Program for Session 20i

Wednesday 17th August PM: Floor 4 / Poster Area

20i (Poster): Advanced study of the physical properties of the mantle materials, and applications to the Earth's structure, composition and dynamics

4049  The Elasticity Change of Na-Contained Silica According to the Post-Stishovite Phase Transition in the Earth’s Lower Mantle
Asahara Y, Hirose K, Ohishi Y, Hirao N, Ozawa H & Murakami M
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4050  High-Pressure Single-Crystal Elasticity of MgSiO3 and (Mg,Fe)SiO3 Perovskites at Pressures of the Earth's Lower Mantle
Kurnosov A, Trots D, Boffa Ballaran T, Harries D & Frost D
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4051  Focused Ion Beam Cutting of Large Samples for Brillouin Spectroscopy
Marquardt K & Marquardt H
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4052  Ab Initio Study on Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Minerals
Dekura H, Tsuchiya T & Tsuchiya J
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4053  High Pressure Diffraction Tomography Technique for Mineral Physics Research
Liu H & Wang L
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4054  Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions and H-D Isotope Effects in Portlandite
Iizuka R, Kagi H, Komatsu K, Yagi T & Nakano S
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Thursday 18th August AM: Ground Floor / Small Theatre

20i (Oral): Advanced study of the physical properties of the mantle materials, and applications to the Earth's structure, composition and dynamics
Session chaired by Tomoo Katsura & Stanislav Sinogeikin

09:30  Indoor Seismology
Liebermann R, Li B, Kung J, Jackson I, Gwanmesia G, Antao S & Parise J
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09:45  Toward a Self-Consistent Pressure Scale: Elastic Moduli and Equation of State of MgO and Ringwoodite by Simultaneous X-Ray Density and Brillouin Sound Velocity Measurements at High-P and High-T
Sinogeikin S, Lakshtanov D, Prakapenka V, Sanchez-Valle C, Wang J, Shen G & Bass J
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10:00  Elastic Properties of Nano-Crystalline MgO to High Pressures by Brillouin Scattering
Marquardt H, Gleason A, Marquardt K, Speziale S, Miyagi L, Neusser G, Wenk H-R & Jeanloz R
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10:15  Laboratory-Based Conductivity Structure in the Mantle Transition Zone
Yoshino T, Shimojuku A & Katsura T
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10:30  Keynote: From Solids to Liquids: A Coordinated Approach for Studying Dynamic Processes in the Deep Earth Using Large-Volume Apparatus and Synchrotron Radiation
Wang Y
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11:00  Experimental Compressibility of Molten Hedenbergite at High Pressure
Agee C, Barnett G, Waller C, Asimow P, Guo X & Lange R
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11:15  Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions and Electron Spin State Changes of Iron Bearing Spinels
Yamanaka T, Kyono A, Kharlamova S, Struzhkin V, Mao H-K & Hemley R
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