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Member Since 1998
Sebastien Merkel
Professor, Université de Lille
Immediate Past President, Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee; Chair, Mineral and Rock Physics Canvassing Committee; Member, Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee; Member, Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
Professional Experience
Université de Lille
Professor
2010 - Present
Education
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award
Received December 2002
Publications
The Thermal Conductivity of Bridgmanite at Lower Mantle Conditions Using a Multi‐Technique Approach
The thermal conductivity of bridgmanite, the primary constituent of the Earth's lower mantle, has been investigated using diamond anvil cells at pr...
June 11, 2024
Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures, and Seismic Anisotr...
November 15, 2023
Textures Induced by the Coesite‐Stishovite Transition and Im...
October 04, 2022
AGU Abstracts
New thermodynamical pathways to explore the phase diagram of iron at Earth's core conditions
AGU 2024
study of earth's deep interior | 09 december 2024
Sebastien Merkel, Hélène GINESTET
Iron is the main constituent of the Earth's and terrestrial planetary cores. The crystal structure of Fe has been under question ever since the discov...
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Fabric, connectivity and topology in olivine+serpentine aggregates deformed in torsion, from in-situ X-ray tomography
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): DEFORMATION ACROSS SCALES II ORAL
mineral and rock physics | 11 december 2023
Nadege Hilairet, Tommaso Mandolini, Julien Chantel...
Serpentines result from the alteration of peridotitic mantle, coexist with olivine in serpentinized peridotite, and are among the weaker minerals in t...
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Multigrain X-ray Diffraction for the Study of Deformation and Phase Transformation Microstructures at Deep Mantle Pressures and Temperatures
ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL, COMPUTATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES IN EXPLORING DEEP PLANETARY INTERIORS II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2022
Sebastien Merkel, Matthias Krug, Estelle Ledoux, J...
Understanding how microstructures develop in Earths materials is critical to constrain mantle processes from geophysical observations, such as seismic...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
Mineral and Rock Physics Canvassing Committee
2023 - 2024
Immediate Past President
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
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