Physics and chemistry of the deep Earth / edited by Shun-Ichiro Karato, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Karato, Shun'ichirō, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Geophysics.
• Geochemistry.
• Earth (Planet)--Core.
• Earth (Planet).
• Copat, Renzo.

Physical Description:

x, 402 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Summary:

Though the deep interior of the Earth (and other terrestrial planets) is inaccessible to humans, we are able to combine observational, experimental and computational (theoretical) studies to begin to understand the role of the deep Earth in the dynamics and evolution of the planet. This book brings together a series of reviews of key areas in this important and vibrant field of studies. A range of material properties, including phase transformations and rheological properties, influences the way in which material is circulated within the planet. This circulation re-distributes key materials such as volatiles that affect the pattern of materials circulation. The understanding of deep Earth structure and dynamics is a key to the understanding of evolution and dynamics of terrestrial planets, including planets orbiting other stars. This book contains chapters on deep Earth materials, compositional models, and geophysical studies of material circulation which together provide an invaluable synthesis of deep Earth research. Readership: advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers in geophysics, mineral physics and geochemistry. Book jacket.

Contents:

• Part 1 Materials' Properties 1
• 1 Volatiles under High Pressure / Hans Keppler Keppler, Hans 3
• 2 Earth's Mantle Melting in the Presence of C-O-H-Bearing Fluid / Konstantin D. Litasov Litasov, Konstantin D., Anton Shatskiy Shatskiy, Anton, Eiji Ohtani Ohtani, Eiji 38
• 3 Elasticity, Anelasticity, and Viscosity of a Partially Molten Rock / Yasuko Takei Takei, Yasuko 66
• 4 Rheological Properties of Minerals and Rocks / Shun-ichiro Karato Karato, Shun-ichiro 94
• 5 Electrical Conductivity of Minerals and Rocks / Shun-ichiro Karato Karato, Shun-ichiro, Duojun Wang Wang, Duojun 145
• Part 2 Compositional Models 183
• 6 Chemical Composition of the Earth's Lower Mantle: Constraints from Elasticity / Motohiko Murakami Murakami, Motohiko 185
• 7 Ab Initio Mineralogical Model of the Earth's Lower Mantle / Taku Tsuchiya Tsuchiya, Taku, Kenji Kawai Kawai, Kenji 213
• 8 Chemical and Physical Properties and Thermal State of the Core / Eiji Ohtani Ohtani, Eiji 244
• 9 Composition and Internal Dynamics of Super-Earths / Diana Valencia Valencia, Diana 271
• Part 3 Geophysical Observations and Models of Material Circulation 295
• 10 Seismic Observations of Mantle Discontinuities and Their Mineralogical and Dynamical Interpretation / Arwen Deuss Deuss, Arwen, Jennifer Andrews Andrews, Jennifer, Elizabeth Day Day, Elizabeth 297
• 11 Global Imaging of the Earth's Deep Interior: Seismic Constraints on (An)isotropy, Density and Attenuation / Jeannot Trampert Trampert, Jeannot, Andreas Fichtner Fichtner, Andreas 324
• 12 Mantle Mixing: Processes and Modeling / Peter E. van Keken Keken, Peter E. van 351
• 13 Fluid Processes in Subduction Zones and Water Transport to the Deep Mantle / Hikaru Iwamori Iwamori, Hikaru, Tomoeki Nakakuki Nakakuki, Tomoeki 372.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Physics and chemistry of the deep Earth

ISBN:

• 9780470659144
• 0470659149

OCLC:

827848735