DI53C:
From Core to Crust, the Evolution of Planetary Interiors II

Session ID#: 4308

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
2009 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Matt B Weller, Rice University, Houston, United States and Julie C Castillo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Primary Convener:  Matt B Weller, Rice University, Houston, United States
Co-conveners:  Julie C Castillo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Doris Breuer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany and Nicolas Dauphas, University of Chicago, Origins Laboratory, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Nicolas Dauphas, University of Chicago, Origins Laboratory, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GP - Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • T - Tectonophysics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

5430 Interiors [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
8125 Evolution of the Earth [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8148 Planetary volcanism [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8149 Planetary tectonics [TECTONOPHYSICS]
Virtual Option?: Yes
Swirl Theme: Comparative Planetology and Habitability

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Decreasing µ142Nd Variation in the Archean Convecting Mantle from 4.0 to 2.5 Ga: Heterogeneous Domain Mixing or Crustal Recycling? (Invited) (9704)
Alan D Brandon, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, United States and Vinciane Debaille, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Physical mechanisms of planetary core formation: Constraints from in-situ X-ray microtomography (23697)
Heather C Watson1, Jon Van Deusen2, Kai Shi2, Tony Yu3 and Yanbin Wang3, (1)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States, (2)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States, (3)The University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States
Late Impacts and the Origins of the Atmospheres on the Terrestrial Planets (22078)
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Arizona State University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States, Sarah T Stewart, University of California, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, Simon James Lock, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, Rita Parai, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States and Jonathan M Tucker, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA, United States
On the Dynamics of a Coupled Climate Mantle System and the Implications for Planetary Habitability and Evolution (11648)
Bradford J Foley, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States
Plate Tectonics on Earth and on Alien Worlds - Novel Insights into Mantle Dynamics (25576)
Vlada Stamenkovic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Doris Breuer, German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany and Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EAPS, Physics, Aeroastro, Cambridge, United States
Interior Dynamics and Outgassing in Tidally-heated Rocky Super-Earths (Invited) (31601)
Diana C Valencia, University of Toronto, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
How Large are Heat Flow Variations across Mars' Surface? (16086)
Ana-Catalina Plesa1,2, Nicola Tosi1,3, Matthias Grott4 and Doris Breuer5, (1)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany, (2)University of Münster, Münster, Germany, (3)German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Planetary Physics, Berlin, Germany, (4)German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (5)German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany