Relating Geochemical and Seismological Heterogeneity in the Earth\'s Mantle(Miniprogram)Coordinators: A. Dziewonski, S. Hart, L. Kellogg, B. Romanowicz, L. StixrudeJuly 12, 2004 - August 6, 2004Primary consideration deadline for applications has passed (March 1, 2004) |
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This summer program is part of an effort in the Geosciences community that aims at the development of a Cooperative Institute for Deep Earth Studies(CIDER). CIDER will bring together scientists from the different disciplines involved in the study of the interior structure and dynamics of the Earth and planets: geochemistry, geodynamics, geomagnetism, mineral physics and seismology. The primary goal of the Institute would be to identify new, interdisciplinary approaches to the major unsolved problems of the deep Earth and planets, and to foster, particularly in the next generation of geoscientists, the capability to interact across traditional disciplinary boundaries at an unprecedented level. The Summer\'04 ITP Program is a pilot program for CIDER which will focus on how constraints from seismic tomography and other geophysical observations of the Earth\'s mantle can be related to geochemical observations. Mineral physics provides the means to convert heterogeneity to temperature and/or composition, while geodynamics interprets the results in terms of dynamics. The first two weeks of this four-week program consists of tutorials for about 30 advanced graduate students and post-docs. There will be formal lectures in the morning in all four disciplines: geochemistry, geodynamics, mineral physics and seismology, followed by discussions and tutorials in the afternoon. The lectures and tutorials will be focused on preparing multi-disciplinary background material for the second part of the summer program. Participating graduate students will be supported by the NSF Geosciences Program. The last two weeks will be conducted in workshop mode. Multi-disciplinary teams will explore the constraints on mantle heterogeneity as well as the consequences for geodynamical interpretations. The primary goal of the two-week workshop is to offer a unique opportunity to brainstorm on novel ways to advance the science and initiate research in that direction. A series of original papers on novel interdisciplinary approaches may be a possible outcome of these activities. For more information about CIDER Planning activities, see the May\'03 CIDER Workshop report Support for this Program is provided by the KITP and the CSEDI program of NSF |
