Edited by
R.W. Carlson, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, USA
Description
Though largely inaccessible, the geochemistry of Earth's mantle and core can be examined through a wide variety of approaches. Volume
2 focuses first on "remote" sensing using evidence from cosmochemical, seismic, petrologic and geochemical approaches. Mantle composition
is then examined in detail through descriptions of mantle samples brought to Earth's surface through tectonic, volcanic, and volatile-outgassing
processes. The volume concludes with examination of processes that modify the composition of the mantle and core including an early magma
ocean, partial melting, element partitioning between minerals and melts, and physical mixing caused by plate subduction, mantle convection
and mass exchange between mantle and core.
Reprinted individual volume from the acclaimed Treatise on Geochemistry,
(10 Volume
Set, ISBN 0-08-043751-6, published in 2003)
Audience:
Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in geochemistry, ecology, earth, and soil sciences, especially those with interest in global change or environmental chemistry
