MR011
The History of Volatiles in Rocky Planetary Interiors and Their Surface Expression
The History of Volatiles in Rocky Planetary Interiors and Their Surface Expression
Session ID#: 157196
Session Description:
Highly volatile elements (e.g., H, C, N, S) are critical for the internal dynamics and surface environment of rocky planets and essential for life as we know it. During accretion and solidification, the delivery, partitioning, and loss of these volatile elements in rocky planetary interiors set the initial conditions for their subsequent evolution. After planet formation, their distribution, storage, and cycling between interior reservoirs (core and mantle) and near-surface/surface reservoirs (crust, ocean, atmosphere) regulate material circulation and thermal evolution of the interior as well as tectonics and climate of the surface. This session aims to bring together observational, experimental, and theoretical contributions about the history of highly volatile elements in rocky planetary interiors, with an emphasis on implications for the surface environment and habitability of the Earth and other rocky planets within and beyond the Solar System.
Co-Organized:
- DI - Study of Earth's Deep Interior
Index Terms:
1099 General or miscellaneous [GEOCHEMISTRY]
3699 General or miscellaneous [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3999 General or miscellaneous [MINERAL PHYSICS]
5499 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
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
See more of: Mineral and Rock Physics
