{"product_id":"physics-and-chemistry-of-the-deep-earth-isbn-9780470659144","title":"Physics and Chemistry of the Deep Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership\u003c\/b\u003e: advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers in geophysics, mineral physics and geochemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Materials’ Properties 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Volatiles under High Pressure 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans Keppler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Earth’s Mantle Melting in the Presence of C–O–H–Bearing Fluid 38\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKonstantin D. Litasov, Anton Shatskiy, and Eiji Ohtani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Elasticity, Anelasticity, and Viscosity of a Partially Molten Rock 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYasuko Takei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Rheological Properties of Minerals and Rocks 94\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShun-ichiro Karato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Electrical Conductivity of Minerals and Rocks 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShun-ichiro Karato and Duojun Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Compositional Models 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Chemical Composition of the Earth’s Lower Mantle: Constraints from Elasticity 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMotohiko Murakami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Ab Initio Mineralogical Model of the Earth’s Lower Mantle 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTaku Tsuchiya and Kenji Kawai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Chemical and Physical Properties and Thermal State of the Core 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEiji Ohtani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Composition and Internal Dynamics of Super-Earths 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiana Valencia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Geophysical Observations and Models of Material\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Circulation 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Seismic Observations of Mantle Discontinuities and Their Mineralogical and Dynamical Interpretation 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArwen Deuss, Jennifer Andrews, and Elizabeth Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Global Imaging of the Earth’s Deep Interior: Seismic Constraints on (An)isotropy, Density and Attenuation 324\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeannot Trampert and Andreas Fichtner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Mantle Mixing: Processes and Modeling 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter E. van Keken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Fluid Processes in Subduction Zones and Water Transport to the Deep Mantle 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHikaru Iwamori and Tomoeki Nakakuki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour plate section can be found between pages 214–215\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  Graduate students and researchers\/faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShun-ichiro Karato\u003c\/b\u003e is an Earth scientist who conducts interdisciplinary studies encompassing mineral physics and geodynamics. He received his degrees from the University of Tokyo, and held faculty positions at the Universities of Tokyo and Minnesota, before moving to Yale University in 2001. He has received several awards, including the Japan Academy Award, the Vening Meinesz Medal and Birch Lectureship, and has authored some 200 publications, including 7 books.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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. 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