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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As the AGU abstract deadline approaches (September 10), we
hope that you will consider submitting to one of the following SEDI (Studies of
Earth’s Deep Interior) sessions. These are listed as DI at the
meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=78">Seismic
Anisotropy and Mantle Dynamics - Observations and Modeling</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=145">Understanding
the Nature of Earth's Ultralow-Velocity Zones</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Verdana;color:black'>DI04: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=274">Technical
Advances in Geodynamical Modeling</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Verdana;color:black'>DI05: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=404">The
Deep Earth’s Mantle Above the CMB: Structure, Composition Dynamics and
Evolution</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=405">The
Ins and Outs of the Earth’s Core</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=115">The
Future of Imaging and Interpretation of Earth’s Internal Structure</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=471">Chemical
Heterogeneities in the Earth’s Mantle: Their Roles in the Early Earth
Differentiation, Mantle Dynamics and Geochemistry</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=505">Models
of the Mantle: Reconciling Mineral Physics, Geodynamics, Geochemistry and
Seismology</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=517">Multi-Disciplinary
Insights Into the Earth’s Transition Zone</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=708">Interdisciplinary
Implications of Recent Deep Earth Discoveries: From Mineral Physics to
Seismology and Geodynamics</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=713">Linking
Earth’s Deep Interior to the Surface: Earth Evolution</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=714">Linking
Earth's Deep Interior to the Surface: The Present Mantle</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers,<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Allen McNamara<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mark Panning<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SEDI: <a
href="http://www.agu.org/focus_group/SEDI/main/members.html">http://www.agu.org/focus_group/SEDI/main/members.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Allen K. McNamara</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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