[iris-bulk] IGC session EID-10 on Phase Transformations

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33rd International Geological Congress (IGC)
  6-14 August 2008, Oslo, Norway
       http://www.33igc.org/
Abstract deadline: 29 February 2008

EID-10: Phase transformations in the Earth's interior
Convenors: Bernard J. Wood (Macquarie U., Australia)
   and Craig R. Bina (Northwestern U., U.S.A.)

 From hydration-dehydration reactions in subduction zones to
subsolidus polymorphism and disproportionation in the transition
zone, from electronic-spin transitions in the lower mantle to
polymorphism and melting relations near the core-mantle boundary,
phase transformations play a major role in the Earth's interior.
We encourage contributions on the analysis of phase transformations
by experiment, theory, and simulation, as well as studies of their
geophysical signatures and geodynamical consequences.

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-- Craig R. Bina, W. V. Jones II Professor of Geological Sciences
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
Locy Hall, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-847-491-3238,  Fax: +1-847-491-8060
craig at earth.northwestern.edu, http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/~craig/