Mineral Physics Group

This group was set up in 1996 and has the aim of advancing the understanding of the fundamental physical and chemical processes that determine the properties of minerals. This is done by stimulating interest in mineral physics, facilitating the exchange of information between members of the Group and with other mineral physicists, and by running meetings where current research is discussed. Further details about the group are available from the Secretary, Dr Andrew Walker at: a.walker@ucl.ac.uk

Mineral Physics Group Committee.

MPG website: http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/minphys/

FORTHCOMING MEETING

London
12–13 February 2009

New Views on the Earth's Interior

Update - 19th January 2009: The programme of oral presentations for this meeting is now available. A list of the posters to be presented is also available.

Update - 7th January 2009: All slots for oral and poster presentations are now full. Late registration is still possible however.

Update - 22 December 2008: We have had a very positive response by the community and anticipate a very interesting and exciting event. Though the deadline for early registration has passed, we are still happy to welcome further registrations. We have now received a full complement of posters but could still squeeze in a couple of more short talks. Please contact Kevin Murphy (kevin@minersoc.org) if you have a talk you'd like to offer. Late registration has been extended to 19th January 2009.

Second circular

Online registration now available.

The abstract for the talk by Sebastian Rost, Bullerwell Lecturer, is now available here.

This is a cross-disciplinary meeting organised by the British Geophysical Association and the Mineral Physics Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The aim is to present new developments on the structure, composition, dynamics and evolution of all areas of the Earth's interior. This includes subduction zones, the transition zone, the lower mantle and D'', and the Earth's inner and outer core. Scientists who have agreed to give presentations are:

Dr Arwen Deuss (Cambridge, UK)
Prof. Guillaume Fiquet (Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)
Dr Dan Frost (BGI)
Prof. Alex Halliday (Oxford, UK)
Prof. Thorne Lay (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Dr Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (UCL, UK)
Prof. Graham Pearson (Durham, UK)
Prof. Andreas Rietbrock (Liverpool, UK)
Prof. Paul Tackley (ETH, Switzerland)
Dr Lidunka Vocadlo (UCL, UK)
Prof. Don Weidner (SUNY-Stony Brook, USA)

Nearby Hotels.

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Thistle Royal Horseguards
Strand Palace Hotel
St Giles Hotel, London
Grange Langham Court Hotel
Grange Fitzrovia Hotel
Jolly Hotel St Ermins
The Grosvenor Hotel
The Grange Rochester Hotel
Thistle Westminster
Hesperia London Victoria
Quality Hotel Eccleston Westminester
Comfort Inn Victoria
Dover Hotel
Comfort Inn Buckingham Palace Road
Best Western Corona Road