Post-perovskite : the last mantle phase transition / Kei Hirose ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirose, Kei.

Series:

Geophysical monograph ; 174.

Geophysical monograph series, 0065-8448 ; 174

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perovskite (Mineral).

Oxide minerals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 174.Discovery of the perovskite to post-perovskite phase transition in MgSiO3, expected to occur for deep mantle conditions, was first announced in April 2004. This immediately stimulated numerous studies in experimental and theoretical mineral physics, seismology, and geodynamics evaluating the implications of a major lower mantle phase change. A resulting revolution in our understanding of the D? region in the lowermost mantle is well underway. This monograph presents the

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Preface; An Introduction to Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition; Section I: Mineral Physics (Experimental); Review of Experimental Studies on Mantle Phase Transitions; Discovery of Post-Perovskite Phase Transition and the Nature of D. Layer; Effect of Iron on the Properties of Post-Perovskite Silicate; Electronic Transitions and Spin States in the Lower Mantle; Lattice-Preferred Orientation of Lower Mantle Materials and Seismic Anisotropy in the D. Layer; Section II: Mineral Physics (Theoretical)

Thermodynamic Properties and Stability Field of MgSiO3 Post-PerovskiteThe High-Temperature Elasticity of MgSiO3 Post-Perovskite; Effect of Chemistry on the Physical Properties of Perovskite and Post-Perovskite; Section III: Seismology; Reconciling the Post-Perovskite Phase With Seismological Observations of Lowermost Mantle Structure; Predicting a Global Perovskite and Post-Perovskite Phase Boundary; Seismic Anisotropy of Post-Perovskite and the Lowermost Mantle; Constraints on the Presence or Absence of Post-Perovskite in the Lowermost Mantle From Long-Period Seismology; Section IV: Dynamics

Mantle Dynamics and the D"" Layer: Impacts of the Post Perovskite PhaseInfluence of the Post-Perovskite Transition on Thermal and Thermo-Chemical Mantle Convection; The Dynamical Influences From Physical Properties in the Lower Mantle and Post-Perovskite Phase Transition; Deformation-Induced Mechanical Instabilities at the Core-Mantle Boundary

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ISBN:

9781118671931

1118671937

9781118666401

1118666402

9781118672495

1118672496

OCLC:

843640322