Mineral and Rock Physics



A journey into planetary interiors: experimental and theoretical studies of planet-forming materials at extreme conditions
Primary Convener:  Baptiste Journaux, University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
Conveners:  Francesca Miozzi, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC, United States, Natalia V Solomatova, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France and Eric Edmund, HPSTAR, Shanghai, China
Primary Liaison:  Francesca Miozzi, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC, United States


Advances in ultrahigh pressure science with applications to planetary interiors
Primary Convener:  Sally June Tracy, Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Arianna E Gleason, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Arianna E Gleason, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA, United States


Anelasticity, attenuation and dispersion
Primary Convener:  Nicola Tisato, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Convener:  Christine Mccarthy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Christine Mccarthy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States


Computational Advances and Applications in Earth and Planetary Materials Research
Primary Convener:  Bijaya B Karki, Louisiana State University, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Center for Computation and Technology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Convener:  Koichiro Umemoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Koichiro Umemoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan


Coupled processes in intact and fractured geologic media
Primary Convener:  Roman Y Makhnenko, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
Conveners:  Francesco Parisio, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Chair of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Freiberg, Germany, Victor Vilarrasa, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain; Spanish National Research Council, Zaragoza, Spain, Keita Yoshioka, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany and Ingrid Tomac, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Roman Y Makhnenko, University of Illinois, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States


Developments in geothermal energy
Primary Convener:  Mathew D Ingraham, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Zachary Frone, Alexandria, VA, United States, Timothy J Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Paul Schwering, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mathew D Ingraham, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States


Experimental and Analytical Advances in Physics and Chemistry Studies of Minerals at Extreme Conditions
Primary Convener:  Stella Chariton, University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, IL, United States
Conveners:  Vitali B Prakapenka, University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, IL, United States and Haozhe Liu, HIT Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Primary Liaison:  Stella Chariton, University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, IL, United States


Fault slip acceleration: from slow to fast, from the lab to the field, and in between
Primary Convener:  Nicola Tisato, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, OK, United States and Elena Spagnuolo, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy
Primary Liaison:  Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, OK, United States


Fracture and surface processes under a bestiary of scales: crack tips, crack networks, and the Critical Zone
Primary Convener:  Jill A Marshall, University of Arkansas, Geosciences, Fayetteville, AR, United States
Conveners:  Philip G Meredith, University College London, Rock and Ice Physics and Seismological Laboratory, London, United Kingdom, Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Nuclear Waste Disposal Research and Analysis, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Martha Cary C Eppes, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jill A Marshall, University of Arkansas, Geosciences, Fayetteville, AR, United States


Heterogeneity, anisotropy and scale-dependency:Keys to understand Earth composition, structure and behavior
Primary Convener:  Bjarne Sven Guestav Almqvist, Uppsala University, Earth Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Convener:  Joel Sarout, CSIRO Energy, Perth, WA, Australia
Primary Liaison:  Bjarne Sven Guestav Almqvist, Uppsala University, Earth Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden


Hydrogen in the Solid Earth
Primary Convener:  Cara Vennari, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Conveners:  Yongjae Lee, Yonsei University, Department of Earth System Sciences, Seoul, South Korea and Junjie Dong, Houston, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Carmen Sanchez-Valle, University of Münster, Institut for Mineralogy, Münster, Germany


Liquids in Planetary Interiors from Core to Crust
Primary Convener:  Alisha N Clark, University of Colorado Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Guillaume Morard, Sorbonne Université - MNHN - CNRS - IMPMC, Paris, France and Sarah M Arveson, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Alisha N Clark, University of Colorado Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States


Phase transitions and physical properties in deep planetary interiors: measurements, theory, and implications
Primary Convener:  Sergey Lobanov, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Convener:  François Soubiran, CEA, Paris, France
Primary Liaison:  Zachary M Geballe, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, United States


Physical Properties of Earth Materials (PPEM): The long and the short of it
Chair:  W. Ashley Griffith, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Primary Convener:  Christine McCarthy, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  Matej Pec, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EAPS, Cambridge, MA, United States, Melodie E French, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States and Lars N Hansen, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Christine McCarthy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States


Physics of Fluids in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks
Primary Convener:  Jianchao Cai, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
Conveners:  Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, KS, United States and Liang Feng, University of Edinburgh, NCEO, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Jianchao Cai, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China


Pre-, Co-, and Post-Rupture Processes Across Multiple Scales
Primary Convener:  Sergio Vinciguerra, University of Turin, Earth Sciences, Turin, Italy
Conveners:  Wenlu Zhu, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States, Francois Renard, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Grenboble, France and Roland Burgmann, Univ California Berkeley, Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sergio Vinciguerra, University of Turin, Earth Sciences, Turin, Italy


Thermodynamics of Earth and Planetary Materials: Energetics, Equations of State, and Elasticity
Primary Convener:  Johannes Buchen, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Olivia Pardo, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Bethany Chidester, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States and Stephen Stackhouse, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Johannes Buchen, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States


Tracing deep carbon from crust to core
Primary Convener:  Susannah Dorfman, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  Bin Chen, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States, Marco Merlini, University of Milan, Department of Earth Sciences 'Ardito Desio', Milan, Italy and Mainak Mookherjee, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Susannah Dorfman, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States