Screen LibraryEvolution of the Earth and planets
Space exploration, observations of the Earth's interior, laboratory investigations, and theoretical analyses over the past two decades have added some interesting twists in scientists' narrative of the history of planets, including giant late-stage impacts, magma oceans, dense primordial a...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geophysical monograph,
74 IUGG ; v. 14 |
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1029/GM074 |
| Summary: |
Space exploration, observations of the Earth's interior, laboratory investigations, and theoretical analyses over the past two decades have added some interesting twists in scientists' narrative of the history of planets, including giant late-stage impacts, magma oceans, dense primordial atmospheres, interactions between mantles and cores, and the influence of tectonics on climate. For people fluent in geophysics, here are 11 papers about some of them, from a symposium in Vienna, August 1991. No index. Member price, $19.60. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 159 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781118666692 (electronic bk.) 1118666690 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QB632 |
| CLC: | P311 |
| Contents: |
Role of Jupiter in the formation of the planets / High pressure phase transitions in a homogeneous model martian mantle / Compositional evolution of Venus / Thermal evolution and chemical differentiation of the terrestrial magma ocean / Mantle differentiation through continental crust growth and recycling and the thermal evolution of the earth / Ferric iron in the upper mantle and in transition zone assemblages : implications for relative oxygen fugacities in the mantle Constraints on the large-scale structure of the Earth's mantle / Density and elasticity of model upper mantle compositions and their implications for whole mantle structure / Thermodynamic analysis of the system MgO-FeO-SiO₂ at high pressure and the structure of the lowermost mantle / History of global weathering and the chemical evolution of the ocean-atmosphere system / |