Composition and Petrology of the Earth's Mantle
Author: A. E. Ringwood
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 648
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: A. E. Ringwood
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 648
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ian Jackson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-06-19
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780521785662
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Authoritative review of composition, structure and evolution of the mantle for researchers and graduate students.
Author: Felix V. Kaminsky
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-05-22
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 3319556843
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents the first overview of the composition and structure of the Earth’s lower mantle. The first part focuses on the study of lower-mantle minerals, identified as inclusions in diamonds from different regions of the world. Three associations are established among the lower-mantle minerals: ultramafic, mafic, and carbonatic. The carbonatic association is of particular interest because it characterizes the media of natural diamond formation. In turn, the second part analyzes the structure of the lower mantle, revealing its heterogeneous composition. It is based on the results of experiments demonstrating phase transitions in lower-mantle minerals, and on seismological data. Deep-seated earthquakes point to the presence within the lower mantle of numerous seismic boundaries caused by mineral structure transitions. In closing, the last part of the book compares observed data with experimental data, highlighting several discrepancies that indicate Earth may have a more complex planetary history than previously assumed, and examining its primarily non-chondritic composition.
Author: Amir Khan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-04-28
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 3319156276
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the evolution of our planet. This series of topical reviews and original contributions address 4 themes. Theme 1 covers topics in geophysics, including global and regional seismic tomography, electrical conductivity and seismic imaging of mantle discontinuities and heterogeneities in the upper mantle, transition zone and lower mantle. Theme 2 addresses geochemical views of the mantle including lithospheric evolution from analysis of mantle xenoliths, composition of the deep Earth and the effect of water on subduction-zone processes. Theme 3 discusses geodynamical perspectives on the global thermo-chemical structure of the deep mantle. Theme 4 covers application of mineral physics data and phase equilibrium computations to infer the regional-scale thermo-chemical structure of the mantle.
Author: Ian Jackson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-06-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780521785662
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Interdisciplinary in scope, The Earth's Mantle is a comprehensive overview of the composition, structure and evolution of the mantle layer that strikes a balance between established consensus and continuing controversy. Written by internationally recognized scientists, the book provides an authoritative review of this important part of our planet.
Author: Ekaterina A. Matrosova
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-08-31
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 3030270181
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides an analysis of an actual problem of the evolution of deep matter under the conditions of the upper mantle, transition zone, and uppermost lower mantle. This issue has a fundamental importance in geochemistry, petrology, mineralogy, and crystalochemistry of the mantle, at different depths. The authors discuss new experimental research on the composition and conditions of the chromium-bearing minerals genesis and their associations in the Earth’s mantle. The experimental data are compared with the natural mineral assemblages, allowing a refinement of the structure and composition of the deep Geospheres of the Earth. The results of the physicochemical experiments in the "MgO–SiO2–Cr2O3" model and the multicomponent systems play a major role in understanding the phase diagrams of these systems, the structural patterns of chromium-bearing phases and the influence of Cr on P-T parameters in the Earth’s mantle.
Author: Pembroke J. Hart
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 801
ISBN-13: 0875900135
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