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Deep earth : physics and chemistry of the lower mantel and core / / Hidenori Terasaki, Rebecca A. Fischer, editors
Deep earth : physics and chemistry of the lower mantel and core / / Hidenori Terasaki, Rebecca A. Fischer, editors
Publication Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2016
Physical description 1 online resource (616 p.)
Dewey 551.11
Series statement Geophysical monograph
ISBN 1-118-99250-4
1-118-99249-0
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Formatted content note 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
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Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2016
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The early earth : accretion and differentiation / / James Badro, Michael Walter, editors
The early earth : accretion and differentiation / / James Badro, Michael Walter, editors
Publication Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : Wiley, , 2015
Physical description 1 online resource (196 p.)
Dewey 551.11
Series statement Geophysical Monograph
ISBN 1-118-86036-5
1-118-86035-7
1-118-86019-5
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Formatted content note Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Timing of Nebula Processes That Shaped the Precursors of the Terrestrial Planets; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Young Stellar Objects and Their Disks: Analogs of the Early Solar System; 1.2.1. From the Interstellar Medium to a Protostellar Core; 1.2.2. From a Protostar to a Pre-main Sequence Star; 1.2.3. Duration of Protostellar and Pre-main Sequence Stages; 1.3. The Samples of the Solar Protoplanetary Disk; 1.3.1. Chondrites and Their Putative Parent Bodies
1.3.2. The Major High-Temperature Components of Chondrites 1.4. Chronology of the First Few Million Years: The Period of the Disk; 1.4.1. Short-Lived Radionuclides Present in the Accretion Disk; 1.4.2. The Dual Origin of SLRs: Presolar Stellar Sources and Solar System Irradiation; 1.4.3. Timing of Irradiation Processes in the Early Solar System; 1.4.4. A Chronology for the Formation of the First Solar System Minerals and Rocks Based on 26Al; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 The Earth's Building Blocks; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Cosmochemical Constraints; 2.3. BSE and Bulk Earth Composition
2.3.1. Similarity to Chondritic Meteorites (Chondrites)2.3.2. Chondritic Material; 2.3.3. Preferred Bulk Earth Model; 2.4. Chondritic vs. Achondritic Earth; 2.5. Isotopic Arguments; 2.5.1. Applications of Isotopic Anomalies; 2.5.2. Radiogenic Isotopes; 2.5.3. Stable Isotope Fractionation; 2.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation; 3.1. Introduction; 3.1.1. History of the Solar System; 3.1.2. Stages of Planet Formation; 3.1.3. Pebble Growth Processes; 3.1.4. New Pebble Model from Dust to Embryo
3.2. Models of the Giant Impact Phase of Terrestrial Planet Formation 3.2.1. Comparing Terrestrial Planet Systems; 3.3. Classical Models; 3.3.1. Eccentric Jupiter and Saturn, Current Orbits; 3.3.2. Extra-eccentric Jupiter and Saturn; 3.3.3. Circular Jupiter and Saturn, pre-Nice 2.0 Model; 3.4. Truncated Disk Models; 3.4.1. 'Grand Tack', Migrating Jupiter and Saturn; 3.5. Earth in the Grand Tack Model; 3.5.1. The Growth of Earth; 3.5.2. Composition of Earth and the Other Terrestrial Planets; 3.6. Conclusion and Discussion; References; Chapter 4 Late Accretion and the Late Veneer
4.1. Introduction 4.2. The Late Veneer as Defined in Geochemistry; 4.3. Late Accretion Mass as Defined in Accretion Models; 4.4. Relationship Between Late Veneer and Late Accretion; 4.4.1. Can the Late Accretion Mass Be Significantly Smaller Than the Late Veneer Mass?; 4.4.2. Can the Late Accretion Mass Be Significantly Larger Than the Late Veneer Mass?; 4.4.3. Summary and Implications for Moon Formation; 4.5. Late Veneer and the Origin of Earth's Volatiles; 4.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 Early Differentiation and Core Formation: Processes and Timescales
5.1. Introduction
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Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : Wiley, , 2015
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The early earth : accretion and differentiation / / James Badro, Michael Walter, editors
The early earth : accretion and differentiation / / James Badro, Michael Walter, editors
Publication Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : Wiley, , 2015
Physical description 1 online resource (196 p.)
Dewey 551.11
Series statement Geophysical Monograph
ISBN 1-118-86036-5
1-118-86035-7
1-118-86019-5
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Formatted content note Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Timing of Nebula Processes That Shaped the Precursors of the Terrestrial Planets; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Young Stellar Objects and Their Disks: Analogs of the Early Solar System; 1.2.1. From the Interstellar Medium to a Protostellar Core; 1.2.2. From a Protostar to a Pre-main Sequence Star; 1.2.3. Duration of Protostellar and Pre-main Sequence Stages; 1.3. The Samples of the Solar Protoplanetary Disk; 1.3.1. Chondrites and Their Putative Parent Bodies
1.3.2. The Major High-Temperature Components of Chondrites 1.4. Chronology of the First Few Million Years: The Period of the Disk; 1.4.1. Short-Lived Radionuclides Present in the Accretion Disk; 1.4.2. The Dual Origin of SLRs: Presolar Stellar Sources and Solar System Irradiation; 1.4.3. Timing of Irradiation Processes in the Early Solar System; 1.4.4. A Chronology for the Formation of the First Solar System Minerals and Rocks Based on 26Al; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 The Earth's Building Blocks; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Cosmochemical Constraints; 2.3. BSE and Bulk Earth Composition
2.3.1. Similarity to Chondritic Meteorites (Chondrites)2.3.2. Chondritic Material; 2.3.3. Preferred Bulk Earth Model; 2.4. Chondritic vs. Achondritic Earth; 2.5. Isotopic Arguments; 2.5.1. Applications of Isotopic Anomalies; 2.5.2. Radiogenic Isotopes; 2.5.3. Stable Isotope Fractionation; 2.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation; 3.1. Introduction; 3.1.1. History of the Solar System; 3.1.2. Stages of Planet Formation; 3.1.3. Pebble Growth Processes; 3.1.4. New Pebble Model from Dust to Embryo
3.2. Models of the Giant Impact Phase of Terrestrial Planet Formation 3.2.1. Comparing Terrestrial Planet Systems; 3.3. Classical Models; 3.3.1. Eccentric Jupiter and Saturn, Current Orbits; 3.3.2. Extra-eccentric Jupiter and Saturn; 3.3.3. Circular Jupiter and Saturn, pre-Nice 2.0 Model; 3.4. Truncated Disk Models; 3.4.1. 'Grand Tack', Migrating Jupiter and Saturn; 3.5. Earth in the Grand Tack Model; 3.5.1. The Growth of Earth; 3.5.2. Composition of Earth and the Other Terrestrial Planets; 3.6. Conclusion and Discussion; References; Chapter 4 Late Accretion and the Late Veneer
4.1. Introduction 4.2. The Late Veneer as Defined in Geochemistry; 4.3. Late Accretion Mass as Defined in Accretion Models; 4.4. Relationship Between Late Veneer and Late Accretion; 4.4.1. Can the Late Accretion Mass Be Significantly Smaller Than the Late Veneer Mass?; 4.4.2. Can the Late Accretion Mass Be Significantly Larger Than the Late Veneer Mass?; 4.4.3. Summary and Implications for Moon Formation; 4.5. Late Veneer and the Origin of Earth's Volatiles; 4.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 Early Differentiation and Core Formation: Processes and Timescales
5.1. Introduction
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Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : American Geophysical Union : , : Wiley, , 2015
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Early Earth systems : a geochemical approach / / Hugh Rollinson
Early Earth systems : a geochemical approach / / Hugh Rollinson
Author Rollinson Hugh R (Hugh Richard), <1949->
Designation of edition [1st ed.]
Publication Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
Physical description 1 online resource (296 p.)
Dewey 551.7
Topical subject Geochemistry
Historical geology
ISBN 9786612116612
9781282116610
1282116614
9781444308945
1444308947
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Formatted content note The Earth system -- The origin and differentiation of the Earth -- The evolution of the Earth's mantle -- The origin of the continental crust -- The origin of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans -- The origin of life.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910964870703321
Rollinson Hugh R (Hugh Richard), <1949->  
Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
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Elastic properties and equations of state
Elastic properties and equations of state
Publication [Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
Dewey 551.1/1
Topical subject Seismometry
Mineralogy
Geology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dynamic & Structural Geology
ISBN 1-118-66497-3
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910130900603321
[Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
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Elastic properties and equations of state
Elastic properties and equations of state
Publication [Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
Dewey 551.1/1
Topical subject Seismometry
Mineralogy
Geology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dynamic & Structural Geology
ISBN 1-118-66497-3
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910829916703321
[Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
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Elastic properties and equations of state
Elastic properties and equations of state
Publication [Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
Dewey 551.1/1
Topical subject Seismometry
Mineralogy
Geology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dynamic & Structural Geology
ISBN 1-118-66497-3
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Record Nr. UNISA-996211232703316
[Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
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Elastic properties and equations of state
Elastic properties and equations of state
Publication [Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
Dewey 551.1/1
Topical subject Seismometry
Mineralogy
Geology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dynamic & Structural Geology
ISBN 1-118-66497-3
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9911019216503321
[Place of publication not identified], : Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics American Geophysical Union, 1988
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Energetics of the Earth / / John Verhoogen
Energetics of the Earth / / John Verhoogen
Author Verhoogen John <1912-.>
Publication Washington : , : National Academies Press, , 1980
Physical description 1 online resource (147 pages)
Dewey 551.1
Topical subject Electronic books
Earth temperature
ISBN 9786610247240
1-280-24724-X
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Formatted content note ""Energetics of the Earth""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Energy Sinks ""; ""HEAT FLOW""; ""VOLCANIC HEAT""; ""METAMORPHIC HEAT""; ""STRAIN ENERGY; EARTHQUAKES""; ""POTENTIAL ENERGY; UPLIFT OF MOUNTAINS""; ""PLATE TECTONICS""; ""KINETIC ENERGY OF ROTATION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""2 Energy Sources ""; ""ORIGINAL HEAT""; ""GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY""; ""CORE FORMATION""; ""TIDAL FRICTION""; ""RADIOGENIC HEAT""; ""CRUSTAL HEAT VERSUS MANTLE HEAT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 Temperatures Within the Earth ""; ""THE UPPER MANTLE""; ""THE LOW-VELOCITY ZONE""; ""GEOTHERMS FROM NODULES IN KIMBERLITE""
""THE MANTLE'S TRANSITION ZONES"" ""THE LOWER MANTLE""; ""LAYER D""; ""LAYER D""; ""THE OUTER CORE""; ""COMPOSITION OF THE CORE""; ""TEMPERATURE FROM AN EQUATION OF STATE""; ""THE ADIABATIC GRADIENT""; ""THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INNER CORE-OUTER CORE BOUNDARY""; ""THE MELTING POINT OF IRON""; ""MELTING IN THE FE-S SYSTEM""; ""SUMMARY""; ""4 Dynamics of the Core ""; ""STABILITY OF THE CORE""; ""CAUSES FOR CONVECTION""; ""ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF THE GEOMAGNETIC DYNAMO""; ""EFFICIENCY OF A STEADY-STATE THERMAL DYNAMO""; ""AN IMPROVED ESTIMATE OF EFFICIENCY""; ""THE ENTROPY BALANCE EQUATION""
""THE GRAVITATIONAL DYNAMO""""GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY""; ""VOLUMETRIC RELATIONS""; ""HEAT OUTPUT OF THE CORE""; ""5 Core-Mantle Interactions ""; ""EFFICIENCY OF THE MANTLE""; ""CONVECTION PATTERNS IN THE MANTLE""; ""CONVECTIVE PATTERN FOR DISTRIBUTED SOURCES OF HEAT""; ""HEAT FROM THE CORE""; ""ADDITIONAL FACTORS IN CONTROLLING THE FLOW""; ""TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES""; ""THE VON ZEIPEL INSTABILITY""; ""EFFECTS OF SURFACE PLATES""; ""EFFECTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN THE MANTLE""; ""INFLUENCE OF THE CORE ON CONVECTION IN THE MANTLE"" ""INFLUENCE OF THE MANTLE ON CONVECTION IN THE CORE""""SOME FINAL REMARKS""; ""References""; ""Author Index ""; ""Subject Index ""
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Verhoogen John <1912-.>  
Washington : , : National Academies Press, , 1980
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Heat generation and transport in the Earth / / Claude Jaupart, Jean-Claude Mareschal [[electronic resource]]
Heat generation and transport in the Earth / / Claude Jaupart, Jean-Claude Mareschal [[electronic resource]]
Author Jaupart Claude
Publication Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
Physical description 1 online resource (xii, 464 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Dewey 551.1
Topical subject Terrestrial heat flow
ISBN 1-107-21942-6
0-511-78177-6
1-282-96724-X
9786612967245
0-511-99151-7
0-511-99053-7
0-511-98871-0
0-511-99250-5
0-511-98691-2
Format Language material
Bibliographic level Monograph
Language eng
Formatted content note Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Credits; 1. Historical notes; 2. Internal structure of the Earth; 3. Basic equations; 4. Heat conduction; 5. Heat transport by convection; 6. Thermal structure of the oceanic lithosphere; 7. Thermal structure of the continental lithosphere; 8. Global energy budget; 9. Mantle convection; 10. Thermal evolution of the Earth; 11. Magmatic and volcanic systems; 12. Environmental problems; 13. New and old challenges; Appendix A. A primer on Fourier and Laplace transforms; Appendix B. Green's functions; Appendix C. About measurements; Appendix D. Physical properties; Appendix E. Heat production; List of symbols; References; Index.
Other Variant Titles Heat Generation & Transport in the Earth
Record Nr. UNINA-9910459198403321
Jaupart Claude  
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
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