2009 Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Conference

我们寻求资金以部分支持将于6月14日至19日在马萨诸塞州南哈德利的芒特霍利奥克学院举行的2009年戈登地球内部会议。这次会议是一系列非常成功的戈登研究会议中的第七次，这些会议聚焦于地球的结构、动力学和演化-S内部。NSF的资金将用于吸引来自不同机构、背景和科学学科的参与者。过去的会议交替进行，有时是？深度？然后呢？肤浅？重点，大致由过渡区的深度定义。即将到来的会议将聚焦于地球深处。将从多学科的角度讨论广泛的主题。来自地球化学、地球动力学、矿物物理和地震学领域的特邀演讲者将定义最前沿的知识，并为自由讨论和辩论最紧迫的科学问题奠定基础。具体专题包括对地震层析成像的解释、地球化学非均质性、板块构造和对流的径向结构、核-地幔边界区域、核的结构和动力学、早期地球、行星内部和磁场，以及科学计算和数值模拟的未来趋势。会议还将为初级科学家和研究生提供机会，以海报的形式介绍他们的工作，并与领先的研究人员交流想法。研究地球？S内部并不是由一门特定的学科定义的，而是需要地球科学的许多分支机构的投入。戈登研究会议的形式在我们的研究领域特别重要，因为它鼓励开放的思想交流和跨学科边界的富有成效的讨论。在此申请的资金将有助于使我们的会议充满活力，并为青年科学家的参与提供便利，他们为会议做出了很大贡献，并以这种独特的形式提供了无与伦比的机会，了解我们领域的前沿并与知名领导人互动。

We seek funds to partially support the 2009 Gordon Conference on the Interior of the Earth, which will be held June 14-19 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. This meeting is the seventh in a series of highly successful Gordon Research Conferences that focus on the structure, dynamics and evolution of the Earth?s interior. NSF funds will be used to attract participants from a diverse range of institutions, backgrounds and scientific disciplines. Past meetings have alternated between a ?deep? and ?shallow? emphasis, loosely defined by the depth of the transition zone. The forthcoming conference will focus on the deep Earth. A wide range of topics will be addressed from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Invited speakers from the fields of geochemistry, geodynamics, mineral physics and seismology will define the forefront of knowledge and set the stage for a freewheeling discussion and debate of the most pressing scientific questions. Specific session topics include the interpretation of seismic tomography, geochemical heterogeneity, plate tectonics and the radial structure of convection, the core-mantle boundary region, the structure and dynamics of the core, the early Earth, planetary interiors and magnetic fields, as well as future trends in scientific computing and numerical simulations. The conference will also provide the opportunity for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leading researchers. The study of the Earth?s Interior is not defined by one particular discipline, but requires input from many branches of the Earth Sciences. The format of the Gordon Research Conference is particularly important in our field of study for encouraging open exchange of ideas and fruitful discussion across disciplinary boundaries. The funds requested here will help to keep our meeting vibrant and to facilitate the participation of young scientists who add so much to the meeting and who have, in this unique format, unparalleled opportunities for learning about the frontiers of our field and for interaction with the established leaders.