We would like to draw your attention to the Interior of the Earth Gordon
Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar which will take place in
June 2025.
The 2025 Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will be
held on June 22-27 at Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts,
US). Our meeting theme is Volatiles, Melt and Viscosity: Consequences for
Mantle Evolution and Climate System Interactions. Researchers at all career
stages are encouraged to participate. The 2025 GRC will focus on
volatiles, mantle melting processes, mantle viscosity and their
consequences for the dynamics and evolution of the Earth’s interior and its
interactions with the climate system. The meeting will explore the
distribution of volatiles inside the Earth; their impacts on the production
of partial melt and on mantle rheology; and their roles in the plate
tectonic system (including volatile cycling in subduction zones), volcanic
processes, metasomatic alteration of the lithosphere, mantle convection,
and the evolution of Earth’s interior since its formation. We will also
examine the processes that dominate the cycling of volatiles between the
Earth’s interior and the atmosphere, both in the recent plate tectonic
regime and billions of years ago. Another key topic is the role of mantle
viscosity in determining the solid Earth response to the changing mass
loads of ice sheets and sea-level.
The 2025 Interior of the Earth GRC will explore the latest developments in
understanding these fascinating and interwoven processes by integrating
wide-ranging perspectives, including geochemistry, petrology, geodynamics,
seismology, geodesy, magnetotellurics, rock deformation, mineral physics,
paleomagnetism, geology, and more. We have a terrific international
line-up of speakers and discussion leaders for morning and evening plenary
sessions, which will include ample time for discussion. Everyone will have
the chance to present their work in highly interactive poster sessions.
Unscheduled afternoon time will provide opportunities for informal
discussions that can lead to new collaborations and projects. The small
meeting size (typically 130-140 people) will help to create a sense of
community and enhance interactions between scientists from all career
stages.
For the GRC meeting program and how to apply, please visit this page:
https://www.grc.org/interior-of-the-earth-conference/2025/.
Early Career Researchers:
The 2025 Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will be held
on June 21-22, also at Mount Holyoke College, and its theme is Coupled
Surface-Interior Interactions: The Role of Volatiles in Subduction and
Eruption Processes. The GRS is intended primarily for graduate students
and post-doctoral researchers, and provides a unique forum for early career
researchers to present their work and to build collaborative relationships
with their peers. The GRS will include a keynote lecture, talks selected
from submitted abstracts, vibrant poster sessions, and a panel on science
communication approaches and careers.
For the GRS meeting program and how to apply, please visit this page:
https://www.grc.org/interior-of-the-earth-grs-conference/2025/.
*If you wish to be considered for a talk at the GRS, please submit your GRS
abstract by March 16, 2025. *
Note that you need to apply to the GRC and GRS meetings separately, and to
present your work you need to submit an abstract to each as well.
GRC registration fees include housing in a dormitory on campus at Mount
Holyoke (single or double rooms) and all meals during the five days of the
conference. GRS registration fees cover similar lodging and meals for an
additional 1.5 days.
Thanks to the NSF Earth Sciences Division, financial support is available
to cover registration fees for many of the grad student and post-doctoral
attendees who participate in the 2025 GRC and GRS. Grad students and
post-docs may apply for financial support using this form:
https://forms.gle/2AE9sbkCZefcjjwJ7. For full consideration, please apply
by March 16.
Financial assistance is also available for eligible participants through
the Gordon Research Conference Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority
Fellowship Program, which is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty
and scientists who will be attending their first GRC meeting. This program
is administered by the Gordon Research Conference organization:
https://www.grc.org/carl-storm-underrepresented-minority-fellowship-information/default.aspx
.
Please feel free to forward this message to students and colleagues who may
be interested, and to contact us directly with any questions.
We hope to see you at Mount Holyoke in June!
Best regards,
Karen Fischer, Interior of the Earth GRC Chair (Brown University,
Karen_Fischer@brown.edu)
Jennifer Jackson, Interior of the Earth GRC Vice-Chair (Caltech,
jacksonj@caltech.edu)
Vasilije Dobrosavljevic, Interior of the Earth GRS Co-Chair (Carnegie
Institution for Science, vasilije@carnegiescience.edu)
Heidi Krauss, Interior of the Earth GRS Co-Chair (Michigan State
University, Heidi.N.Krauss@gmail.com)