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COMPRES Logo
Consortium for Materials Properties Research in
Earth Sciences
Funded by NSF Division of Earth Sciences
2002-2012
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COMPRES Consortium for Materials Properties
Research in Earth Sciences
X-ray and Neutron Facilities Infrastructure
Development Projects
Original drawing by Keelin Murphy as modified by
Jiuhua Chen
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US Members
May 2009 53 U.S. member institutions and 33
foreign affiliates
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The Bass Report-2004
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Newsletter July, 2004
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COMPRES Organizational Chart
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COMPRES September, 2004
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U.S. Synchrotron Light Sources I (DOE User
Facilities) (Total of 166 beam line stations - 56
beam line stations currently used or available
for Earth and Environmental Science research)
Advanced Light Source
12 BL Stations
1993
15 BL Stations
1995
14 BL Stations
15 BL Stations
1982
1974
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Mineral Physics
Planetary Science
Petrology
Seismology
Chemistry/Physics of Interiors, Impact Processes
Materials Science
Elastic and Anelastic Properties
Phase Equilibria, Magma Formation
Superhard and Novel Materials
Volatile Degassing, Retention
Thermal and Rheological Properties
Electromagnetic and Iron Alloy Properties
Interior Chemistry, Partitioning, Diffusion
Climate
Geodynamics
Geochemistry
Geomagnetism
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Mineral Physics

• Techniques of condensed matter physics and
  solid-state chemistry
• Fundamental physical and chemical properties of
  minerals and rocks
• Application to Earth problems from atomic to
  global scale

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Murakami, Hirose, Kawamura, Sata and Ohnishi
(Science, 304, 855-858,2004)
2004 Discovery of post-perovskite phase of
MgSiO3
Generated complimentary work in computational
mineral physics and synergy with seismology and
geodynamics.
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2008 Annual Meeting of COMPRES at Cheyenne
Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs
CIDER Keynoters Dasgupta, Kellogg, McDonough,
Revenaugh
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CIDER Keynoters Buffett, Hirschmann and Lay
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2009 Annual Meeting of COMPRES June 19-22,
2009 Mt. Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, New
Hampshire
CIDER keynoters Deuss, Hernlund, Korenaga,
Mitrovica, Wysession
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Mundus Subterraneus (1665)
After Athanasius Kircher 1602-1680
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Graphics courtesy of E. Garnero
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From work of team of Renata Wentzcovitch see
Tsuchiya et al. EPSL, 224, 241, 2004)