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

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Matt B Weller, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States and Julie C Castillo, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Matt B Weller, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Julie C Castillo, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Doris Breuer, Deutsches Zent Luft-Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany and Nicolas Dauphas, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Nicolas Dauphas, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
Decreasing µ142Nd Variation in the Archean Convecting Mantle from 4.0 to 2.5 Ga: Heterogeneous Domain Mixing or Crustal Recycling?
Alan D Brandon, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Vinciane Debaille, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
1:55 PM
 
Physical mechanisms of planetary core formation: Constraints from in-situ X-ray microtomography
Heather C Watson1, Jon Van Deusen1, Kai Shi1, Tony Yu2 and Yanbin Wang2, (1)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States, (2)The University of Chicago, Argonne, IL, United States
2:10 PM
 
Late Impacts and the Origins of the Atmospheres on the Terrestrial Planets
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay1, Sarah T Stewart1, Simon James Lock2, Rita Parai2 and Jonathan M Tucker2, (1)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (2)Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA, United States
2:25 PM
 
On the Dynamics of a Coupled Climate Mantle System and the Implications for Planetary Habitability and Evolution
Bradford J Foley, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States
2:40 PM
 
Plate Tectonics on Earth and on Alien Worlds - Novel Insights into Mantle Dynamics
Vlada Stamenkovic1, Doris Breuer2 and Sara Seager1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2:55 PM
 
Interior Dynamics and Outgassing in Tidally-heated Rocky Super-Earths
Diana C Valencia, University of Toronto, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:25 PM
 
How Large are Heat Flow Variations across Mars' Surface?
Ana-Catalina Plesa1,2, Nicola Tosi1,3, Matthias Grott1 and Doris Breuer1, (1)German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (2)University of Münster, Münster, Germany, (3)Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany