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The physical and chemical nature of Earth’s deep interior is key in controlling many of the processes that shape our planet: from mantle convection to melting, from volcanism to plate tectonics. Rationalising the latest observations - be they clues revealed in the compositions of mantle melts, diamond formation, seismological nuances, or atomistic scale predictions - requires interaction across sub-disciplines.

This international meeting drew together the latest ideas and results from geophysicists, geochemists, mineral physicists, geodynamicists and petrologists to identify the processes shaping the inaccessible depths of our planet.

Programme Sessions

• Earth’s Core
• Structure & Composition of Earth’s Core
• Lowermost Mantle
• Transition Zone
• Upper Mantle & Mantle Structure
• Mantle Volatiles
• Surface Constraints on Deep Earth Processes
• Mantle Dynamics

Convenors

• Sally Gibson (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Saskia Goes (Imperial College, UK)
• Mike Walter (University of Bristol, UK)
• Simon Redfern (University of Cambridge, UK)

Keynote speaker

• John Hernlund (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Invited Speakers

• Chris Ballentine (University of Oxford, UK)
• John Brodholt (University College London, UK)
• Arwen Deuss (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Dan Frost (Bayreuth, Germany)
• Matt Jackson (UC Santa Barbara, USA)
• Peter van Keken (University of Michigan, USA)
• Mike Kendall (University of Bristol, UK)
• Graham Pearson (University of Alberta, CA)
• Dan Shim (Arizona State University, USA)