Solid Earth Sciences (S)
Session Sub-category Science of the Earth's Interior & Techtonophysics (IT)
Session IDS-IT19
Title Role of melts, fluids, and volatile-bearing minerals in Earth and planetary dynamics
Short Title Melts, fluids, and volatiles in Earth
Main Convener Name Naoko Takahashi
Affiliation Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
Co-Convener 1 Name Bjorn Mysen
Affiliation Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Inst. Washington
Co-Convener 2 Name Eiji Ohtani
Affiliation Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
Co-Convener 3 Name Emmanuel Codillo
Affiliation Carnegie Institution for Science
Co-Convener 4 Name Yongsheng HUANG
Affiliation Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Co-Convener 5 Name Ryo Fukushima
Affiliation Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Session Language E
Scope Melts and fluids are fundamental agents of mass and heat transport in the Earth's interior, governing its dynamics, including crust formation and evolution, volcanic and seismic activities, ore genesis, and volatile-mediated global material cycling. Their physicochemical properties, controlled by pressure, temperature, composition, and oxygen fugacity, directly influence partial melting, crystallization, element partitioning, isotope fractionation, rock and mineral rheology, seismic wave velocity, and electrical conductivity. An understanding of the behavior and roles of melts, aqueous fluids, and volatile-bearing minerals is essential for connecting surface to deep Earth processes, refining models of planetary evolution, and assessing implications for habitability. This session aims to bring together scientists from diverse disciplines to discuss how melts, aqueous fluids, and volatile-bearing minerals influence properties and processes in the Earth and planetary interiors, from the crust to the deep mantle, across all spatial and temporal scales. We welcome contributions from novel laboratory experiments, geophysical observations, petrological and geochemical analyses, and computational simulations, and especially encourage interdisciplinary studies. Contributions from early-career researchers are particularly encouraged. We also welcome presentations from the communities of the Commission of Physics of Minerals of the International Mineralogical Association (CPM-IMA) and the Study of Earth Deep Interior (SEDI-J).
Session Format Orals and Posters session