Karato Sh.-I. (Ed.) Physics and Chemistry of the Deep Earth

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 402 pages, ISBN: 0470659149Though 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.Materials’ properties
Volatiles under High Pressure
Earth’s Mantle Melting in the Presence of C–O–H–Bearing Fluid
Elasticity, Anelasticity, and Viscosity of a Partially Molten Rock
Rheological Properties of Minerals and Rocks
Electrical Conductivity of Minerals and RocksCompositional models
Chemical Composition of the Earth’s Lower Mantle: Constraints from Elasticity
Ab Initio Mineralogical Model of the Earth’s Lower Mantle
Chemical and Physical Properties and Thermal State of the Core
Composition and Internal Dynamics of Super-EarthsGeophysical observations and models of material circulation
Seismic Observations of Mantle Discontinuities and Their Mineralogical and Dynamical Interpretation
Global Imaging of the Earth’s Deep Interior: Seismic Constraints on (An)isotropy, Density and Attenuation
Mantle Mixing: Processes and Modeling
Fluid Processes in Subduction Zones and Water Transport to the Deep Mantle