2012 Summer Program Agenda

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Agenda, week of July 9-13th

Talks are from 2 to 3:15pm location TBD

Tuesday, July 10th

2pm Adam Dziewonski "Terra Incognita, again" | Download slides (pptx)

wednesday, July 11th

2pm - Michael Manga: " Giant impacts on early Mars and the cessation of the Martian dynamo"

2:45pm - Peter Olds: " KT boundary chromites: terrestrial or extraterrestrial?" | Download slide1 (pptx) slide2 (pptx)

Thursday, July 12th

2pm - Sujoy Mukhopadhyay: " Early Plantary Differentiation and Volatile Accretion Recorded in Deep Mantle Neon and Xenon" : Download | talk video

2:45pm - Sarah Stewart: "Origin of the moon revisited" | Download slides and related files | talk video

Friday, July 13th

2pm - Thomas Bodin "Dealing with uncertainties in Geophysical imaging" | Download slides (pdf)

2:45 pm: Matt Jackson "Early-Earth reservoirs and the LLSVP's"

Agenda, lecture and tutorial part

Sunday, July 15th

5:00 - 7:00 pm: Icebreaker and Registration, Los Robles Quad

view campus map and Manzanita Village map to locate icebreaker

Week 1

Monday, July 16th

8:30 - 8:50 am: Orientation: KITP staff
8:50 - 9:00 am: Introduction to CIDER-II, Barbara Romanowicz : Download slides
9:00 - 10:00 am: Introduction to Deep Time, Stevenson/Carlson : Download Stevenson slides (pptx); Carlson slides1; references: PDFs (restricted access; 12MB zipped PDFs) |Stevenson Talk Video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Seismology I- Introduction to Observational Surface Wave Seismology, Gabi Laske | Download slides (extended pdf; pptx) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm : Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall - see map on how to get there from KITP
2:00 - 3:00 pm:Introduction to Earth Materials, Marc Hirschmann | Download slides (pdf) | talk video
3:00 - 3:30 pm: Discussion
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30pm: Preparation of tutorials

Tuesday, July 17th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Geodynamics I- Impacts Sarah Stewart | Download slides and files and handout (docx) | talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geochemistry I- Chemical Processes Prior to Earth Formation, Rick Carlson | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Tutorial I - Seismology - Inversion of Phase Velocity Maps, Gabi Laske Tutorial page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm: Research Talk I, Joroen van Hunen When did Subduction Begin? : Download slides (pdf) | talk video
5:45 - 8:00 pm CIDER Barbecue Goleta beach picnic area D

Wednesday, July 18th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Earth Materials II- Experimental Studies Related to Early Earth Processes, Dave Rubie | Download slides (external pdf) | talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geodynamics II- Earth's Initial Condition, Dave Stevenson | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm : Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Tutorial II - Geochemistry - Mass Balance and Mantle Reservoirs, Rick Carlson and Bill McDonough | Download handout (pptx) Tutorial Page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Poster Session

Thursday, July 19th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Seismology II - Introduction to Observational Body Wave Seismology, Ed Garnero | Download slides (68 MB pptx) | talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geodynamics III - Mantle Convection, Bruce Buffett | Download slides new slides (ppt) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Tutorial III - Geodynamics - Convection Modelling, Shije Zhong Tutorial Page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm: Research Talk II "When did the continents grow?" Steve Parman | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
4:30 - 5:00 pm: Research Talk III "Terra Incognita, again" Adam Dziewonski | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
6:00 - 8:00 pm : Catered Dinner - KITP Patio

Friday, July 20th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Earth Materials III - The Mantle, Jie Li | Download slides (pdf) | talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geochemistry II-Chemical Processes During Earth Accretion, Bill McDonough | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Tutorial IV - Mineral Physics - The Mantle and Equations of State, Jie Li Tutorial Page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Organization of Research Groups

Saturday, July 21st

9:00 - 10:00 am: Seismology III- Inverse Theory/ Tomography, Barbara Romanowicz | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geochemistry III- The First 100 Million Years, Mark Harrison | Download slides (64MB ppt) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30 - 2:00pm Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall

Week 2

Monday, July 23rd

8:45 - 9:45 am: Geochemistry IV- The First Billion Year - I, Bill McDonough and Sujoy Mukhopadhyay | Download slides1 and slides2 | talk video
9:45 - 10:15 am: Discussion
10:15 - 10:45 am: Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 am: Earth Materials IV- Accretion, Magma Oceans, Core Formation Dave Rubie | Download slides (ppt) | talk video
11:45 - 12:10 pm: Discussion
12:15 - 1:15 pm KITP Chalk Talk, Dave Stevenson "Is Earth typical or special?" | talk video
1:30-2:30 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:30-3:30 pm: Organization of Research Teams
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm: Research Talk III, " What is the Composition of the Bulk Silicate Earth?" Matt Jackson | Download slides (pdf) | talk video
4:45 - 5:00pm: Research Talk III, "Freezing, Melting, and Evolution of Earth's Inner Core Inferred from Seismology" Vernon Cormier | Download slides (pptx) | talk video

Tuesday, July 24th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Seismology IV - Case Studies in Deep Earth Structure Using Body Waves, Ed Garnero | Download slides (pptx) | talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geodynamics IV - Mantle Mixing, Michael Manga | Download slides (pdf)| Watch Low Reynolds Number Flow Movie (84MB rm file) | talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30-2:00 pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00-3:30 pm: 2nd geodynamics tutorial (Bruce Buffett, Louise Kellogg) Tutorial Page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break :
4:00 - 5:00 pm: Research Teams Meet
5:00 - 5:30 pm: Research Talk IV, Razvan Caracas | Download slides (pdf) | | talk video
5:45 - 8:00 pm: Barbecue dinner: Goleta Beach Area D

Wednesday, July 25th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Earth Materials V - Transport Properties, Quentin Williams | Download slides (pptx) | Talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geochemistry V - The First Billion Year - II, Sujoy Moukhopadhyay | Download slides (pptx) | Talk Video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30-2:00pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00-3:30 pm: Tutorial - Mineral Physics II - Molecular Dynamics, Razvan Caracas Tutorial Page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Poster Session

Thursday, July 26th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Geodynamics V - Subduction, Dave Stegman | Download slides (26MB pdf) |Talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Seismology V - Lithosphere/Asthenosphere Investigations Using Seismological Tools, Barbara Romanowicz | Download slides (pptx) | Talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30-2:00pm: Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Research Teams Meet
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Tutorial: Seismology II- Body Wave Observations, Doug Wiens/ Ed Garnero Tutorial Page
6:00 - 8:00 pm: Catered dinner - KITP patio

Friday, July 27th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Earth Materials VI - The Core, Jie Li | Download slides (pdf) |talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geochemistry VI - Mark Harison and Rick Carlson | Download slides (pptx)

Speculations on the Origin and Evolution of Continental Crust (Mark) | Talk video ,

When did Plate Tectonics Start? A Geochemical Perspective, (Rick) | Talk video

12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30-2:00pm Lunch in "de la Guerra" dining hall
2:00-3:30 pm: Tutorial: Geochemistry II, Geochronology, Mark Harrison and Sujoy Mukhopadhyay Tutorial page
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30pm: Research Teams Meet | Research group pages

Saturday, July 28th

9:00 - 10:00 am: Seismology VI - Attenuation- Measurement, Relationship to Mantle T, etc., Doug Wiens Download slides | Talk video
10:00 - 10:30 am: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Geodynamics VI - Core Dynamics and the Magnetic Field, Bruce Buffett Download Download slides (ppt) | Talk video
12:00 - 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30-2:00pm: Lunch - note: "de la Guerra" dining hall is closed, but other dining halls are open (Carillo)

Agenda, workshop part

Week 3

Monday, July 30th

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - de la Guerra dining hall
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break - Founders Room
4:00 - 4:30 pm Research talk: Kevin Zahnle "about impacts": in the KITP auditorium Download slides | Talk video

Tuesday, July 31st

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - de la Guerra dining hall
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break - Founders Room
4:00 - 4:30 pm Research talk: Jasper Konter "Seismic and Geochemical Correlations at Hotspots" Download slides (ppt) | Talk video
5:45 - 8 pm Group Barbecue - Goleta Beach Area D

Wednesday, August 1st

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - de la Guerra dining hall
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break - Founders Room

Thursday, August 2nd

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - de la Guerra dining hall
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break - Founders Room
4:00 - 4:30 pm Research talk: "Thermal Conductivity of MgSiO3 perovskite and Heat Transport in the Earth's Mantle", Abby Kavner Download slides (pdf) | Talk video
6:00 - 8:00 pm Catered Dinner UCSB Faculty Club

Friday, August 3rd

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - de la Guerra dining hall
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break - Founders Room
4:00 - 5:00 pm Progress reports by research groups - KITP Auditorium

Week 4

Monday, August 6th

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Dave Stegman "Tectonic, magmatic, and tomographic signals of the Farallon plate's influence on Western North America" Download slides (pdf) | Talk video

Tuesday, August 7th

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Kevin Zahnle - "After the Moon-forming impact" Download

Thursday, August 9th

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Maxim Ballmer "a double-layered thermochemical plume beneath Hawaii" Download slides (pdf) | Talk video

Friday, August 10th

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Final presentations by research groups

Final presentations

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" Impacts "

The Late Veneer: constraints on composition, mass, and mixing timescales

Participants : Kevin Zahnle, Michael Manga, Matthew Wielicki, Ana Černok, Jonathan Tucker, Divya Allupeddinti, Lea Bello, Clemens Prescher, Peter Olds, Beth Ann Bell, Nilotpal Ghosh
Group Presentation Slides (pptx)

"Core Mantle Boundary "

A silicate-iron-enriched melt layer at CMB

Participants : Dave Rubie, Ed Garnero, Emma Rainey, Lingling Ye, Martina Ulvrova, Ondřej Šrámek, Quentin Williams, Razvan Caracas, Stefanie Hempel, Xi Liu, Yang Wang, Ying Xia
Group Presentation Slides (pdf)

"Continental Lithosphere"

Reconciling geophysical and geochemical data to understand craton lithospheric architecture

Participants : P. Boehnke, P. Bouilhol, C. Doherty, E. Emry, M. Li, E. Paulson, H. Yue, R. Carlson, D. Wiens, H. Yuan
Group Presentation slides (pdf)

" Mg/Si "

Mg/Si ratio of the lore mantle: Seismic constraints and application

Participants : Marc Hirschmann, Barbara Romanowicz, Cayman Unterborn, Sanne Cottaar, Yu Huang, Ian Rose, Timo Heister, Valentina Magni, Jiachao Liu
Group Presentation Slides (pdf)

" Magma Oceans "

Your group's talk title here

Participants : D. Stegman, M. Jackson, C. Jackson, L. Ziegler, H. Zhang
Group Presentation Slides (pdf)

" Inner Core "

Is the inner core really translating?

Participants : Vernon Cormier, Lizzie Day, Zach Geballe, Marine Lasbleis, Mohammad Youssouf, Han Yue
Group Presentation Slides (pdf)

" LLSVPs "

Determining the nature of the LLSVP

Participants : Maxim Ballmer, Jamie Barron, Rick Carlson, Jasper Konter, Louise Kellogg, Rohan Kundargi, Jackie Li, Sujoy Mukhopadhayay, Barbara Romanowicz, Curtis Williams
Group Presentation Slides (pptx)