Programme

Wednesday July 2nd:
Ana Ferreira (University College London) : 9h-10h45 : What lies beneath ? Global seismic imaging of the Earth’s mantle
Lidunka Vocadlo (University College London) : 11h-12h45 : Determining inner core phase stability and composition
Stephane Labrosse (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon) : 14h-15h45 : Core evolution and implications for the deep mantle
Dan Shim (Arizona State University) : 16h-17h45 : Un-Earth-like Interiors of Earth-like Exoplanets
Thursday July 3rd:
Manuel Moreira (IPGP) : 9h-10h45 : Early Earth history constrained from noble gases
Frederic Moynier (IPGP) : 11h-12h45 : Silicon isotopes and deep geochemical reservoirs
Craig Manning (University of California, Los Angeles) : 14h-15h45 : What’s so super about supercritical fluids ?
Rick Ryerson (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) : 16h-17h45 : Diffusion in geologic materials – methods and applications

In order to validate the course, each student will need to turn in a 2- to 3-page report, in English.
James Badro will assign to each of them a main topic among the 8 lessons above. The report will comprise a detailed and in-depth 1- to 1.5-page discussion of the main topic, along with smaller 1-paragraph summaries of the other 7 course.