Primary Convener:
Eugenia Hyung, Harvard University

Convener:
Stephen Mojzsis, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Nadja Drabon, Harvard University
Val Finlayson, University of Maryland College Park
Damanveer Grewal, Yale University
Amaldev Thenganodiyil, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Haiyang Luo, Louisiana State University

Early Career Convener:
Yiruo Xu, University of Michigan

Chair:
Nadja Drabon, Harvard University
Eugenia Hyung, Harvard University
Stephen Mojzsis, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences

Deciphering the differentiation and evolution of the early Earth is critical to elucidating its origins, chemical structure, and processes that led to the emergence of the earliest crust, tectonic processes, and conditions for life. Such information is encoded in the Archean and Hadean rock records and zircons, and the analysis and study of early materials are important for obtaining constraints on the origins of the planet, initiation of crustal growth, interactions between the hydrosphere and atmosphere with the crust and mantle, and underlying geodynamic processes. This session welcomes contributions from modeling, measurements, field observations, and experiments from geology, geochemistry, geochronology, paleomagnetism, mineralogy, and petrology. Topics of interest include crust-mantle differentiation, magma oceans, interactions between the atmosphere and hydrosphere and solid Earth processes, initiation of plate tectonics, and insights into planetary origins. Our session welcomes novel and innovative approaches, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations that synthesize insights from various fields.

Index Terms
1030 Geochemical cycles
9623 Archean
3672 Planetary mineralogy and petrology
8125 Evolution of the Earth

Cross-Listed:
P - Planetary Sciences
DI - Study of the Earth´s Deep Interior
MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior