The scientific questions and problems include the evolution of the Earth's deep interior, composition, structure and dynamics. Topics include the Earth's mantle, its structure and evolution as well as mineralogy and deep reservoirs, core-mantle boundary region and coupling between core and mantle, the Earth outer core with geomagnetic dynamo, secular variation, paleomagnetism, as well as structure, mineralogy and evolution of the inner core.
Related paper(s):
- Zhang et al., submitted.