Deep earth : physics and chemistry of the lower mantel and core / Hidenori Terasaki, Rebecca A. Fischer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Terasaki, Hidenori, editor.

Fischer, Rebecca A., editor.

Series:

Geophysical monograph ; 217.

Geophysical monograph ; 217

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth (Planet)--Internal structure.

Earth (Planet).

Earth (Planet)--Mantle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (616 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia ; Hoboken, New Jersey : American Geophysical Union : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

Summary:

Deep Earth: Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core highlights recent advances and the latest views of the deep Earth from theoretical, experimental, and observational approaches and offers insight into future research directions on the deep Earth. In recent years, we have just reached a stage where we can perform measurements at the conditions of the center part of the Earth using state-of-the-art techniques, and many reports on the physical and chemical properties of the deep Earth have come out very recently. Novel theoretical models have been complementary to this breakthrough. These new inputs enable us to compare directly with results of precise geophysical and geochemical observations. This volume highlights the recent significant advancements in our understanding of the deep Earth that have occurred as a result, including contributions from mineral/rock physics, geophysics, and geochemistry that relate to the topics of: I. Thermal structure of the lower mantle and core II. Structure, anisotropy, and plasticity of deep Earth materials III. Physical properties of the deep interior IV. Chemistry and phase relations in the lower mantle and core V. Volatiles in the deep Earth The volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students who study the Earth's interior. The topics of this volume are multidisciplinary, and therefore will be useful to students from a wide variety of fields in the Earth Sciences.

Contents:

TITLE PAGE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Part I: Thermal Structure of Deep Earth; 1 Melting of Fe Alloys and the Thermal Structure of the Core; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF MELTING; 1.3. RESULTS ON MELTING OF IRON; 1.4. RESULTS ON MELTING OF IRON-RICH ALLOYS; 1.5. APPLICATION TO THE THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE CORE; 1.6. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 2 Temperature of the Lower Mantle and Core Based on Ab Initio Mineral Physics Data; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. AB INITIO METHODS FOR MINERAL PHYSICS; 2.3. ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE PROFILES

Part II: Structures, Anisotropy, and Plasticity of Deep Earth Materials 5 Crystal Structures of Core Materials; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.3. THE FE-H SYSTEM; 5.4. THE FE-C SYSTEM; 5.5. THE FE-O SYSTEM; 5.6. THE FE-SI SYSTEM; 5.7. THE FE-P SYSTEM; 5.8. THE FE-S SYSTEM; 5.9. OTHER LIGHT ELEMENTS; 5.10. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; 6 Crystal Structures of Minerals in the Lower Mantle; 6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. BRIDGMANITE, (Mg,Fe)SiO3; 6.3. FERROPERICLASE, (Mg,Fe)O; 6.4. CaSiO3 PEROVSKITE; 6.5. CaIrO3-TYPE POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE; 6.6. SiO2 POLYMORPHS; 6.7. ALUMINOUS PHASES

9.5. LIQUID OUTER CORE 9.6. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 10 Physical Properties of the Inner Core; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 11 Physical Properties of the Outer Core; 11.1. INTRODUCTION; 11.2. DENSITY AND COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUID Fe ALLOYS; 11.3. SOUND VELOCITY OF LIQUID Fe ALLOYS; 11.4. CONSTRAINTS ON THE OUTER CORE COMPOSITION FROM DENSITY AND SOUND VELOCITY; 11.5. TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF LIQUID Fe ALLOYS; 11.6. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Part IV: Chemistry and Phase Relations of Deep Interior; 12 The Composition of the Lower Mantle and Core; 12.1. INTRODUCTION

12.2. CHONDRITES: BUILDING BLOCKS OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 29, 2016).

ISBN:

9781118992500

1118992504

9781118992494

1118992490

OCLC:

944446039