Workshop on Phase Transitions and Mantle Discontinuities

该提案要求资金部分支持为期两天的题为“相变和地幔不连续”的研讨会。研讨会将于2001年4月5日至6日在德国波茨坦的地质研究中心举行。这次研讨会的目的是将来自不同学科的研究人员聚集在一起，研究地幔地震不连续的已知和未知情况，以及它们对地球深部状态的影响。科学计划将包括地震学、矿物物理学、地球动力学和地球化学领域的演讲，每一个领域都提供了一个机会，与相关但不同学科的同事展示和辩论新的结果，并总结我们在几个与地幔相关的领域的状态或理解。各学科之间的高度交流是研讨会的目标之一。资金将主要用于抵消旅费和美国研究生参加研讨会的相关费用。

BassEAR-0106655This proposal requests funds to partially support a two-day workshop entitled "Phase Transitions and Mantle Discontinuities". The workshop will be held on April 5-6, 2001, at the GeoForschungsZentrum in Potsdam, Germany. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine what is known, as well as what is not understood, about seismic discontinuities in the mantle and their implications for the state of the Earth's deep interior. The scientific program will include presentations in the areas of seismology, mineral physics, geodynamics, and geochemistry, each of which provides an opportunity to present and debate new results with colleagues in related but distinct disciplines, and to summarize the state or our understanding in several areas related to the Earth's mantle. A high degree of cross-fertilization between disciplines is one of goals of the workshop. Funds will be allocated primarily to offset expenses associated with the travel and participation of U.S. graduate students in the workshop.