[IRIS] AGU Session T15: New Observations from the Mantle Wedge

[IRIS]

Please consider submitting an abstract to the following AGU Fall 06  
session:

T15:  New Observations From the Mantle Wedge: Consequences for Water,  
Petrology, Melt, and Flow

Description:
This session seeks to highlight new constraints on structure, flow,  
dehydration and melting processes within the subduction zone mantle  
wedge. Questions of particular interest include: Can seismic velocity  
and/or attenuation tomography resolve water, partial melt, and/or  
composition in the mantle wedge? What new constraints can we place on  
temperature and flow in the mantle wedge? What is being learned from  
data synthesis and comparison between subduction zones? How do  
mineral physics and geochemical/petrologic results inform the  
interpretation of seismic observables? How close are we to tying  
volcanic products to specific temperatures/compositions at the mantle  
source? We encourage papers from seismology, geodynamical modeling,  
mineral physics, geochemistry, and petrology.

Conveners:
Sara Pozgay
Washington University in St. Louis
spozgay at wustl.edu

Megan Anderson
U.S. Geological Survey
manderson at usgs.gov

Karen Fischer
Brown University
Karen_Fischer at brown.edu