Keywords:
Earth (Planet) -- Internal structure.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483291857
Series Statement:
Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1838279
DDC:
551.11
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Constitution of the Earth's Interior -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Series Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior -- Preface -- Basic Parameters of the Solar System -- Chapter 1. Equations of State and Geophysical Equations of State -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF EQUATIONS OF STATE -- 1.3 EQUATIONS OF STATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF CHANGES OF THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS -- 1.4 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS -- 1.5 THERMODYNAMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EQUATIONS OF STATE -- 1.6 EQUATIONS OF STATE RESULTING FROM THE THEORY OF A CONTINUOUS MEDIUM -- 1.7 EQUATIONS OF STATE OBTAINED FROM MODELS OF QUANTUM-MECHANICS INTERACTIONS -- 1.8 EQUATION OF GRÜNEISEN -- 1.9 THE THOMAS-FERMI EQUATION -- 1.10 GEOPHYSICAL EQUATIONS OF STATE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2. Distribution of Selected Physical Parameters in the Earth and Planetary Interiors -- 2.1 OBSERVATIONAL BASES -- 2.2 BASIC EQUATIONS -- 2.3 REVIEW OF MODELS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR -- 2.4 MODELS OF PLANETARY INTERIORS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3. Creep Processes, Viscosity Models and the Quality Factor Q in the Earth's Interior -- 3.1 ROCK PROPERTIES UNDER HIGH PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES -- 3.2 CREEP PROCESSES IN THE MANTLE -- 3.3 VISCOSITY MODELS -- 3.4 Q FACTOR AND DISSIPATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY IN THE EARTH'S INTERIOR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4. Thermal Energy and Heat Flow in the Earth's Interior -- 4.1 HEAT FLOW OF THE EARTH -- 4.2 GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT WITHIN THE EARTH -- 4.3 PHONON TRANSFER IN THE EARTHS MANTLE -- 4.4 RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE EARTH'S MANTLE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. The Structure of the Earth's Interior -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH'S CRUST -- 5.3 THE UPPER MANTLE OF THE EARTH -- 5.4 THE LOWER MANTLE AND THE EARTH'S CORE -- REFERENCES.
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Chapter 6. Phase Transformations: Elements of the Theory and Geophysical Applications -- 6.1 POSSIBILITY OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE EARTH'S INTERIOR -- 6.2 THERMODYNAMICS OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS -- 6.3 KINETICS OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS -- 6.4 PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN STATIC MODELS OF THE EARTH WITH SPHERICAL SYMMETRY -- 6.5 PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN AREAS UNDERGOING GLOBAL DEFORMATIONS -- 6.6 PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AND GENERATION OF EARTHQUAKES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7. Hypothetical Phase Transformations in the Earth's Mantle -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TRANSFORMATIONS OF CRYSTALLINE SILICA POLYMORPHS -- 7.3 THE GABBRO → ECLOGITE TRANSITION AND THE NATURE OF THE MOHOROČlĆ DISCONTINUITY -- 7.4 PHASE TRANSITIONS IN PYROLITE OF THE LOWER LITHOSPHERE AND ASTHENOSPHERE -- 7.5 HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN A2BO4 COMPOUNDS - Mg AND Fe ORTHOSILICATES -- 7.6 HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN ABO3 COMPOUNDS - Mg AND Fe METASILICATES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8· Petrology and Elements of Geochemistry -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 THE EARTH'S CORE -- 8.3 THE EARTH'S MANTLE -- 8.4 IGNEOUS PROCESSES AND ROCKS -- 8.5 THE EARTHS CRUST -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Index.
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