Peč Lab at AGU 2019

Come see the Peč Lab’s work on display at this year’s AGU in San Francisco!

Thursday, Dec. 12

8:00 – 12:20 Cailey and Matěj will present a poster, “Deep-crustal Deformation: An Experimental and EBSD-based Study of Amphibole’s Seismic Anisotropy”(S41D-0547)

13:40 – 18:00 Cailey and Matěj will present a poster,  “Experimental investigation of amphibole rheology and deformation mechanisms at deep crustal conditions” (T43D-0457)

13:40 – 18:00 Hamed, Uli, and Matěj will present a poster, “Developing an ultrasound probe array for a high pressure-high temperature solid medium deformation apparatus” (T43D-0456)

17:00 – 17:15: Cailey will present an invited talk, “Seismic Observations of Processes in Collisional Continental Lithosphere: Rheological Changes, Phase Changes, and Deformation” (T44B-05)

 

Friday, Dec. 13

8:00 – 12:20 Cassandra and Matěj will present a poster, “Deformation of Partially Molten Rocks at Lithospheric Temperatures and Pressures,” (MR51B-0045)

8:00 – 12:20 Hongyu and Matěj will present a poster,  “Linear Viscous Flow of Nanocrystalline Fault Rocks at 300 – 500˚C” (MR51B-0048)

13:40 – 18:00 Cailey will present a poster,  “On-Ramps to More Effective Teaching: Quick-Start Guides to Strategies for Actively Engaging Students in The Classroom to Improve Learning”(ED53D-0876)

Successful experiments!

After the rig was fixed, Hongyu and Cailey were able to run successful experiments! Hongyu has completed two experiments on granite powder, and Cailey has hot-pressed an amphibolite sample at 750 degrees. Next up: deforming Cailey’s samples at high temperature.

Rig: Broken and Repaired

 

Thanks to Hamed and Saleh for helping to replace the (very heavy) rig after it had to be dismantled for repairs, and to Cailey for finishing touches! It is working good as new again and is ready for more experiments soon.