[CIG-ALL] On the Cutting Edge Workshop on Understanding Deep Earth

[Mike Gurnis]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in a virtual workshop on 
“Understanding Deep Earth: Slabs, Drips, Plumes and More” 
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/deepearth10/index.html . This 
workshop is offered by the On Cutting Edge program for geoscience 
undergraduate faculty professional development, funded by NSF, with Dave 
Mogk, Cathy Manduca and Mike Williams as co-conveners.

This workshop is scheduled for February 17-19 and 24-26, and will 
consist of a blend of synchronous presentations, online discussions, 
work time and collaborative efforts. This will be a great way to 
showcase the great scientific discoveries that have recently been made 
about the deep Earth, and to translate this Science into instructional 
activities (and generate tangible NSF Broader Impacts as well!). We 
welcome contributions from all lines of investigation such as xenolith 
studies, characterization of deep Earth chemical and physical 
properties, experimental results, observations of the deep earth using 
seismology, magnetotellurics and other related instrumentation, imaging, 
computational modeling (and demonstrations of software), and data and 
data products that derive from NSF consortia such as IRIS, EarthScope, 
COMPRES, Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics

Please help us explore ways to translate deep Earth science into 
instructional resources that can be used across the undergraduate 
geoscience curriculum.

The on-line registration deadline is December 20. We hope you'll plan to 
join us at the Understanding Deep Earth workshop in February. Please 
contact Dave Mogk (mogk at montana.edu <mailto:mogk at montana.edu> ) if you 
need further information. Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Best to all,
Dave Mogk, on behalf of Cathy Manduca and Mike Williams