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Book SynopsisPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 160.
Understanding the inner workings of our planet and its relationship to processes closer to the surface remains a frontier in the geosciences. Manmade probes barely reach 10 km depth and volcanism rarely brings up samples from deeper than 150 km. These distances are dwarfed by Earth''s dimensions, and our knowledge of the deeper realms is pieced together from a range of surface observables, meteorite and solar atmosphere analyses, experimental and theoretical mineral physics and rock mechanics, and computer simulations. A major unresolved issue concerns the nature of mantle convection, the slow (1-5 cm/year) solid-state stirring that helps cool the planet by transporting radiogenic and primordial heat from Earth''s interior to its surface.
Expanding our knowledge here requires input from a range of geoscience disciplines, including seismology, geodynamics, mineral
Table of Contents
Preface
Robert D. van der Hilst, Jay D. Bass, Jan Matas, and Jean not Trampert vii
Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, Composition, and Evolution—An Introduction
Robert D. van der Hilst, Jay D. Bass, Jan Matas, and Jeannot Trampert 1
Noble Gas Models of Mantle Structure and Reservoir Mass Transfer
Darrell Harrison and Chris J. Ballentine 9
The Survival of Mantle Geochemical Heterogeneities
Francis Albarede 27
Towards a Quantitative Interpretation of Global Seismic Tomography
Jeannot Trampert and Robert D. van der Hilst 47
Seismic Modeling Constraints on the South African Super Plume
Don V. Helmberger and Sidao Ni 63
Numerical and Laboratory Studies of Mantle Convection: Philosophy, Accomplishments, and
Thermochemical Structure and Evolution
Paul J. Tackley, Shunxing Xie, Takashi Nakagawa, and John W. Hern Iund 83
Heterogeneous Lowermost Mantle: Compositional Constraints and Seismological Observables
H. Samuel, C.G. Farnetani, and D, Andrault 101
Numerical Study of the Origin and Stability of Chemically Distinct Reservoirs Deep in Earth's Mantle
P. van Thienen, J. van Summeren, R. D. van der Hilst, A. P. van den Berg, and N. J. Vlaar 117
Self-Gravity, Self-Consistency, and Self-Organization in Geodynamics and Geochemistry
Don L Anderson 137
The Role of Theoretical Mineral Physics in Modeling the Earth's Interior
Mark S. T. Bukowinski and Sofia Akber-Knutson 165
The Uncertain Major Element Bulk Composition of Earth's Mantle
Q. Williams and E. Knittle 187
Highly Siderophile Elements: Constraints on Earth Accretion and Early Differentiation
Kevin Righter 201
Mantle Oxidation State and Oxygen Fugacity: Constraints on Mantle Chemistry, Structure, and Dynamics
Catherine A. McCammon 219
Thermochemical State of the Lower Mantle: New Insights From Mineral Physics
James Badro, Guillaume Fiquet, and Frangois Guyot 241
Stability of MgSiOs Perovskite in the Lower Mantle
Sang-Heon Shim 261
Synthetic Tomographic Images of Slabs From Mineral Physics
Y. Ricard, E. Mattern, and J. Matas 283
Compositional Dependence of the Elastic Wave Velocities of Mantle Minerals: Implications for Seismic
Properties of Mantle Rocks
Sergio Speziale, Fuming Jiang, and Thomas S. Duffy 301
Recent Progress in Experimental Mineral Physics: Phase Relations of Hydrous Systems and the Role of Water in Slab Dynamics
Fiji Ohtani 321
