Primary Convener:
Diogo Louro Lourenço, ETH Zurich

Convener:
Allison Pease, Arizona State University
Keely O'Farrell, University College London
Paul Tackley, ETH Zurich

Early Career Convener:
Heidi Krauss, Michigan State University

Chair:
Diogo Louro Lourenço, ETH Zurich
Allison Pease, Michigan State University
Keely O'Farrell, University College London
Paul Tackley, ETH Zurich
Heidi Krauss, Michigan State University

Mantle convection plays a central role in shaping Earth and other rocky planets throughout their history and across various scales of time and space. Following the magma ocean stage, long-term solid-state mantle convection initiates and is coupled to the dynamics of the mantle-lithosphere system, compositional differentiation or mixing, core-mantle reactions, melting and crustal production, and surface tectonics. Mineral phase transitions, governed by pressure, temperature, composition, and volatiles, are a key regulator of large-scale convection, influencing plume dynamics, slab stagnation, seismic discontinuities, and development of mantle structures. Understanding how these mechanisms have operated from early planetary histories to the present requires integrating observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches from various disciplines (e.g. geodynamics, mineral physics, geochemistry, petrology, seismology, comparative planetology). This session aims at understanding mantle convection and its relation to the dynamics, tectonics, structure, composition, phase transitions and evolution of Earth and other rocky planets across various temporal and spatial scales.

Index Terms
1025 Composition of the mantle
1038 Mantle processes
3924 High-pressure behavior
5430 Interiors
7208 Mantle
8121 Dynamics: convection currents, and mantle plumes
8124 Earth's interior: composition and state
8125 Evolution of the Earth
8147 Planetary interiors
8149 Planetary tectonics

Cross-Listed:
P - Planetary Sciences
MR - Mineral and Rock Physics

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior