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CHEMICAL RESERVOIRS AND CONVECTION IN EARTH'S MANTLE
Discussion meeting at The Royal Society, London,
Wednesday 16 - Thursday 17 January 2002.
Convenors (Dr. John Brodholt (UCL), Dr. Huw Davies (Cardiff Univ.),
Prof. Bernie Wood (Univ. of Bristol)

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Programme
Wednesday 16 January

Chair   Prof. B. Wood (University of Bristol)
9.15  Welcome and Introduction
9.20  Dr. E. Hauri (Carnegie Institution of Washington, US) - Mantle
geochemistry and the mantle convection connection -
9.50  Discussion
10.00 Dr. G. Pearson (Durham Univ.)- The continental lithospheric mantle
reservoir
10.30 Discussion
10.40 Coffee
11.10 Prof. C. Allegre (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France)-
Mixing processes through the history of the Earth's mantle
11.40 Discussion
11.50 Prof. W. White - (Cornell Univ., US)
12.20 Discussion
12.30 Lunch

Chair

14.00 Prof. W. Spakman (Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands)- Mantle
structure from global travel-time tomography
14.30 Discussion
14.40 Prof. S. Grand (Univ. of Texas at Austin, US)- Constraints on
convection from global seismic tomography
15.10 Discussion
15.20 Tea
15.50 Dr. G. Helffrich (University of Bristol) - Chemical and
seismological constraints on mantle structure
16.20 Discussion
16.30 General Discussion
17.15 Close

Thursday 17th January 2002

Chair Prof. D. Price (University College London)

9.20- Dr. J. Brodholt (University College London) - Computational
mineral physics and the properties of mantle minerals
9.50  Discussion
10.00 Prof. A. Forte (Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada)- Geodynamic and
seismic constraints on deep-mantle dynamics and thermochemical structure
10.30 Discussion
10.40 Coffee
11.10 Prof. P. Bunge (Princeton Univ, US) - The mantle convection
inverse problem
11.40 Discussion
11.50 Prof. F. Albarede (Ecole Normale Superior Lyon, France)- Mantle
convection and geochemical differentiation
12.20 Discussion
12.30 Lunch

Chair  Dr. H. Davies (Cardiff Univ.)

14.00 Prof. P. Tackley (University of California, Los Angeles, US)-
Studying Earth's geochemical evolution using numerical models of mantle
convection
14.30 Discussion
14.40 Dr. C. Ballentine (Univ. of Manchester)- An evolving view of the
mantle: combining numerical models and geochemistry
15.10 Discussion
15.20 Tea
15.50 Prof. Y. Ricard (Ecole Normale Superior Lyon, France)- Mantle
convection, geochemical reservoirs and the fate of subducted lithosphere
16.20 Discussion

Chair :- Convenors and chairmen

16.30 General Discussion
17.00  Close

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