We have a new doctor!

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Kaiqing Yuan successfully defended his PhD thesis today! Congratulations and thank you for being part of the team and being the first student to get a PhD in our group!

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EPSS colloquium

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C.B. has the opportunity to present her group’s work on the Pacific LAB at the EPSS colloquium

Notable Professor

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C.B. was acknowledged as a “notable professor” in a new article, which recognizes the compelling work of professors at some of the top research universities in the U.S. The professors in this collection were all selected from schools that are ranked as having “high research activity” or “very high research activity” on the Carnegie Classification …

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DTM talk

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C.B. talked about the mantle transition zone and the Pacific plate at DTM. Fun and busy day meeting with staff and postdocs

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Press release

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UCLA press release of our Science paper

This figure illustrates the Earth’s upper mantle beneath the Pacific ocean. The orange layer represents the deformable, warm asthenosphere in which there is active mantle flow. The green layer on top represents the lithospheric plate, which forms at the mid ocean ridge, then cools down and thickness as it moves away from the ridge. The cooling of the plate overprints a compositional boundary that forms at the ridge by dehydration melting and is preserved as the plate ages. The more easily deformable, hydrated rocks align with mantle flow. The directions of past and present-day mantle flow can be detected by seismic waves, and changes in the alignment of the rocks inside and at the bottom of the plate can be used to identify layering. CREDIT: Nicholas Schmerr (University of Maryland)
This figure illustrates the Earth’s upper mantle beneath the Pacific ocean. The orange layer represents the deformable, warm asthenosphere in which there is active mantle flow. The green layer on top represents the lithospheric plate, which forms at the mid ocean ridge, then cools down and thickness as it moves away from the ridge. The cooling of the plate overprints a compositional boundary that forms at the ridge by dehydration melting and is preserved as the plate ages. The more easily deformable, hydrated rocks align with mantle flow. The directions of past and present-day mantle flow can be detected by seismic waves, and changes in the alignment of the rocks inside and at the bottom of the plate can be used to identify layering. CREDIT: Nicholas Schmerr (University of Maryland)