'Deep' Mineralogy (Extraterrestrial Mineralogy, Planetary interiors)
The Cores: Insight into the Earth and exoplanetary cores from theory, experiment and seismology
Co-Conveners
Anatoly Belonoshko, Nanjing University
Kai Wang, Nanjing University
Yang Sun, Xiamen University
Konstantin Litasov, Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics RAS
The processes in the Earth Core and its evolution are the key to understanding our planet as a whole. The extreme conditions make the studies on the planetary cores challenging and require interdisciplinary insight. The research on phase diagrams of materials, equations of state, metal-silicate partitioning, crystallization of the core, light elements partitioning, structure of the core, convection, magnetic properties, materials properties at extreme conditions becomes multidisciplinary. Any new finding seeks confirmation from the bulk of existing data. This session aims at providing the forum for experimentalists, theoreticians, and seismologists to communicate their findings on 'the core of the matter' or, rather, on 'the matter of the core'. We believe that such communication will contribute to resolving existing controversies and ignite new approaches.
