XXV IUGG General Assembly - Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet (Melbourne, Australia, 28 June - 7 July 2011)

Session J-V03 and J-S04: Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials and Implications for Earth Structure and Processes

Keynote speaker:
Prof Tomoo Katsura (Bayreuth, Germany)

Invited speakers (confirmed so far -- more to come):
Prof Cin-Ty Lee (Houston, USA)
Prof Shun Karato (New Haven, USA)
Dr Jörg Hermann (Canberra, Australia)

This symposium is intended to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of research into the physico-chemical behaviour of geological materials with implications for the structure and evolution of the Earth's crust and upper mantle. Topics of current interest include elasticity and rheology; diffusion; electrical conductivity; oxidation state of the mantle; carbon in the mantle under varying P-T-redox conditions; partial melting in a heterogeneous mantle and melt extraction; metamorphic phase equilibria and dehydration of subducting slab; refertilization and melting of the mantle wedge; the distinctive properties of cratonic roots; water in nominally anhydrous minerals and its impact on elasticity and rheology. Contributions on these and other related topics are welcome.

Convenors:
Dr Greg Yaxley (Greg.Yaxley@anu.edu.au)
Prof Hugh O'Neill (Hugh.ONeill@anu.edu.au)
Prof Ian Jackson (Ian.Jackson@anu.edu.au)
Prof Tetsuo Irifune (irifune@dpc.ehime-u.ac.jp)
Prof Takashi Yoshino (tyoshino@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp)
Dr Catherine McCammon (catherine.mccammon@uni-bayreuth.de)

The abstract submission deadline is Monday 17 January 2011.

Please see http://www.iugg2011.com for further conference details and submission procedures.