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Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 2
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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
Contents
Introduction and Overview.
1. Cosmochemical Estimates of Mantle Composition.
2. Seismology Constraints upon Mantle Composition.
3. Sampling
Mantle Heterogeneity through Oceanic Basalts: Isotopes and Trace Elements.
4. Orogenic, Ophiolitic, and Abyssal Peridotites.
5. Mantle
Samples Included in Volcanic Rocks: Xenoliths and Diamonds.
6. Noble Gases as Mantle Tracers.
7. Mantle Volatiles - Distribution and
Consequences.
8. Melt Extraction and Compositional Variability in Mantle Lithosphere.
9. Trace Element Partitioning under Crystal and
Uppermost Mantle Conditions: The Influences of Ionic Radius, Cation Charge, Pressure and Temperature.
10. Partition Coefficients at
High Pressure and Temperature.
11. Subduction Zone Processes and Implications for Changing Composition of the Upper and Lower Mantle.
12. Convective Mixing in the Earth's Mantle.
13. Compositional Evolution of the Mantle.
14. Experimental Constraints on Core Composition.
15. Compositional Models for the Earth's Core.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 608 pages, publication date: NOV-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-044848-0
ISBN-10: 0-08-044848-8
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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