Mineral and Rock Physics



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:  Jie Deng, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States


A Nonlinear Visco-thermoporoelastic Model for Fluid Saturated Porous Media
Primary Convener:  Wubing Deng, China University of Petroleum (East China), School of Geosciences, Qingdao, China
Conveners:  Li-Yun Fu, China University of Petroleum (East China), School of Geosciences, Qingdao, China and Zhiwei Wang, China University of Petroleum (East China), School of Geosciences, Qingdao, China


MR001
Advanced Experimental, Computational and Analytical Approaches in Exploring Deep Planetary Interiors.
Primary Convener:  Stella Chariton, The University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States
Conveners:  Vitali Prakapenka, University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, United States, Haozhe Liu, HPSTAR, Beijing, China and Dongzhou Zhang, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, United States


MR002
A Journey Into Planetary Interiors: Implications of Phase Transitions and Physical Properties of Planet-Forming Materials at Extreme Conditions
Primary Convener:  Baptiste Journaux, University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
Conveners:  Eric Edmund, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, United States, Sally June Tracy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Francesca Miozzi, Sorbonne Université - MNHN - CNRS - IMPMC, Paris, France
Student/Early Career Convener:  Claire Christine Zurkowski, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States


MR003
Computational Simulation and Data Analytics in Planetary Materials Research
Primary Convener:  Han Hsu, National Central University (NCU), Taoyuan, Taiwan
Conveners:  Renata Wentzcovitch, Columbia University in the City of New York, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, NY, United States, 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 and Jie Deng, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States


MR005
Exoplanetary Mineralogy: Ultra-High Pressure Experiments and Calculations
Primary Convener:  Felipe Gonzalez Cataldo, University of California Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
Convener:  Chris P McGuire, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physics, Livermore, CA, United States


MR006
Experimental and Theoretical Developments on Large-Volume Samples Under Extreme Conditions and Their Implications for Planetary Scale Processes
Primary Convener:  Kyusei Tsuno, Arizona State University, Eyring Material Center, Tempe, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Sang-Heon Shim, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, United States, Jonathan Dolinschi, University of Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany and Greaux Steeve, Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan, Matsuyama, Japan
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jonathan Dolinschi, University of Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany


MR007
From Earthquakes to SSEs, From Nucleation to Arrest, From the Lab to the Field, and In Between
Primary Convener:  Nicola Tisato, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and Rock Squeezers
Conveners:  Carolina Giorgetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Federica Paglialunga, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, OK, United States and Rock Squeezers


MR008
Lab-Scale Seismology: Ultrasonic Characterization in Rock Mechanics
Primary Convener:  Jacques Riviere, Pennsylvania State University, Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Parisa Shokouhi, Pennsylvania State University, Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, United States, Jacques Riviere, Pennsylvania State University, Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, PA, United States and Reza Hedayat, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States


MR009
Physical Properties of Earth Materials (PPEM): From Micro to Macro, and Back Again
Primary Convener:  Kathryn M. Kumamoto, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Johanna M Nevitt, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Matej Pec, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Hiroki Sone, University of Wisconsin, Geological Engineering Program, Madison, WI, United States


MR010
Physics of Fluids in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks
Primary Convener:  Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, KS, United States
Conveners:  Feng Liang, Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Jianchao Cai, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China


MR011
The History of Volatiles in Rocky Planetary Interiors and Their Surface Expression
Primary Convener:  Junjie Dong, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Cara Vennari, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, Susannah Dorfman, Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States; Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, MI, United States and Bin Chen, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jesse Tao Gu, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States


MR012
The Microphysics Of Mantle Flow and Plate Boundary Formation
Primary Convener:  Elvira Mulyukova, Northwestern University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, United States
Conveners:  Chhavi Jain, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States and Jennifer Girard, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States


MR013
Thermal, Chemical and Elastic Properties of Minerals and Metal Alloys with Applications to the Dynamo of Terrestrial-Type Bodies
Primary Convener:  Meryem Berrada, University of Western Ontario, Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
Convener:  Melissa Sims, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Claire H Blaske, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States


DI007
Bridging the observational gap: Integrating laboratory, field, and geophysical datasets to quantify mantle properties and processes
Primary Convener:  William Joseph Shinevar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Joshua B Russell, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Chhavi Jain, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States and Hatsuki Yamauchi, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Manuel Pimenta Silva, ETH Zürich, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, Zurich, Switzerland


DI014
Theoretical and experimental constraints on the mineralogy, structure, and dynamics of exoplanetary interiors: An exploration of planetary materials under extreme conditions
Primary Convener:  Ian Karl Ocampo, Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Bethany Chidester, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, Mohamad Essam, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia and Felipe Gonzalez Cataldo, University of California Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ian Karl Ocampo, Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States


S013
Induced seismicity and caprock failure in carbon sequestration and geo-energy applications
Primary Convener:  Noam Zach Dvory, University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Conveners:  Jens-Erik Lund Snee, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CA, United States, Rebecca Olivia Salvage, University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada and Sam S. Hashemi, Stanford University, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rebecca Olivia Salvage, University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada