Editors:
- This multidisciplinary contributions giving a complete overview on mantle physical and thermochemical structure
- The book includes most recent constraints, models, and ideas with an up-to-date view of the topic in the form of topical reviews
- It includes articles that present and discuss current issues of debate
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Geophysics (SPRINGERGEOPHYS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Upper Mantle and Transition Zone
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Front Matter
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Lower Mantle
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the evolution of our planet. This series of topical reviews and original contributions address 4 themes. Theme 1 covers topics in geophysics, including global and regional seismic tomography, electrical conductivity and seismic imaging of mantle discontinuities and heterogeneities in the upper mantle, transition zone and lower mantle. Theme 2 addresses geochemical views of the mantle including lithospheric evolution from analysis of mantle xenoliths, composition of the deep Earth and the effect of water on subduction-zone processes. Theme 3 discusses geodynamical perspectives on the global thermo-chemical structure of the deep mantle. Theme 4 covers application of mineral physics data and phase equilibrium computations to infer the regional-scale thermo-chemical structure of the mantle.
Reviews
“This book focuses on the most up-to-date developments and insights into the earth’s mantle and the extent of its radial and lateral heterogeneities, which range from the microscopic to megascopic. … this book should be on the shelf, if not the desk, of anyone with an academic interest in the Earth’s mantle … . Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students, faculty/researchers, and professionals/practitioners.” (M. S. Field, Choice, Vol. 53 (2), October, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Amir Khan
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Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Frédéric Deschamps
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle
Book Subtitle: A Geophysical, Geodynamical, and Geochemical Perspective
Editors: Amir Khan, Frédéric Deschamps
Series Title: Springer Geophysics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15627-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15626-2Published: 12 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37461-1Published: 17 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15627-9Published: 28 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2364-9119
Series E-ISSN: 2364-9127
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 530
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 142 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Geochemistry, Mineralogy