DI14A:
The Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution of Earth's Core: Observations, Models, and Experiments II

Session ID#: 4311

Monday, 15 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Golden Gate C1-C2 (Marriott Marquis)
Chairs:  Jonathan M Aurnou, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States and Alexandre Fournier, Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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:

Thermochemical Evolution of Earth’s Core with Magnesium Precipitation (26574)
Joseph G O'Rourke, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States and David J Stevenson, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Filtering of short-term fluctuations of the dynamo field through the electrically conducting mantle (16717)
Dominique Jault, ISTerre, CNRS and University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France and Nathanaël Schaeffer, University Grenoble Alpes, ISTerre, Grenoble, France
Magnetostrophic Dynamos (Invited) (3716)
Paul H Roberts, UCLA, Mathematics, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The Magnetostrophic Dynamo (12206)
Andy Jackson, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Kuan Li, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Philip W Livermore, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom
An Open-Source, Pseudo-Spectral Convection Code for O(105) Cores (Invited) (5268)
Nicholas Andrew Featherstone, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Rapidly Rotating Rayleigh-Benard Convection: Approaching the Asymptotic Limit of Quasigeostrophic Thermal Convection. (Invited) (6548)
Keith A Julien, Univ of Colorado--Boulder, Applied Mathematics, Boulder, CO, United States
Seismology Reveals Low-Rossby-Number Convection in the Interior of the Sun (Invited) (5051)
Shravan Hanasoge, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mumbai, India