The Earth's mantle : composition, structure, and evolution /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
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| Description: | xxv, 566 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2921776 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Accretion and Differentiation of the Earth
- 1. Composition of the silicate Earth: implications for accretion and core formation
- 2. Early differentiation of the Earth: an isotopic perspective
- 3. Primordial solar noble gas component in the Earth: consequences for the origin and evolution of the Earth and its atmosphere
- Part II. Dynamics and Evolution of the Earth's Mantle
- 4. Understanding mantle dynamics through mathematical models and laboratory experiments
- 5. Plates, plumes, mantle convection and mantle evolution
- 6. The mantle's chemical structure: insights from the melting products of mantle plumes
- 7. Pyrolite: a ringwood concept and its current expression
- Part III. Structure and Mechanical Behaviour of the Modern Mantle
- 8. Seismic structure of the mantle - from subduction zone to craton
- 9. Composition and temperature of the Earth's mantle: seismological models interpreted through experimental studies of mantle materials
- 10. The viscosity of the mantle from analyses of glacial rebound phenomena
- 11. Mantle rheology: insights from laboratory studies of the processes of deformation and phase transformation
