This book is a paperback reprint of Advances in Geophysics, Volume
35 (1994, Academic Press). It provides an overview of the dramatic
progress made in illuminating the properties of deep slabs and the
surrounding mantle since the introduction of the plate tectonics
model to the earth sciences more than 25 years ago. The thermal and
chemical characteristics of the subducted lithosphere are
determined through thermal and petrological modeling, with
seismological observations providing critical constraints on model
parameters. Down-wellings of the oceanic lithosphere play a
critical role in plate tectonics by recycling to the mantle
material that has risen at mid-ocean ridges and cooled at the
earth's surface. To assist future efforts in developing detailed
thermal and petrological models of oceanic lithosphere
down-wellings, this volume includes a comprehensive review of
seismological observations and models. A range of seismological
procedures are considered, from travel time constraints on seismic
velocity anomalies in the subducting lithospheric slabs, to wave
conversions and reflections off internal and external slab
boundaries. An extensive reference list will be useful to earth
science researchers and seismological specialists as a directory to
most of the critical literature on slab structure.
* Provides a comprehensive, chronological summary of
seismological studies of slab structure
* Reviews 25-year history of progress in the field
* Distills the many contributions that provide a foundation for
mastering the roots of the ideas and observations underlying todays
paradigms
* Includes an extensive bibliography
* Effectively organized for course presentation
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