Planetary Journal Club is a joint journal club between EPS and the Center for Astrophysics. Members discuss recent journal articles on planetary science, which often include Solar System objects as well as exoplanets. Articles for discussion are curated based on a semesterly theme. Meetings are weekly. Meeting times for Fall 2022 are 12-1 pm on Fridays with lunch provided. Announcements are sent to the...

Overall, my research interests are in constraining the timescales and conditions of planetesimal formation and evolution via elemental, isotopic and petrographic analyses of meteorites.  About Myriam Telus

Alissar Yehya, Baha and Walid Bassatne Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon; Associate, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University 

Title: Influence of fluid-assisted healing on fault permeability structure

Abstract:
Micro-cracks in fault damage zones can heal through diffusive mass transfer controlled by temperature and pressure. The diffusion of pore fluid pressure in fault damage zones...

Chengxin Jiang, Harvard University

Title: TBD

Magali Billen, UC Davis

Episodic Plate Motion and Thermal Structure in Subduction Zones Caused by Slab Folding in the Transition Zone

Abstract: Although most present-day subduction zones are in trench retreat, plate reconstructions and geological observations show that individual margins experience episodes of advancing, retreating or stationary trench motion with time-variable subduction rates. However, most laboratory and numerical simulations predict steady plate velocities and sustained trench retreat unless the slab experiences folding in the...