Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 2 - Mineral Physics (Paperback, New)

Treatise on Geophysics: Mineral Physics, Volume 2, provides a comprehensive review of the current state of understanding of mineral physics. Each chapter demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in the understanding of the physics and chemistry of minerals, and also highlights a number of issues which are still outstanding or that need further work to resolve current contradictions. The book first reviews the current status of our understanding of the nature of the deep Earth. These include the seismic properties of rocks and minerals; problems of the lower mantle and the core-mantle boundary; and the state of knowledge on mantle chemistry and the nature and evolution of the core. The discussions then turn to the theory underlying high-pressure, high-temperature physics, and the major experimental methods being developed to probe this parameter space. The remaining chapters explain the specific techniques for measuring elastic and acoustic properties, electronic and magnetic properties, and rheological properties; the nature and origin of anisotropy in the Earth; the properties of melt; and the magnetic and electrical properties of mantle phases.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	September 2009
Editors:	G David Price
Dimensions:	189 x 246 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	656
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-444-53458-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Mineralogy > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General Books > Academic & Education > Professional & Technical > Geophysics
LSN:	0-444-53458-X
Barcode:	9780444534583

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