[iris-bulk] 2007 GORDON CONFERENCE ON THE 'INTERIOR OF THE EARTH'

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       2007 GORDON CONFERENCE ON THE `INTERIOR OF THE EARTH'

             **** APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW OPEN ****

We encourage you to attend the next `Gordon Conference on the Earth's
Interior' to be held June 10-15, 2007 (Mount Holyoke College, South  
Hadley,
Massachusetts). The Gordon Conferences are freewheeling meetings that  
leave
significant time open for informal discussion and debate. The  
sessions listed
below will take place in the morning and early evening, with poster  
sessions
in the late afternoon and evening. Attendance is limited (to 140) and  
the intent
is to generate lively exchange amongst a cross-section of Earth  
scientists.
The previous meetings have all been a big success and we hope to  
build on that
history.

For those unfamiliar with the meeting, participation in the Gordon  
Conference
is a two step process. First, everyone has to fill out an application  
to the
meeting. This can be done quickly online at:
	     http://www.grc.org/application.aspx
	       * under `2007', scroll down to `Interior of the Earth'
                  and press GO
	       * fill in the info & submit
Second, you will eventually receive an email message with  
instructions for
registration.

The meetings are inexpensive. The registration cost ($710US) covers  
registration,
room and board. There may also be limited support for students and  
postdocs.

The program for the meeting is given on the web - but we have also  
appended
it below.

We hope you'll participate!

Regards

Goran Ekstrom and Bruce Buffett

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    2007 GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON THE `INTERIOR OF THE EARTH'

		        June 10-15, 2007
         Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts

Chair: Goran Ekstrom (Columbia University) ekstrom at ldeo.columbia.edu
Vice-Chair: Bruce Buffett (University of Chicago)  
buffett at geosci.uchicago.edu

Session 1. June 10, 7:30–9:30 PM
Title: The continental lithosphere: Where did it come from, where  
does it go?
Discussion Leader: Roberta Rudnick
   Speakers:
   Peter Keleman
   Adrian Lenardic

Session 2. June 11, 9:00–12:30 PM
Title: The asthenosphere I - What is the asthenosphere?
Discussion Leader: Stan Hart
   Speakers:
   Greg Hirth
   Lars Stixrude
   Shijie Zhong

Session 3. June 11, 7:30–9:30 PM
Title: The asthenosphere II - How do the lithosphere, asthenosphere  
and deeper
mantle interact?
Discussion Leader: Magali Billen
   Speakers:
   Anne Davaille
   Hans Keppeler

Session 4. June 12, 9:00–12:30 PM
Title: Oceanic lithosphere from ridge to trench
Discussion Leader: Don Forsyth
   Speakers:
   Robert Dunn
   Robert Evans
   Keith Priestley

Session 5. June 12, 7:30–9:30 PM
Title: Anisotropy - Fabric development, maintenance, and destruction
Discussion Leader: Thorsten Becker
   Speakers:
   James Gaherty
   Andrea Tommasi

Session 6. June 13, 9:00–12:30 PM
Title: Subduction zones - What goes down and what comes up?
Discussion Leader: Geoffrey Abers
   Speakers:
   Karen Fischer
   Katherine Kelley
   Jason Phipps Morgan

Session 7. June 13, 7:30–9:30 PM
Title: Why is the transition zone important?
Discussion Leader: Paul Tackley
   Speakers:
   David Bercovici
   Donald Weidner

Session 8. June 14, 9:00–12:30 PM
Title: Deglaciation and sea-level change - Earth’s response to  
loading on
multiple time scales
Discussion Leader: James Davis
   Speakers:
   Michael Bevis
   Mark Tamisiea

Session 9. June 14, 7:30–9:30 PM
Title: Unresolved questions
Discussion Leader: Barbara Romanowicz
   Speakers:
   Geoff Davies
   Marc Hirschmann
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