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The Earth's Lower Mantle : Composition and Structure / / by Felix V. Kaminsky
| The Earth's Lower Mantle : Composition and Structure / / by Felix V. Kaminsky |
| Autore | Kaminsky Felix V |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 331 p. 150 illus., 131 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 551.116 |
| Collana | Springer Geology |
| Soggetto topico |
Geochemistry
Mineralogy Planetology |
| ISBN | 3-319-55684-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: History of the problem.- Models of the Earth’s mantle -- High-pressure experimental data on ultramafic and mafic systems -- Natural lower-mantle minerals.- Lower-mantle mineral associations.- Some problems in the mineral composition of the lower mantle.- Iron spin crossover in lower mantle minerals.- Phase transitions in lower-mantle minerals.- Crystallographic features (regularities) of lower-mantle mineral phases.- Changes in properties of chemical elements under high pressures and possible new mineral compounds in Deep Earth.- Seismic inhomogeneities in the lower mantle and their nature -- Local inhomogeneities in the lower mantle.- Geochemistry of the lower mantle.- Oxidation potential in the lower mantle.- D" layer: transition from the lower mantle to the Earth’s core. (Postperovskite and other minerals in the D" layer).- Conclusions, Compositional model of the lower mantle, and further problems.- References.- Subject index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254000303321 |
Kaminsky Felix V
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Mantle Plumes and Their Effects / / by Mainak Choudhuri, Michal Nemčok
| Mantle Plumes and Their Effects / / by Mainak Choudhuri, Michal Nemčok |
| Autore | Choudhuri Mainak |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 137 p. 72 illus., 18 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 551.116 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Structural geology
Sedimentology Geophysics Structural Geology Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 3-319-44239-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Elastic properties of the lithosphere -- Plumes and hotspots -- Dynamic crustal uplift due to plume activity -- Permanent crustal uplift due to plume activity -- Effects of plume related thermal anomaly -- Morphology of hotspots -- The great plume debate. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254010403321 |
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Choudhuri Mainak
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Plates vs Plumes [[electronic resource] ] : A Geological Controversy
| Plates vs Plumes [[electronic resource] ] : A Geological Controversy |
| Autore | Foulger Gillian R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.116
551.21 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mantle plumes
Plate tectonics Geology Earth & Environmental Sciences Dynamic & Structural Geology |
| ISBN |
1-282-77457-3
9786612774577 1-4443-2486-1 1-4443-2487-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Plates vs. Plumes: A Geological Controversy; Contents; Preface; 1: From plate tectonics to plumes, and back again; 1.1 Volcanoes, and exceptional volcanoes; 1.2 Early beginnings: Continental drift and its rejection; 1.3 Emergence of the Plume hypothesis; 1.4 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis; 1.5 Lists of plumes; 1.6 Testing plume predictions; 1.7 A quick tour of Hawaii and Iceland; 1.8 Moving on: Holism and alternatives; 1.9 The Plate hypothesis; 1.10 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis; 1.11 Testing the Plate hypothesis; 1.12 Revisiting Hawaii and Iceland; 1.13 Questions and problems
1.14 Exercises for the student2: Vertical motions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis; 2.3 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis; 2.4 Comparison of the predictions of the Plume and Plate hypotheses; 2.5 Observations; 2.5.1 Classifying melting anomalies; 2.5.2 Volcanic chains with initial flood basalts; 2.5.3 Volcanic chains without initial flood basalts; 2.5.4 Active flood basalt provinces lacking volcanic chains; 2.5.5 Extinct flood basalt provinces lacking volcanic chains; 2.5.6 Vertical motions without flood basalt magmatism; 2.6 Plume variants; 2.7 Discussion 2.8 Exercises for the student3: Volcanism; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Flood basalts and oceanic plateaus; 3.1.2 Normal or anomalous?; 3.2 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis; 3.3 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis; 3.4 Comparison of the predictions of the Plate and Plume hypotheses; 3.5 Observations; 3.5.1 Classifying melting anomalies; 3.5.2 Large-volume, sustained volcanism; 3.5.3 Large-volume, brief volcanism; 3.5.4 Small-volume, sustained volcanism; 3.5.5 Small-volume, brief volcanism; 3.6 Plume variants; 3.7 Discussion; 3.8 Exercises for the student 4: Time progressions and relative fixity of melting anomalies4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methods; 4.2.1 Radiometric dating; 4.2.2 Earth's palaeomagnetic and spin axes; 4.2.3 True polar wander; 4.3 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis; 4.4 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis; 4.5 Observations; 4.5.1 Melting anomalies without tracks; 4.5.2 Short-lived melting anomalies; 4.5.3 Melting anomalies with long chains that are not time-progressive; 4.5.4 Melting anomalies with long, time-progressive tracks; 4.6 Hotspot reference frames; 4.7 Plume variants; 4.7.1 "Mantle wind"; 4.7.2 Other variants 4.8 Discussion4.9 Exercises for the student; 5: Seismology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.2 Seismology is not a thermometer; 5.2 Seismological techniques; 5.2.1 Explosion seismology; 5.2.2 Tomography; 5.2.3 Teleseismic tomography; 5.2.4 Whole-mantle tomography; 5.2.5 Presenting tomography results; 5.2.6 Receiver functions; 5.2.7 Shear-wave splitting; 5.3 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis; 5.4 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis; 5.5 Observations; 5.5.1 Well-studied melting anomalies on extensive land masses; 5.5.2 Less well-studied melting anomalies in remote regions 5.5.3 Structure beneath extinct melting anomalies, and elsewhere |
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Foulger Gillian R
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2010 | ||
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