International Workshop on Normal Oceanic Mantle
March 4-5, 2013
At meeting room-A, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
March 4
Registration (09:30-10:00)
Session 1: Projects #1 (10:00-12:15)

Chair: Nozomu Takeuchi (ERI)

Utada, H. (ERI), Kawakatsu, H., Shiobara, H., Baba, K., Isse, T., Suetsugu D.,
and NOMan Project team
NOMan Project 1: Overview
Kawakatsu, H. (ERI)NOManProject2:
Towardcomprehensive
understandingofthe	 lithosphere/asthenosphere system of the normal oceanic mantle	  via in-situ ocean
bottom geophysical observations(Break)
Shiobara, H. (ERI), Sugioka, H., Isse, T., Ito, A., Shinohara M., and Kanazawa, T.
NOMan Project 3: BBOBS-NX: practical observation tool for broadband seismology
at the seafloor
Forsyth, D.W. (Brown), Shintaku, N., Booth, C., Takeo, A., and Weeraratne, D.
The PLATE Project in the Western PacificSession 2: Projects #2 (13:30-14:30)

Chair: Hisayoshi Shimizu (ERI)

Gaherty, J.B. (Lamont), Lizarralde, D., Collins, J.A., Evans, R., and Hirth, G.
Lithospheric structure of the central Pacific:

early returns from the NoMeltExperiment
Tarits, P. (UBO)
ELECTROLITH: Volatile Cycling and Electrical Conductivity in the Earth's Mantle:
The Carbonatite connection

Session3: Mantle imaging (14:30-17:00)

Chair: Mamoru Kato (Kyoto)

Shito, A. (IFREE), Suetsugu, D., Furumura, T., and NOMan Project Team
Small-scale heterogeneities in the oceanic lithosphere inferred from guided waves(Break)Isse, T. (ERI), Shiobara, H., Sugioka, H., Ito, A., Suetsugu, D.
Three-dimensional shear wave structures of the upper mantle from seafloor
observations in the western Pacific Ocean
Baba, K. (ERI), Tada, N., Utada, H., Shimizu, H.
Preliminary result on electrical conductivity imaging of normal oceanic mantle
Takeo, A. (ERI) and NOMan Project team
Uppermost mantle structure beneath oceanic regions from broadband array analysis
of surface waves recorded by ocean bottom seismometers

Banquette at Hotel Edmont (19:00-21:00)

March 5
Session 4: Seismic anisotropy (09:30-12:15)

Chair: Kazunori Yoshizawa (Hokkaido)

Ekström, G. (Lamont)
Oceanic mantle structure from global tomography
Becker, T.W. (USC)
Seismic anisotropy below oceanic plates and large-scale mantle convection
Michibayashi, K. (Shizuoka)
Possible lateral variation of seismic anisotropies in the oceanic lithosphere due to an
active mantle flow in the mid-ocean ridge: some insights from the Oman Ophiolite(Break)Song, TR. (IFREE) and Kawakatsu, H.
Subduction of oceanic asthenosphere: Evidence from sub-slab seismic anisotropy
Mainprice, D (Montpellier)
A database of crystal preferred orientation of olivine in upper mantle rocks – thedirect mantle sample

Poster Session (13:30-14:30)
Session 5: Physical properties (14:30-16:00)

Chair: Takehiko Hiraga (ERI)

Hirschmann, M. (Minnesota)
Volatile-rich partial melt at the base of the oceanic lithosphere and in theasthenosphere
Takei Y. (ERI), Karasawa F., and Suzuki A.
Experimental study on anelasticity of polycrystalline material for seismologicalapplication
Utada, H. (ERI) and Baba, K.
Estimating electrical conductivity of melt from observation(Break)Session 6: Future (16:30-17:30)

Chair: Daisuke Suetsugu (IFREE)

Singh, S. (IPGP)
Imaging of Lithosphere Asthenosphere Boundary Across Atlantic Ocean: A DreamDiscussions (17:00-)

Posters
Evans, R. (WHOI)
An extensive melt layer beneath the oceanic lithosphere asthenosphere boundary
discovered by magnetotelluric data
Schardong, L. (ERI)
Toward a high resolution tomographic imaging of the lowermost mantle
Morishige, M. (IFREE)
Flow and thermal structure around the junction of Japan-Kurile arcs
Tada, N. (IREE)
3-D electrical conductivity structure beneath the Philippine Sea Plate
Takeuchi, N. (ERI)
Absence of the stagnant slab beneath northeast China constrained by a seismic
station in Mongolia
Shimizu, H. (ERI)Electrical voltage measured by long baseline submarine cables to probe the Earth's
deep interior
Honda, S. (ERI)
Importance of hot anomaly adjacent to the subducting slab
Zhang, L. (ERI)Three-dimensional simulation of the EM fields induced by 2011 Tohoku tsunami
Nishida, K. (ERI)
Global propagation of body waves revealed by cross-correlation analysis of seismic
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Obayashi, M. (IFREE)
P-wave tomography using BBOBS data