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SUMMARY:New Insights to the Workings of the Solid Earth from Short-lived Radiogenic Isotopes
DESCRIPTION:This event has passed. See the seminar recording here:\n\n \n\n\nProf. Richard Walker\nUniversity of Maryland\nMonday November 4, 2019, 12 PM\nESSIC Conference Room 4102, 5825 University Research Ct, College Park, MD 20740\nAbstract:\nIsotopic heterogeneities present in terrestrial rocks resulting from the decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes provide valuable information regarding dynamic processes occurring in the modern Earth. One such short-lived system is based on the decay of 182Hf to 182W, with a half-life of ~9 Myr. This system was effectively dead ~60 Myr into Solar System history. Despite the short lifetime of this system, negative 182W anomalies in modern ocean island basalts (OIB) are common, and typically correlated with high 3He/4He. High 3He/4He present in some OIB is usually attributed to contributions to an OIB source from a primitive, un-degassed portion of the mantle. The widespread W-He correlation leads to the question of where the anomalous signature of a long dead isotopic system and a primitive noble gas composition might originate, such that multiple OIB systems show evidence for the coupled anomalies. Most plausibly, the anomalous isotopic signals arise from portions of the mantle that have isotopically equilibrated with the core.  Ultimate confirmation of the transference of geochemical signals from the core to the mantle, then to the surface, may lead to new discoveries regarding the chemical nature of the core.\nBio-sketch:\nRichard J. Walker is a professor and the current Chair of the Department of Geology, at the University of Maryland. He received a B.S. in geology from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He earned both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. For his graduate research he studied lunar soils (M.S.), and ancient granites (Ph.D.). He did postdoctoral work at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards, the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, and the U. S. Geological Survey. He joined the faculty of the University of Maryland in 1990. Professor Walker utilizes radiogenic isotopes and trace elements to conduct research in several areas of cosmochemistry and geochemistry, including the nature and timing of processes that occurred within the first few million years of Solar System formation, and how the Earth’s core, mantle and crust have interacted over the 4.5 billion year history of the planet. \nProfessor Walker was the 1990 recipient of the Clarke Medal of the Geochemical Society and 2019 Hess Medal of the American Geophysical Union. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the European Association for Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society. He is a Distinguished University Professor of the University of Maryland.\nWebinar info: \nEvent site: http://go.umd.edu/walker ( http://go.umd.edu/walker )\nEvent number: 735 013 523\nEvent password: essic\n——————————————————-\nTo join the online event\n——————————————————-\n1. Click here to join the online event.\n \n2. Click “Join Now”.\n——————————————————-\nTo join the audio conference only\n——————————————————-\nUS Toll: +1-415-655-0002\nGlobal call-in numbers:\nhttps://umd.webex.com/umd/globalcallin.php?MTID=e2f7599d41aa0db03a2e1c7f0792bd43f\nAccess code: 735 013 523\n——————————————————-\nFor IT assistance\n——————————————————-\nCazzy Medley: cazzy@umd.edu ( mailto:cazzy@umd.edu )\nTravis Swaim: tswaim1@umd.edu\n\nFollow ESSIC:\nESSIC homepage: http://essic.umd.edu/\nESSIC seminar schedule/archive: https://go.umd.edu/essicseminar\nESSIC seminar site: https://go.umd.edu/essicseminarsite\nESSIC Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESSICUMD ( https://www.youtube.com/user/ESSICUMD )\nESSIC Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESSICUMD\nESSIC Facebook: https://facebook.com/ESSICUMDs\nESSIC seminar coordinator: Dr. John Yang, jxyang@umd.edu\nContact coordinator for subscribing email announcement or giving a talk\n
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