1. Write out (and hand in) a short description of 3 things from the first half of the course that you found fascinating: 1) 2) 3)

2. Final Project: Mantle Hotspots

3. Mineral Physics Rheology Structural Geology Tectonics Geophysics Geodesy

4. 1D vs. 3D

8. Adiabatic decompression

13. Wadsleyite Ringwoodite

17. Adiabatic decompression

23. Assignment: Choose one of these minerals and give a 10- minute presentation on the role that it plays in deep Earth geology (and geodynamics) next Tuesday 1)Wadsleyite 2)Ringwoodite 3)Bridgmanite 4)Post-perovskite 5)Ferropericlase (Magnesiowüstite) 6)Ilmenite 7)Hydrous phase D