Fiesta Resort
Tempe, Arizona
March 2 - 4, 2009
Tri-Chairs [James Tyburczy, Michael Brown, James Van Orman] _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meeting Prospectus
The scientific goals of this meeting include: (1) discussing recent scientific successes of the high-pressure mineral physics community; and (2) articulating in what directions our research could evolve over the next decade. The former goal is retrospective, and incorporates how our field has impacted other subdisciplines of the earth sciences, including seismology, geodynamics and petrology. The latter goal represents a challenge: what are the next major breakthroughs of our community, and what infrastructure will be necessary to achieve them? While recognizing that incremental progress will occur, what new and different developments could occur? And, what long-standing problems might we solve?
The product that we anticipate will arise from this meeting will be a new scientific plan for high-pressure mineral physics: a document that will not only serve as a blueprint for our community as it moves forward, but will also serve as the input of our community to a new NAS report, commissioned by NSF, on Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences (BROES). Quentin Williams will serve as Editor-in-Chief of this successor to the 2004 Bass Report.
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Day 1: March 2, 2009
Arrival and dinner/reception.
Day 2: March 3, 2009
- 8:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks
James Tyburczy, ASU
- 8:10am Meeting Goals and Document Plan
Quentin Williams, UCSC
- 8:20am Remarks by the new Division Director of EAR
Robert Detrick, NSF
The Deeper Reaches of the Planet: Properties of Iron and its Alloys and the Novel Materials of the Deepest Mantle
Plenary Speakers: Jennifer Jackson, Bruce Buffett
Breakout Session Topics: (Co-Discussion Leaders)
- High Pressure Spin Transitions in Iron-Bearing Minerals: The Lower Mantle’s (Wolfgang Sturhahn and Renata Wentzcovitch)
- Iron Alloys: The Phase Relations and Properties of Earth’s Innermost Interior (Andrew Campbell and Jie Li)
- The Deep Mantle: Post-Perovskite, Melts and Low Velocity Provinces (Thomas Duffy and Dan Shim)
- Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Earth Materials: Mobility of Heat and Electrons within the Planet (Alex Goncharov and Abby Kavner)
PM Session
Plenary Theme 2
The Dynamic Ceramic Mantle
Plenary Speakers: Paul Asimow, Shun Karato, Thorne Lay
Breakout Session Topics: (Co-Discussion Leaders)
- Thermoelasticity of Minerals, Phase Transitions and Seismic Mapping: Slab Signatures, the Transition Zone and Chemical Heterogeneity (Jay Bass and Donald Weidner)
- Chemical Diffusivity and Viscosity of Mantle Minerals: How does the Planet Flow and Homogenize (William Durham and David Walker)
- Properties of Planetary Fluids (Carl Agee and Daniel Farber)
- Linkages to the Lithosphere and Crust: Deeply Derived Magmas, Heat Sources and Metamorphism (Harry Green and Charles Lesher)
5:00-6:00pm Breakout Session Reports from Day #2
Post-Dinner: Informal Writing and Discussion.
Day 3: March 4, 2009
AM Session
Plenary Theme 3
Mineral Physics and Society
8:00-9:15 Plenary Speakers: Rod Ewing, Marc Hirschmann
Breakout Session Topics: (Co-Discussion Leaders)
- Educational Opportunities: What can Mineral Physics deliver to K-16 Education? (Pamela Burnley and Gabriel Gwanmesia)
- Volatile Fluxes into and out of the Planet and Sequestration at Depth: The Deep Ultimate Controls on the Carbon Cycle and the Hydrosphere Wendy Panero and Joseph Smyth)
- Synthesis and Characterization of Societally Important Materials: Ultra-hard Materials, Hydrogen Storage Materials, Minerals for Nuclear Waste Disposal, and Fault Gouge (Alex Navrotsky and Yusheng Zhao)
PM Session
Plenary Theme 4
Enabling Cutting-Edge Science: Tools and the Accomplishments they will drive in the Next Decade of Discovery
Plenary Speakers: Russell Hemley and Lars Stixrude
Breakout Session Topics: (Co-Discussion Leaders)
- Higher Pressures in Larger Volumes: New High Pressure Developments (Guoyin Shen and Yanbin Wang)
- Computational Advances: More Complex Systems at Extreme Conditions (Boris Kiefer and Artem Oganov)
- Shocks, Laser-Driven and otherwise: Better Constraints on Impacts, and Into Giant Planet Interiors (Kanani Lee and Oliver Tschauner)
- Opportunities with New Sources: The Beams of NSLS-II, SNAP, APS renewal, and the LCLS (Mark Rivers and Nancy Ross)
4:00-5:30 Breakout Group Presentations from Day #3, Updates from Day #2 Groups, Meeting Overview and Status Report
Departure for most of attendees.
Day 4: March 5, 2009
Report Writing Subgroup only.
Evening of March 4 and Following Day- March 5, 2009.