The Earth's Mantle - Jackson, Ian

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Résumé :
The Earth's mantle" plays a crucial role in a variety of geologic processes and provides researchers with important insights into the development of our planet. Striking a balance between established consensus and continuing controversy, "The Earth's Mantle" provides researchers and graduate students with an authoritative review of this important part of our planet. Written by internationally recognized scientists from the Australian National University this book draws on perspectives from cosmochemistry, isotope geochemistry, fluid dynamics and petrology, seismology and geodynamics, and mineral and rock physics. The hardback edition received excellent reviews, some of which are reproduced below.

Sommaire:
["ACCRETION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF THE EARTH","Composition of the Silicate Earth : Implications for Accretion and Core Formation","Early Differentiation of the Earth : An Isotopic Perspective","Primordial Solar Noble-Gas Component in the Earth : Consequences for the Origin and Evolution of the Earth and Its Atmosphere","DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH'S MANTLE","Understanding Mantle Dynamics through Mathematical Models and Laboratory Experiments","Plates, Plumes, Mantle Convection, and Mantle Evolution","The Mantle's Chemical Structure : Insights from the Melting Products of Mantle","Pyrolite : A Ringwood Concept and Its Current Expression","STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE MODERN MANTLE","Seismic Structure of the Mantle : From Subduction Zone to Craton","Composition and Temperature of the Earth's Mantle : Seismological Models Interpreted through Experimental Studies of Earth Materials Ian Jackson and The Viscosity of the Mantle : Evidence from Analyses of Glacial-Rebound Phenomena","Mantle Rheology : Insights from Laboratory Studies of Deformation and Phase Transition."]