Screen LibraryHigh-pressure geochemistry and mineral physics : basics for planetology and geo-material science /
Significant achievements have been made at the cross-roads of physics and planetary science. In the second half of the twentieth century, the discipline of planetary sciences has witnessed three major episodes which have revolutionized its approach and content: (i) the plate-tectonic theory, (ii) hu...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Developments in geochemistry ;
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/09213198/9 |
| Summary: |
Significant achievements have been made at the cross-roads of physics and planetary science. In the second half of the twentieth century, the discipline of planetary sciences has witnessed three major episodes which have revolutionized its approach and content: (i) the plate-tectonic theory, (ii) human landing and discoveries in planetary astronomy and (iii) the extraordinary technical advancement in high P-T studies, which have been abetted by a vast improvement in computational methods. Using these new computational methods, such as first principles including ab initio models, calculations have been made for the electronic structure, bonding, thermal EOS, elasticity, melting, thermal conductivity and diffusivity. In this monograph, the boundaries of the definitions of a petrologist, geochemist, geophysicist or a mineralogist have been willfully eliminated to bring them all under the spectrum of "high-pressure geochemistry" when they deal with any material (quintessentially a chemical assemblage) - terrestrial or extraterrestrial - under the conditions of high-pressure and temperature. Thus, a petrologist using a spectrometer or any instrument for high-pressure studies of a rock or a mineral, or a geochemist using them for chemical synthesis and characterization, is better categorized as a "high-pressure geochemist" rather than any other kind of disciplinarian. The contents of this monograph bring together, under one cover, apparently disparate disciplines like solid-earth geophysics and geochemistry as well as material science and condensed-matter physics to present a thorough overview of high pressure geochemistry. Indeed, such interdisciplinary activities led to the discovery of new phenomena such as high P-T behaviour in metal oxides (e.g. Mott transition), novel transitions such as amorphization, changes in order-disorder in crystals and the anomalous properties of oxide melts. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 1233 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1103-1203) and index. |
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9780444512666 0444512667 008045822X 9780080458229 |
| Index Number: | QE515 |
| CLC: | P59 |
| Contents: | Cosmochemistry and properties of light element compounds -- Petro-tectonic features of terrestrial planets -- Structural types of major phases : AB, AB , A B , ABX , ABX , AB X and A B X-- -- Principles of techniques -- (Crystalline) materials under high pressure -- MgO-FeO-SiO (MFS) system : olivines and pyroxenes -- (K O, Na O, CaO)-Al O -SiO system -- Al2O -SiO and (CaO-MgO)-Al2O -SiO systems -- AB X structure -- ABX , Perovskite-ilmenite structure -- Silicate melts and rocks -- Simple oxides and carbonates -- Hydrous minerals -- Iron and siderophile elements : the Earth's core -- Transport properties in deep depths and related condensed-matter phenomena. |