Together with the Centre for Physics of Geological Processes (PGP) we arrange a two-day seminar with top-class international speakers and scientist. We are particularly proud to introduce Lars Stixrude as the Rosenqvist Lecturer.
The program for the CEED-part of the seminar is shown below. Follow us on Twitter (@ceedoslo) for live updates from the talks.
The Kongsberg Seminar, Thursday 9th of May 2013
0915-0930 Bjørn Jamtveit (PGP) Opening remarks
0930-0945 Trond Torsvik (CEED) CEED
0945-1030 The Rosenqvist lecture: Lars Stixrude (University College London) GEOPHYSICS OF CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY IN THE DEEP MANTLE
CEED Deep Earth
1045-1130 Keynote: Karin Sigloch (Munich University) Slab sinking and paleogeographic inference: a North American case study from seismic tomography
1130-1200 Bernhard Steinberger (GFZ Potsdam, CEED) Challenges in mantle plume modelling
CEED Dynamic Earth
1300-1330 John Hopper (GEUS) Arctic plate tectonics and the life cycle of mantle plumes
1330-1400 Susanne Buiter (NGU/CEED) Analysing Wilson cycle plate margins
CEED Earth crises
1415-1500 Keynote: Aradhna Tripati (University of California) Cenozoic polar climate
1500-1530 Stephan Sobolev (GFZ-Potsdam) Mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes
CEED Earth and Beyond
1545-1630 Keynote: Lindy Elkins-Tanton (Carnegie Institution) Magma ocean and planetary evolution
1630-1700 Bethany Ehlmann (CalTech) The earliest aqueous, habitable (?) environments on Mars: A view from orbiters and rovers
