9th InternationalWorkshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics

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This brief proposal requests modest funds to help support the participation ofUS-based graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the 9th InternationalWorkshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics(henceforth IWNMC2005), to be held September 8-14, 2005, in Erice,Sicily at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture. The workshop is totake place as the 25th Course of the International School of Geophysics.The IWNMC2005 is the most recent in an established and highly successfulseries of international meetings on mantle convection and lithospheric dynamics.Previous meetings in the series were held in 1989 (La Londe les Maures, France),1991 (Weilburg/Lahn, Germany), 1993 (Oleron, France), 1995 (Vlieland, Netherlands),and 1997 (Naurod, Germany), 2001 (Aussois, France), and, lastly, 2003(Hruba Skala, Czech Republic). The organizing committee for IWNMC2001 includesDavid Bercovici (Yale University), Thorsten Becker (University of SouthernCalifornia), Cinzia Farnetani (IPG Paris), Carlo Giunchi (INGV Roma), andGiorgio Spada (University of Urbino). The program for the workshop has beencompleted, and information for participants can be found through the website athttp://www.ingv.it/erice2005.Intellectual merit: Mantle and lithospheric dynamics is perhaps one of the mostfundamental and global of the geophysical sciences since it studies the basic enginethat controls the geological behavior of the Earth and terrestrial planets, notonly in terms of their thermal and chemical evolution, but also with regard to ongoingtectonics and volcanism. The International Mantle ConvectionWorkshop isthe longest running series of conferences on this science in existence and has forthe past two decades provided an unprecedented means for scientists and studentsfrom around the world to gather in unique and intimate surroundings, to discussthe state of the art of our science, and to argue about the problems that remain tobe solved. Moreover, the workshop provides students and young researchers withinternational exposure as well as technical training through lectures and tutorialsfrom some of the world's experts. The benefit to US students and junior scientistswill also be long-lasting as they meet new colleagues from around the world, andform new collaborations that will inspire the next important discoveries.Broader impact: The essential impact of this workshop and the requested fundingis the benefit it brings to junior scientists and students by furthering their intellectualand professional growth, and by expanding their interaction with schoolsof thought from other countries. Moreover, the contact that we make with ourover-seas colleagues facilitates our ability to recruit future excellent students andpostdoctoral scholars from around the world.