Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research (CIDER)

Mineral Physics

Lars Stixrude
2003:

'Theoretical framework and challenges in computational mineral physics'

2004:

Earth Forming Minerals: Structure and composition
Thermodynamics
Lattice Dynamics
Ab initio Calculations of Mineral Properties
Building Terrestrial Planets

Shun Karato
2003:

'Challenges in experimental mineral physics: What do we need to know and how?'

Guillaume Fiquet
2003:

'Deep Earth Science Opportunities created by synchrotron facilities'

Abby Kavner
2004:

Transport Properties and Anelasticities
Earth Mineralogy

2008:

Boundaries and Interfaces
Overview of Earth Materials: Why is the Transition Zone a Transition Zone? (Part 1)
Experiment Roundup (Part 1)

Jie Jackie Li
2008:

Transport Properties: Molecular Diffusion
Mineral Physics of the Earth's Core
Overview of Earth Materials: Why is the Transition Zone a Transition Zone? (Part 2: Iron)

Bob Liebermann
2008:

Elasticity of Mantle Minerals

Geodynamics

Louise Kellogg
2003:

'Major Challenges in Geodynamics'

2008:

'Mixing and Boundary Layers'

Bruce Buffett
2003:

'Thermal and chemical evolution of the Earth's core'

Peter Olson
2003:

'Core-Mantle Thermal Interaction and the D"-Layer'

Paul Tackley
2003:

'Baking the mantle: An integration of mineral physics, geochemistry, mantle convection, and seismology'

David Yuen
2003:

'Visualization, interrogation and analysis of geophysical data over the web'

Thorsten Becker
2008:

'Geophysical constraints on global mantle dynamics'

Peter van Keken
2008:

'Subduction (Sinking B.L.)'

Jeroen Tromp
2003:

'Synthetic seismograms'

2008:

'Wave Propagation - CIG Codes'

'Numerical Simulations'

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
2004:

'Numerical, Analytical, and Laboratory Models'
'Plates, Subduction'
'Plumes, hotspots, transition zone and core-mantle boundary'
'Recap of geological observations as constraints, including geomag'

Wang-Ping Chen and Tai-Lin Tseng
2008:

'From Continental Collision to the Earth's Deep Water Cycle'

Catherine Johnson
2008:

'Boundary Layers and Magnetic Fields: Observations'

Garrett Leahy, Ved Lekic, Urska Manners, Christine Reif, Joost van Summeren, Tai-Lin Tseng, Magali Billen, Wang-Ping Chen, Adam Dziewonski
2006:

'Slabs in the Transition Zone'

Kari Cooper, Amber Harris, Stan Hart, Louise Kellogg, Julie Prytulak, and Elizabeth Vanacore
2006:

'Mixing - aka Progress towards Chaos'

Seismology

John Vidale
2003:

'Fine structure of the deep Earth'

Mike Wysession
2003:

'"D" and CMB'

Ken Creager
2003:

'Inner Core'

Adam Dziewonski

2004:

'Geophysical Inverse Problems: Introduction'
'Wave Equation with Consideration of Anisotropy and Attenuation'
'Surface waves: excitation, measurements of dispersion and attenuation'

2008:

'Boundary Layers (part 1)'

Barbara Romanowicz
2008:

'Equations and Waves'

Guy Masters
2008:

'Geophys. Inverse Problem'

Michael Manga
2008:

'Boundary Layers (part 2)'

Jeroen Tromp
2008:

Numerical Simulations
Wave Propagation - CIG Codes

Alan Levander
2008:

'Array Techniques'
'Receiver Functions'

Fabio Cammarano, Colleen Dalton, Nico DeKoker, Federica Marone, Antonio Piazzoni, Barbara Romanowicz, Yi Wang
2006:

'Seismic Velocity gradients across the transition zone'

Geochemistry

Terry Plank
2003:

'Subduction factory'

Ed Stolper
2003:

'The importance of pyroxene-rich lithologies in the mantle'

Don DePaolo
2004:

'Overview: The Geochemists' Earth'
'Geochemical Evolution and Fingerprinting of Terrestrial Reservoirs (Part 1)'
'Terrestrial Budgets and Evolution Modeling (Part 1)'

Stan Hart
2008:

'Composition of the Earth'
'Use of Isotope Geochemistry'

Cin-Ty Lee
2008:

'Petrology of lithosphere and asthenosphere'
'Igneous Petrology'

Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
2008:

'Geochemical Isotopes'
'Differentiation of the Earth'

Anna Courtier, Ralf Halama, Matthew Jackson, Mouse Larson, Jesse Lawrence, Cin-Ty A. Lee, Zhengrong Wang, Jessica Warren, Rhea Workman, and Wenbo Xu
2006:

Mantle Potential Temperature