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IGPP Virtual Seminar Series *fall opener*: Max Rudolph

IGPP is pleased to invite you to join its first Fall 2020 Virtual Seminar Series presentation featuring Max Rudolph from University of California Davis. Dr. Rudolf's talk, "Large-scale structure of Earth's mantle and the radial viscosity profile" will be available via Zoom on September 29, 2020, starting at 12:00pm.  The seminar will be hosted on Zoom link here (password = mantle).

Associate Director Laske

We are thrilled to announce that Professor in Residence, Gabi Laske, has agreed to the role of associate director of IGPP. Laske brings with her expertise in marine geophysics, seismology, community governance, undergraduate teaching, and IGPP history. Congrats Dr. Laske!

Kilb, Wyatt, Elliott, Hatfield, continued observations from Salton Sea swarm

Pommier shares metallic core, cooling research in American Mineralogist

The findings of Professor Anne Pommier's recent investigations on the cooling of iron-nickel alloys in terrestrial planets and moons has been published in American Mineralogist. Pommier's article "Experimental investigation of the effect of nickel on the electrical resistivity of Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-S alloys under pressure" can be found online here.  A brief synopsis follows: 

Pommier, colleagues share core cooling discoveries in JGR Planets

Professor Anne Pommier, Scripps colleague Rong Zhang, and the University of Leed's Chris Davies, share their discoveries about small-planet and moon core cooling in the AGU's JGR Planets. Their article "A Joint Experimental‐Modeling Investigation of the Effect of Light Elements on Dynamos in Small Planets and Moons" was released 21 July 2020 and may be found online here.

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