Chairs: Maxim Ballmer, Tokyo Institute of Technology, ELSI, Tokyo, Japan, Esteban Gazel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Catherine Rychert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Ocean and Earth Science, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Convener: Maxim Ballmer, UCL, Dept. of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom
Co-conveners: Esteban Gazel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Catherine Rychert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Ocean and Earth Science, Woods Hole, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison: Maxim Ballmer, Tokyo Institute of Technology, ELSI, Tokyo, Japan
Experimental Investigations of the Deep Earth's Mantle Melting Properties (6459)
Giacomo Pesce1, Denis Andrault1, Geeth Manthilake1, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova1, Davide Novella1, Julien Chantel1 and Nicolas Guignot2, (1)Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France, (2)SOLEIL Synchrotron, PICHE, Saint-Aubin, France
Viscosity Measurements of Eclogite Melt up to 5.6 GPa and 2000 K (11184)
Hong Liu1,2, Yingwei Fei3, Lei Han2,4, Yoshio Kono5, Mingqiang Hou2, Zhisheng Zhao2 and Jianguo Du1, (1)CEA Key Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction (Institute of Earthquake Science), China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China, (2)Carnegie Inst of Washington, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Peking University, Beijing, China, (5)Carnegie Instituion of Washing, Argonne, IL, United States
Melting Relations in the MgO-SiO2 and CaO-MgO-SiO2 Systems at the Earth's Lower Mantle Conditions: New Methodological Approach and Preliminary Results (15766)
Marzena Anna Baron, University of Oslo, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, Oslo, Norway; University of Bristol, School of Earth Science, Bristol, United Kingdom, Oliver T Lord, University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, Michael J Walter, University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom and Reidar G Tronnes, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Geochemical heterogeneity in the Arctic mantle at Gakkel Ridge (17147)
Megan E. D'Errico, San Diego State University, Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego, CA, United States, Jessica M Warren, University of Delaware, Earth Sciences, Newark, DE, United States and Marguerite Godard, University of Montpellier II, Montpellier Cedex 05, France
Seismic structure of the Tonga Arc and Lau Backarc Spreading Center from joint inversion of local and teleseismic body wave arrivals (18396)
Aubreya Nicole Adams, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, United States, Douglas A Wiens, Washington University in St Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States, Donna K Blackman, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States, Spahr C Webb, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Robert A Dunn, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States, James Andrew Conder, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Geology, Carbondale, IL, United States and Dapeng Zhao, Tohoku University, Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan