Superplumes: Beyond Plate Tectonics

2007
ISBN: 978-94-007-9514-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 569 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 873 g

This abundantly illustrated book provides a concise overview of our understanding of the entire mantle, its evolution since early differentiation and the consequences of superplumes for earth surface processes. The book’s balanced authorship has produced a state-of-the-science report on the emerging concept of superplumes. This presents a new concept to explain catastrophic events on Earth through geologic time.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yuen, David A.

Windley, Brian F.

Maruyama, Shigenori

Karato, Shun-Ichiro

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Thermal and Compositional Structure of the Earth.- Multiscale Seismic Tomography of Mantle Plumes and Subducting Slabs.- Seismological Constraints on the Structure of the Earth's Core.- Post-Perovskite Phase Transition and the Nature of the D? Layer.- Post-Perovskite MgSiO3 Investigated by First Principles.- Seismological Evidence and Boundary Layers in the Mantle.- Subduction Zone: The Water Channel to the Mantle.- Fine-Scale Ultra-Low Velocity Zone Layering at the Core-Mantle Boundary and Superplumes.- Global Material Circulation and Petrogenesis of Superplume Rocks.- A Geochemical and Petrological View of Mantle Plume.- Material Circulation through Time: Chemical Differentiation Within the Mantle and Secular Variation of Temperature and Composition of the Mantle.- Dynamics of Superplumes.- Dynamics of Superplumes in the Lower Mantle.- Thermal Conductivity of the Earth's Deepest Mantle.- Thermo-Chemical Structure of the Lower Mantle: Seismological Evidence and Consequences for Geodynamics.- Microscopic Models for the Effects of Hydrogen on Physical and Chemical Properties of Earth Materials.- Plume Dynamics through Earth History.- History of the Pacific Superplume: Implications for Pacific Paleogeography Since the Late Proterozoic.- Plume Winter Scenario for Biosphere Catastrophe: The Permo-Triassic Boundary Case.- Dynamics of Plumes and Superplumes through Time.- Plumes and Superplumes on Mars and Venus.- Tharsis Superplume and the Geological Evolution of Early Mars.- Traits and Evolution of the Tharsis Superplume, Mars.- Plumes and Plume Clusters on Earth and Venus: Evidence from Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs).

Über Autor(innen)

The four editors and most contributors have been a major group to organize recent critical international workshops, AGU special symposium, and other international workshop including last several Penrose conferences.