Monthly Archives: February 2025

March 5th – GSW Meeting at Cosmos Club

Theme of the event: Earth’s Mantle

VAL FINLAYSON, University of Maryland, College Park –A High Field Strength Perspective on Tungsten-182 Variability in Ocean Island Basalts

GIACOMO CRINITI, Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory – Mineral Physics Constraints on the Composition of the Lower Mantle

JINGCHUAN WANG, University of Maryland, College Park – Tracking Ancient Intraoceanic Subduction in the Deep Mantle: Insights from the Southeast Pacific

***THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING ONLY***

Refreshments at 7:30 p.m., formal program at 8:00 p.m.

John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 2170 Florida Avenue NW, Washington D.C.

Draft GSW minutes from meeting of 29 Jan 2025

The new meeting secretary, Dr. Jessica Bersson (SI), has provided the GSW minutes from our meeting at the Carnegie on 29 Jan 2025. The minutes can be accessed here.

**CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER** February 12: 1608th GSW meeting at Cosmos Club

Apologies for the late notice, but the worsening forecast for tomorrow has forced us to cancel the in-person meeting on Feb 12th. We will be in touch with more information about rescheduling. 

***This meeting will be rescheduled*** : Theme of the event: M3 – Moon, Mars, Mercury

JACLYN CLARK, University of Maryland, College Park – The Moon Has its Faults

ANDREW STEELE, Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory – Martian Organic Geochemistry: A Tale of Meteorites, Curiosity, and Perseverance

SANDER GOOSSENS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Mercury, Moon, and Mars: from Crust to Core

***This meeting will be rescheduled***