Deep earth : physics and chemistry of the lower mantel and core / / Hidenori Terasaki, Rebecca A. Fischer, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136534403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-118-99250-4; 1-118-99249-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (616 p.)
• Collana: Geophysical monograph ; ; 217
• Disciplina: 551.11
• Soggetti: Earth (Planet) Internal structure; Earth (Planet) Mantle
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TITLE PAGE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Part I: Thermal Structure of Deep Earth; 1 Melting of Fe Alloys and the Thermal Structure of the Core; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF MELTING; 1.3. RESULTS ON MELTING OF IRON; 1.4. RESULTS ON MELTING OF IRON-RICH ALLOYS; 1.5. APPLICATION TO THE THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE CORE; 1.6. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 2 Temperature of the Lower Mantle and Core Based on Ab Initio Mineral Physics Data; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. AB INITIO METHODS FOR MINERAL PHYSICS; 2.3. ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE PROFILES; Part II: Structures, Anisotropy, and Plasticity of Deep Earth Materials 5 Crystal Structures of Core Materials; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.3. THE FE-H SYSTEM; 5.4. THE FE-C SYSTEM; 5.5. THE FE-O SYSTEM; 5.6. THE FE-SI SYSTEM; 5.7. THE FE-P SYSTEM; 5.8. THE FE-S SYSTEM; 5.9. OTHER LIGHT ELEMENTS; 5.10. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; 6 Crystal Structures of Minerals in the Lower Mantle; 6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. BRIDGMANITE, (Mg,Fe)SiO3; 6.3. FERROPERICLASE, (Mg,Fe)O; 6.4. CaSiO3 PEROVSKITE; 6.5. CaIrO3-TYPE POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE; 6.6. SiO2 POLYMORPHS; 6.7. ALUMINOUS PHASES; 9.5. LIQUID OUTER CORE 9.6. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 10 Physical Properties of the Inner Core; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 11 Physical Properties of the Outer Core; 11.1. INTRODUCTION; 11.2. DENSITY AND COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUID Fe ALLOYS; 11.3. SOUND VELOCITY OF LIQUID Fe ALLOYS; 11.4. CONSTRAINTS ON THE OUTER CORE COMPOSITION FROM DENSITY AND SOUND VELOCITY; 11.5. TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF LIQUID Fe ALLOYS; 11.6. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Part IV: Chemistry and Phase Relations of Deep Interior; 12 The Composition of the Lower Mantle and Core; 12.1. INTRODUCTION; 12.2. CHONDRITES: BUILDING BLOCKS OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS