary
and Free Core Nuvations II Posters
Presiding: T A Herring, Massachusetts Inst of Technology; J B
Merriam, University of Saskatchewan
1630h SD32B-01 POSTER Influence of the
Gravitational Core-Mantle Coupling on the
Earth Rotation: M Greff-Lefftz, H Legros,
*J Hinderer
1630h SD32B-02 POSTER Some Remarks About the
Degree One Deformations of the Earth: M
Greff-Lefftz, H Legros, *J Hinderer
1630h SD32B-03 POSTER The Core-Mantle Boundary
From the Earth's Gravity Field: N A
Tchouikova, S A Kazaryan, M A Nagoga
1630h SD32B-04 POSTER Some Aspects of the Earth's
Inner Core Dynamics: *Y V Barkin, N A
Tchoukova, S A Kazaryan, M A Nagoga
1630h SD32B-05 POSTER The Onset of Pleistocene
Glaciation in the Barents Sea: *G Kaufmann
SD41A BCC:M3 Thurs 0830h
Mantle Convection, Depth of Subduction, and the Sources of
Plumes I
Presiding: G Houseman, Monash University
0830h SD41A-01 Global Slab Structure From High
Resolution Tomographic Imaging: *R D
van der Hilst, S Widiyantoro, E R Engdahl
0910h SD41A-02 Generation and Rise of Mantle Plumes:
*G F Davies
0930h SD41A-03 The Influence of Plume Rheology on
the Shape of Geoid and Topographic Swells:
*S D King
0950h SD41A-04 Rifting Over a Plume Head: M Wells,
*A M Leitch, G F Davies
1010h Break
1030h SD41A-05 Modelling Plumes in a Dynamic Mantle
- Implications on Plume Sources and the
Distribution of Hotspots: *B Steinberger,
R J O'Connell
1050h SD41A-06 The Effect of a Heat Pulse on the
Base of a Convecting Mantle Layer: *S M
Farrell, G A Houseman
1110h SD41A-07 INVITED Internal Thermal Boundary
Layer Stability in Phase Transition
Modulated Convection: *S Butler, W R Peltier
SD41B BCC:M3 Thurs 0830h
Mantle Convection, Depth of Subduction, and the Sources of
Plumes II Posters
Presiding: G Houseman, Monash University
0830h SD41B-01 POSTER The Role of Density
Interface as a Plume Head Separator: *I
Kumagai, K Kurita
0830h SD41B-02 POSTER An Experiment on the
Transition Time of Convection Pattern: T
Yanagisawa, Y Hamano
0830h SD41B-03 POSTER Mantle Flow Excited by Plate
Motion and Its Implication for the
Distribution of Global Heat Flow: *Z Ye
0830h SD41B-04 POSTER The Effects of Temperature
Anomalies in the Mantle to the Mantle Flow
and Its Geodynamical Implications: R S Fu, J
Tong, J H Huang
0830h SD41B-05 POSTER On Conductivity of the Lower
Mantle: V P Golovkov, T N Bondar, I A
Burdelnaya, S V Yakovleva
SD42A BCC:M3 Thurs 1330h
Seismology: Structure of the Core and Lower Mantle I
Presiding: B L N Kennett, Australian National University; P M
Shearer, University of California, San Diego
1330h SD42A-01 Anisotropy of the Inner Core: *D J
Stevenson
1350h SD42A-02 Evidence for Differential Rotation
of the Inner Core: *X Song, P Richards
1410h SD42A-03 Review of Seismic Evidence for
Ultra-Low Velocity Zones Above the
Core-Mantle Boundary: *D Helmberger, E
Garnero, X Ding
1430h SD42A-04 Inversion for Lateral Velocity
Variations in the D" From Sd-SKS
Differential Travel Times: *B Y Kuo, K Y Wu
1450h SD42A-05 New Observations of PKKP Precursors
and Estimates of Short-Wavelength CMB
Topography: *P S Earle, P M Shearer
1510h Break
1530h SD42A-06 On the Use of Long-Period Scattered
Seismic Body-Waves to Detect Mantle Plumes:
J I Ying, *H C Nataf
1550h SD42A-07 Imaging Global Topography on
Transition Zone Velocity Discontinuities by
Stacking SS Precursors: *M P Flanagan, P M
Shearer
1610h SD42A-08 Ancient Structures in the Mid-Mantle:
*J C Castle, K C Creager
SD42B BCC:M3 Thurs 1630h
Seismology: Structure of the Core and Lower Mantle II Posters
Presiding: B L N Kennett, Australian National University; P M
Shearer, University of California, San Diego
1630h SD42B-01 POSTER Waveform Stacks of PKP
Precursors: Evidence for Small-Scale
Heterogeneity Throughout the Mantle: *M A H
Hedlin, P M Shearer, P S Earle
1630h SD42B-02 POSTER Global Distribution of Large
Deep Earthquakes and Its Possible
Significance: E A Okal, S H Kirby, E R
Engdahl, W C Huang
1630h SD42B-03 POSTER Structure in Convecting
Fluid With Liquid Immiscibility: *K Kurita
1630h SD42B-04 POSTER Growth Tectonics of the
Inner Core Coupled With the Outer Core
Dynamics: *I Sumita, S Yoshida, M Kumazawa,
Y Hamano
1630h SD42B-05 POSTER Super Plume Project - New
Seismic Networks Towards High Resolution
Imaging of Super Plumes in the Pacific and
the East Asia Region: *D Suetsugu
SD51A BCC:M3 Fri 0830h
The Dynamo: Theoretical and Numerical Advances I
Presiding: D Ivers, University of Sydney
0830h SD51A-01 INVITED Convection Driven Geodynamo
Models: *C A Jones
0900h SD51A-02 Numerical Investigation of the
Geodynamo: W Kuang, *J Bloxham
0920h SD51A-03 INVITED What Can Trigger a
Geomagnetic Field Reversal?: *G A Glatzmaier,
P H Roberts
0950h SD51A-04 Do Geomagnetically Inferred
Core-Mantle Boundary Velocity Fields Bear
Any Resemblance to Dynamo Flows?: *K A Whaler,
G A Glatzmaier, K A Hutcheson, P H Roberts
1010h Break
1030h SD51A-05 INVITED A Direct Simulation of the
Local Turbulence in the Earth's Core: *P H
Roberts, T Nakajima, M G St.Pierre
1100h SD51A-06 On Dynamo Models With the Inner Core:
*T Nakajima, P H Roberts
1120h SD51A-07 Experimental Study of a
Magnetohydrodynamic Vortex in Gallium:
Application to Flow in the Core: *P Cardin,
H C Nataf, D Brito, P Olson
1140h SD51A-08 The Feasibility of a
Rotationally-Powered Geodynamo Revisited: *R R
Kerswell
1200h SD51A-09 Experiments to Predict Core-Flows
Generated by Luni-solar Precession of the
Mantle: *J P Vanyo
SD52A BCC:M3 Fri 1330h
Mantle Influences on Dynamo Behavior I
Presiding: P McFadden, Australian Geological Survey Org.; R
Merrill, University of Washington
1330h SD52A-01 INVITED Geomagnetic Secular
Variation: Attempting to Review the Whole
Spectrum: *J L Le Mouel, V Courtillot, G
Hulot, Y Gallet, M Alexandrescu
1350h SD52A-02 INVITED Superchrons and the
Geodynamo: R T Merrill, P L McFadden
1410h SD52A-03 Paleomagnetic Field Morphology:
Average Versus Variation: *M Kono
1430h SD52A-04 Paleosecular Variation and Time
Averaged Geomagnetic Fields: Global and
Regional Biases for 0-5Ma?: *C L Johnson, C G
Constable
1450h SD52A-05 Are Preferred VGP Paths due to
Inclination Errors?: C Barton, P McFadden
SD52B BCC:M3 Fri 1530h
Mantle Influences on Dynamo Behavior II Posters
Presiding: P McFadden, Australian Geological Survey Org.; R
Merrill, University of Washington
1530h SD52B-01 POSTER Geomagnetic Secular
Variations Over the Past 1500 Years: *Y
Hamano, K Habara
1530h SD52B-02 POSTER Interpreting the
Time-Variations of the VGP Scatter Curves: G
Hulot, Y Gallet
1530h SD52B-03 POSTER Outer Core Flow Inferred
Using the Steady Diffusion Approximation: *S
Yoshida, Y Hamano
1530h SD52B-04 POSTER How Complex Is the Earth's
Average Magnetic Field?: J Carlut, *V
Courtillot
1530h SD52B-05 POSTER 3000 Years of Quasi-Global
Geomagnetic Secular Variation: *C G Constable,
C L Johnson, S P Lund
1530h SD52B-06 POSTER Geomagnetic Field Behavior
During Brunhes/Matuyama Polarity Transition
From Celebes and Sulu Seas (ODP Leg 124): *H
Oda, H Shibuya
1530h SD52B-07 POSTER Preliminary Analysis on
Correlation of Equatorial Symmetry in the
Cenozoic Plate Motion With the Geomagnetic
Reversal Frequency: *H Tsunakawa, Y Nohara
1530h SD52B-08 POSTER Are the Volcanic and
Sedimentary Approaches to the Paleosecular
Variation Consistent?: *H Shibuya
1530h SD52B-09 POSTER The Dependence of the
Reverals Frequency of Geomagnetic Field on
the Position of Solar System in the Galaxy:
*N A Tchouikova, K V Semenkov
1530h SD52B-10 POSTER Paleomagnetic Evidence for
Archean Geomagnetic Field Reversals From
Banded Iron Formations: *T Hatakeyama, I
Sumita, Y Hamano
SD52C BCC:M3 Fri 1530h
The Dynamo: Theoretical and Numerical Advances Posters II
Presiding: D Ivers, University of Sydney
1530h SD52C-01 POSTER A Distributed Network
Dynamical Dynamo Code: L Farnell, D J
Galloway, D J Ivers, R W James
1530h SD52C-02 POSTER Self-Consistent Mean-Field
Geodynamo Models of Varying Equatorial
Symmetry: *G R Sarson, C A Jones, A W
Longbottom
1530h SD52C-03 POSTER Constraints on Small-Scale
Core Flows at Finite Magnetic Reynolds Number:
*P J Dellar, H K Moffatt
1530h SD52C-04 POSTER Determination of a Steady
Velocity Field in a Rotating Frame of
Reference at the Surface of the Earth's Core:
R G Davis, *K A Whaler, K A Hutcheson
1530h SD52C-05 POSTER A New Time-Dependent Model
of the Core Magnetic Field: *A Jackson
1530h SD52C-06 POSTER Intermediate Taylor Dynamos:
*P Cardin, D Jault
1530h SD52C-07 POSTER Convection and Advection in
a Rapidly Rotating Spherical Shell at Low
Ekman Number: E Dormy, D Jault, *P Cardin
1530h SD52C-08 POSTER Effects of Small Viscosity
on Dynamo Models: *D J Ivers
1530h SD52C-09 POSTER Elliptic Instability and the
Earth's Core: *K Aldridge, B Seyed-Mahmoud,
W van Wijngaarden
1530h SD52C-10 POSTER Compositional Convection
Under the Influence of Rotation and Magnetic
Field: *I A Eltayeb
1530h SD52C-11 POSTER Asymptotic Models for
Resistive Instability in the Earth's Outer
Core: *S D London
1530h SD52C-12 POSTER Structures of Magnetic and
Velocity Fields in MHD Dynamo Models: *M
Matsushima, J Sato, T Hori, Y Honkura
1530h SD52C-13 POSTER Mean Zonal Flows Excited by
Boussinesq Convection in Rotating Spherical
Shells: *S Takehiro, Y Y Hayashi
1530h SD52C-14 POSTER Possible Relations Between
the Rotational Axis of the Earth's Inner
Core and the Magnetic Dipole Axis: *H
Greiner-Mai
1530h SD52C-15 POSTER A Global Model for Cooling
of the Earth: *S Labrosse, C Sotin, J P
Poirier, J L Le Mouel
1530h SD52C-16 POSTER Vector Spectral Equations:
*C G Phillips
1530h SD52C-17 POSTER Small Scale Helicity and
Alpha Effect in the Earth's Core: *H Shimizu,
D E Loper
1530h SD52C-18 POSTER Can the Generation of
Geomagnetic Field Depend on the Core Mantle
Coupling?: *I Cupal
1530h SD52C-19 POSTER Geophysical Consequences of
Detectable Inner Core Motion: P Richards, X
Song
1530h SD52C-20 POSTER Magnetoconvection in a
Sphere in the Limit of Rapid Rotation: *M R
Walker, C F Barenghi
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