DI13C:
The Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution of Earth's Core: Observations, Models, and Experiments I

Session ID#: 4310

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Golden Gate C1-C2 (Marriott Marquis)
Chairs:  Jessica C E Irving, University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom and Caitlin A Murphy, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington Dc, DC, United States
Primary Convener:  Jessica C E Irving, University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
Co-conveners:  Alexandre Fournier, Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France, Caitlin A Murphy, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington Dc, DC, United States and Jonathan M Aurnou, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jessica C E Irving, University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GP - Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

1015 Composition of the core [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1507 Core processes [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
3924 High-pressure behavior [MINERAL PHYSICS]
7207 Core [SEISMOLOGY]
Virtual Option?: Yes
Swirl Theme: Convection and circulation across scales

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

DI13C-01
Pre-Melting in Iron and Iron Alloys at Earth’s Core Conditions: Results from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Calculations (Invited) (3397)
Lidunka Vocadlo1, Benjami Martorell1, John Peter Brodholt2 and Ian G Wood3, (1)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (2)University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom, (3)University College London, Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom
DI13C-02
Attenuation Tomography of the Inner Core (20057)
Tanja Pejic, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia and Hrvoje Tkalčić, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia
DI13C-03
Metal-silicate Partitioning of Uranium and Thorium up to 138 GPa and 5500 K and Implications for Stratified Layer at the Top of the Outer Core (20011)
Ryuichi Nomura, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, Kei Hirose, Institute of Science Tokyo, Earth-Life Science Institute, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Jun-Ichi Kimura, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics (IMG), Kanagawa, Japan and Qing Chang, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan
DI13C-04
Near-Melting Condition of the Inner Core Boundary Revealed from Antipodal Seismic Waves (Invited) (4824)
Vernon F Cormier, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States, Januka Attanayake, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Laboratorio Sismologia, Lisboa, Portugal, Susini de Silva, Univ Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States, M Meghan Miller, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Christine Thomas, University of Münster, Institut of Geophysics, Münster, Germany
DI13C-05
Partial Melting in the Inner Core (15450)
John W Hernlund, Earth-Life Science Institute, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
DI13C-06
Constraining the Velocity Structure at the Top of the Earth's Outer Core by SKKS and S3KS Differential Traveltimes (21576)
Li Zhao, Department of Geophysics, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China, Vivian Chu-Hsin Tang, NTU National Taiwan University, Taichung, Taiwan and Shu-Huei Hung, NTU National Taiwan University, Department of Geosciences, Taipei, Taiwan
DI13C-07
The Composition of Low-Velocity Layers at the Top and Bottom of the Earth's Core (21946)
John Peter Brodholt, University of Oslo, Centre of Earth Evolution and Dynamics, Oslo, Norway and James Badro, Université Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
DI13C-08
Evidence for Stable Stratification at the Top of the Core from Core Surface Flows (21265)
Richard T Holme, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69, United Kingdom and Bruce A Buffett, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
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