MR12A
Elasticity of Earth Materials: From Mantle to Core I

Monday, 14 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
301 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Rebecca A. Fischer, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Conveners:  Sean R Shieh, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada and Sergio Speziale, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
Chairs:  Rebecca A. Fischer, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States and Sean R Shieh, University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
OSPA Liaisons:  Sean R Shieh, University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
10:20
MR12A-01
Single-Crystal Elasticity of Earth Materials: An Appraisal (Invited) (75322)
Thomas S Duffy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
10:35
MR12A-02
Successful synthesis of highly transparent Nano-Polycrystalline Garnets (NPG) for sound velocity measurements (76705)
Tetsuo Irifune and Takeshi Arimoto, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
10:50
MR12A-03
Elastic properties of silicate melts at high pressure and implications for low velocity anomalies in the crust and mantle (83144)
Alisha N Clark, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Charles E Lesher, University of California Davis, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States
11:05
MR12A-04
Mantle Composition and Temperature of Western North America Revealed from Direct P and S Wave Velocities of KLB-1 Peridotite to the Condition of Transition Zone (78815)
Xuebing Wang1, Ting Chen1, Xintong Qi1, Yongtao Zou2, Robert C Liebermann1 and Baosheng Li1, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook, NY, United States
11:20
MR12A-05
Spin crossover in ferropericlase and some consequences for mantle velocities (Invited) (71327)
Renata M Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States
11:35
MR12A-06
Sound Speed of Liquid Iron Along the Outer Core Isentrope: New Pre-heated Ramp Compression Experiments (74278)
Paul D Asimow1, Jeffrey Nguyen2 and Minta C Akin2, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
11:50
MR12A-07
Sound Velocity of Fe and Fe-Si Alloys at Mbar Pressures by a Multi-Technique Approach (59254)
Daniele Antonangeli1, Guillaume Morard1, Frederic Decremps1, Michel Gauthier1, Caitlin A Murphy2, Guillaume Fiquet1 and Yingwei Fei3, (1)CNRS - Sorbonne Universités, IMPMC, Paris, France, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Washington Dc, DC, United States, (3)Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States
12:05
MR12A-08
Limitations on Silicon in the Outer Core: Ultrasonic Measurements at High Temperatures and High dK/dP’s of Fe-Ni-Si Liquids at High Pressures (76784)
Quentin C Williams1, Murli H Manghnani2, Richard Secco3 and Shunsheng Fu2, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
 
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