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compreslogotiny.jpg COMPRES, the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences is a community-based consortium whose goal is to enable Earth Science researchers to conduct the next generation of high-pressure science on world-class equipment and facilities. It facilitates the operation of beam lines, the development of new technologies for high pressure research, and advocates for science and educational programs to the various funding agencies.

High Pressure Science at NSLS-II

3 COMPRES - Affiliated Proposals Awarded Type I Status for Beamline Development:

4-Dimensional Studies in Extreme Environments
Spokesperson: Donald J. Weidner
Time-resolved X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy under Extreme Conditions
Spokesperson: Alexander Goncharov
Frontier Synchrotrom Infrared Spectroscopy Beamline under Extreme Conditions
Spokesperson: Zhenxian Liu

Additional Information about the NSLS-II project  

 
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nsf1.jpgThis research was partially supported by COMPRES, the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences under NSF Cooperative Agreement EAR 10-43050. 

 

2012 Annual Meeting

2012 COMPRES ANNUAL MEETING
July 9-13, 2012
Granlibakken Conference Center and Lodge,
LakeTahoe, CA

Joint meeting with the High Pressure Mineral Physics Seminar
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Deformation mechanisms in post-perovskite (pPv) and anisotropy in the lowermost mantle

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Fig. 1. (a-c)Inverse pole figures of post-perovskite deformed in the DAC. (d) Polycrystalplasticity simulations to identify active slip systems (Miyagi et al. 2010).

L. Miyagi et al., from Yale and Berkeley [in Science 2010]

Reporting on work done at beamline 12.2.2, Advanced Light Source (COMPRES West Coast Synchrotron Project)

 

Summary

Science Article

posted Nov. 9, 2010 

Are low velocities above the core-mantle boundary due to (Mg,Fe)O?

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J. Wicks et al. from California Inst. Technology [in Geophys. Res. Lett. 2010]

Reporting work done at XOR-3 at the APS with support from the NRIXS project at UIUC and ANL

 

 Summary (pdf)
Article (pdf)
Posted 11/24/2010