Theoretical investigations
Table of Contents
List of contributors vii
Preface ix
Part I Structure and Dynamics of the Deep Mantle: Toward Core-Mantle Co-Evolution
1 Neutrino Geoscience: Review, Survey, Future Prospects 3
William F. McDonough and Hiroko Watanabe
2 Trace Element Abundance Modeling with Gamma Distribution for Quantitative Balance Calculations 17
Sanshiro Enomoto, Kenta Ueki, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Nozomu Takeuchi, Akiko Tanaka, Hiroko Watanabe, and Satoru Haraguchi
3 Seismological Studies of Deep Earth Structure Using Seismic Arrays in East, South, and Southeast Asia, and Oceania 31
Satoru Tanaka and Toshiki Ohtaki
4 Preliminary Results from the New Deformation Multi-Anvil Press at the Photon Factory: Insight into the Creep Strength of Calcium Silicate Perovskite 59
Andrew R. Thomson, Yu Nishihara, Daisuke Yamazaki, Noriyoshi Tsujino, Simon A. Hunt, Yumiko Tsubokawa, Kyoko Matsukage, Takashi Yoshino, Tomoaki Kubo, and David P. Dobson
5 Deciphering Deep Mantle Processes from Isotopic and Highly Siderophile Element Compositions of Mantle-Derived Rocks: Prospects and Limitations 75
Katsuhiko Suzuki, Gen Shimoda, Akira Ishikawa, Tetsu Kogiso, and Norikatsu Akizawa
6 Numerical Examination of the Dynamics of Subducted Crustal Materials with Different Densities 103
Taku Tsuchiya, Takashi Nakagawa, and Kenji Kawai
Part II Core-mantle Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Approach
7 SomeIssuesonCore-MantleChemicalInteractions:TheRoleofCoreFormationProcesses 117
Shun-ichiro Karato
8 Heat Flow from the Earth’s Core Inferred from Experimentally Determined Thermal Conductivity of the Deep Lower Mantle 133
Yoshiyuki Okuda and Kenji Ohta
9 Assessment of a Stable Region of Earth’s Core Requiring Magnetic Field Generation over Four Billion Years 145
Takashi Nakagawa, Shin-ichi Takehiro, and Youhei Sasaki
10 Inner Core Anisotropy from Antipodal PKIKP Traveltimes 165
Hrvoje Tkalčić, Thuany P. Costa de Lima, Thanh-Son Phạm, and Satoru Tanaka
11 Recent Progress in High-Pressure Experiments on the Composition of the Core 191
Ryosuke Sinmyo, Yoichi Nakajima, and Yasuhiro Kuwayama
12 Dynamics in Earth’s Core Arising from Thermo-Chemical Interactions with the Mantle 219
Christopher J. Davies and Sam Greenwood
Index 259
