Oral Programme GMPV8/GD1

GMPV8/GD1

New Views of the Mantle: combining mineral physics, seismology and geodynamics (co-organized)
Co-Conveners: Hans Josef Reichmann , Saskia Goes 
Oral Programme
 / Tue, 21 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / Room 17
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Tue, 21 Apr, 17:30–19:00  / Hall A

Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Room 17
Chairperson: H.J. Reichmann
08:30–08:45
EGU2009-12520
Constraints on upper mantle rheology from modeling of plate motions with fully 3D visco-elasto-plastic lithosphere
S.V. Sobolev, A. Popov, and B. Steinberger
08:45–09:00
EGU2009-9128
Experimental Deformation of Olivine Crystals at Mantle P and T: Evidences for a Pressure-Induced Slip Transition and Implications for Upper-Mantle Seismic Anisotropy and Low Viscosity Zone
P. Raterron, J. Chen, T. Geenen, and J. Girard
09:00–09:15
EGU2009-10366
A model of grainsize evolution in a convecting mantle
A. Rozel and Y. Ricard
09:15–09:30
EGU2009-5157
Role of phase changes on the pattern of upper mantle flow beneath mid-oceanic ridges
Z. Zarifi and R. S. Huismans
09:30–09:45
EGU2009-9460
Effect of upper mantle inhomogeneities on the amplitudes of body waves: consequences for the interpretation of deep earth structure
H. Tkalcic, V. F. Cormier, and B. L. N. Kennett
09:45–10:00
EGU2009-8454
Seismic Evidence of Localized Distribution of Fluids or Melts in the Mantle Transition Zone
F. TAJIMA and T. NAKAGAWA
COFFEE BREAK
10:30–10:45
EGU2009-1824
Transient Layering in Earth’s Mantle
M. Wolstencroft and J. H. Davies
10:45–11:00
EGU2009-10390
Thermal versus elastic heterogeneity in high-resolution mantle circulation models with pyrolite composition: High plume excess temperatures in the lowermost mantle
B. S. A. Schuberth, H.-P. Bunge, and G. Steinle-Neumann
11:00–11:15
EGU2009-6884
Is composition a critical dynamical element of mantle convection?
J H Davies, D R Davies, and M W Wolstencroft
11:15–11:30
EGU2009-7401
The temporal evolution of a subducting plate in the lower mantle
C. Loiselet, D. Grujic, J. Braun, P. Fullsack, C. Thieulot, and P. Yamato
11:30–11:45
EGU2009-13553
The role of a high viscosity hill in the lower mantle on the fate of subducting slabs
G. Morra, D.A. Yuen, C. Philippe, P. Koumoutsakos, L. Boschi, and P.J. Tackley
11:45–12:00
EGU2009-7466
Effects of low post-perovskite viscosity on thermal-chemical-phase structures and heat flow across the CMB
T. Nakagawa and P. Tackley