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Kanani K M Lee
Associate Professor, US Coast Guard Academy
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Importance of impurities in melting at high pressures: A case study of Molybdenum
AGU 2024
mineral and rock physics | 11 december 2024
Kanani K. Lee, Bruce Zhou
High-pressure melting experiments on molybdenum (Mo) were performed between 22-66 GPa using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell in order to reconcile st...
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Diamond Formation in Carbon Poor Synthetic Planetary Ices
AGU 2024
study of earth's deep interior | 09 december 2024
Daniel Spears, Kanani K. Lee, Raymond Jeanloz
Laser heated diamond-anvil cell experiments were conducted on carbon poor synthetic planetary ices, such as Synthetic Uranus (mole fractions of 0.708 ...
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Salinity Impacts on the Formation of Ice VII at High Pressures and Room Temperature: Implications for Icy Planetary Interiors
ICE AND OCEAN WORLDS: GEOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, AND HABITABILITY I POSTER
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
Nicholas Damschen, Kanani K. Lee
To further our understanding of sub-surface oceans and interiors of icy satellites such as Europa, Titan, and Ganymede, we performed a sequence of hig...
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Metal–Silicate Partitioning of Pd at Earth’s Core Formation Conditions and Implications for Late Accretion
EXPLORING EARTH’S EVOLUTION: THE HADEAN THROUGH THE PRESENT II ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 14 december 2023
Rebecca A. Fischer, Terry-Ann Suer, Austin Akey, E...
Highly siderophile elements (HSEs) are present in the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) in higher abundances than expected based on their siderophility at mod...
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Earth's mantle composition revealed by mantle plumes, geochemical and geodynamic perspectives. Where are we now, and where are we going?
CHEMISTRY AND EVOLUTION OF EARTH’S INTERIOR AS RECORDED BY MANTLE PLUMES II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
Dominique Weis, Karen S. Harpp, Lauren Harrison, M...
Mantle plumes can originate at depths near the coremantle boundary, ~2,800 km, providing invaluable information about the composition of the deep mant...
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Characterization of Synthetic Uranus through Laser Heating, X-ray Diffraction, and Raman Spectroscopy
ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL, COMPUTATIONAL, AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES IN EXPLORING DEEP PLANETARY INTERIORS II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 12 december 2023
Daniel Spears, garrett zeff, Kanani K. Lee, Quenti...
Both laser-heated and room-temperature diamond-anvil cell experiments on a mixture of Synthetic Uranus (mole fractions of 0.708 H2O water, 0.139 NH4OH...
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High-Temperature, High-Pressure Behavior of MgO
ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL, COMPUTATIONAL, AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES IN EXPLORING DEEP PLANETARY INTERIORS II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 12 december 2023
Kanani K. Lee, Frederick Farah, Yue Meng, Dean Smi...
Ferropericlase (Mg, Fe)O is one of Earths most abundant minerals. As a fundamental endmember mantle constituent, periclase (MgO) behavior under high p...
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Characterization of Synthetic Uranus up to 40 GPa Through X-Ray Diffraction and Raman Studies
MATERIALS AT EXTREME CONDITIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR PHASE TRANSITIONS ON PLANETARY FORMATION III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 14 december 2022
Daniel Spears, garrett zeff, Kanani K. Lee, Quenti...
Both laser-heated and room-temperature diamond-anvil cell experiments on a mixture of Synthetic Uranus (mole fractions of 0.708 H2O, 0.139 NH4OH, and ...
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