TANDEM


A mineral physics session for WPGM in Taipei

A session related to Deep Earth Mineralogy, entitled “Structure and Composition of the Earth's Interior” will be held during the Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting (WPGM) in Taipei on 22-25 June. This session is convened mainly by the representative persons of TANDEM members (i.e. Baosheng Li, SUNY; Jennifer Kung, NCKU; Tetsuo Irifune, GRC; Ian Jackson, ANU; Eiji Ohtani, Tohoku U.), and solicits presentations from experimental and computational studies on physical and chemical processes inside the Earth’s mantle and the core. We encourage the scientists of TANDEM members to submit papers to this session. The deadline for abstract submission is 25 February. For further details: http://www.agu.org/meetings/wp10/.


Special volume of Journal of Earth Sciences

A special volume of Journal of Earth Sciences (Springer) will be published for celebration of the career contribution of Prof. Zhenmin Jin of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). Zhenmin published over 110 scientific papers which highlight melt topology in partially molten mantle peridotite during ductile deformation, microfabrics in peridotite xenoliths of Eastern China, eclogite rheology, and physical properties of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from China. He is a leading figure in high pressure Earth sciences of China, who contributes to broader scientific issues through his role as a senior CUG professor, member of the Chinese Academy of Science, and China NSF Advisory Committee. Zhenmin also plays as the representative of the TANDEM members in China, and will convene the second TANDEM symposium to be held in Wuhan in this Autumn. The deadline for article submission is 15 March 2010.

For further details, please contact following guest editors:
 Larissa Dobrzhinetsklaya (larissa@ucr.edu)
 Tetsuo Irifune (irifune@dpc.ehime-u.ac.jp)
 Junfeng Zhang (jfzhang@cug.edu.cn).

TANDEM

TANDEM (The Asian Network in Deep Earth Mineralogy) is an international network in Asia region for the advancement of experimental and computational studies on physical properties, structures, dynamics, and evolution of the Earth's deep interior. Current members of TANDEM are laboratories/individuals at major institutions in Australia, China, Japan, and Korea. One of the major focusing points of TANDEM is the enhancement of international collaborations and exchange of young researchers in high-pressure mineral physics and related science/technology fields. We combine unique techniques and facilities in individual laboratories to develop new frontiers in deep Earth mineralogy as well as in training young scientists in high-pressure research. Information on meetings, student internships, post-doctoral opportunities, available facilities, collaborations, etc. will be shared within the network via internet communications. TANDEM is coordinated by Geodynamics Research Center (GRC), Ehime University, with financial support by the Global COE program “Center for Advanced Experimental and Theoretical Deep Earth Mineralogy” funded by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) for fiscal years 2008-2012.


●Red dots denote 6 institutes which have official agreements with GRC for mutual exchange of PhD students and reserchers and/or strong relationships in cooperative researches.

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