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Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior

Crust, Mantle and Core

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Editors:
  1. Alok K. Gupta

    1. National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology, Allahabad University, Allahabad, India

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  2. Somnath Dasgupta

    1. Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata, India

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  • Provides a critical review of different geothermo-barometry and their inadequacies
  • Discusses different seismic discontinuities and their correlation with respect to various phase transformations of mantle minerals
  • Describes experimental techniques involving laboratory simulation to determine P and S wave velocities of rocks in the lower crust

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Geophysical and Experimental Petrological Studies of the Earth’s Interior

    • Alok K. Gupta, Mrigank Mauli Dwivedi, William S. Fyfe
    Pages 1-27

  3. Modelling of Metamorphic Textures with C-Space: Evidence of Pan-African High-grade Reworking in the Eastern Ghats Belt, India

    • Pulak Sengupta, Somnath Dasgupta
    Pages 29-39

  4. Orogenic Processes in Collisional Tectonics with Special Reference to the Himalayan Mountain Chain: A Review of Theoretical and Experimental Models

    • Nibir Mandal, Atin Kumar Mitra, Santanu Bose
    Pages 41-65

  5. Some Remarks on Melting and Extreme Metamorphism of Crustal Rocks

    • Michael Brown, Fawna J Kothonen
    Pages 67-87

  6. Closure Temperature, Cooling Age and High Temperature Thermochronology

    • Jibamitra Ganguly, Massimilano Tirone
    Pages 89-99

  7. Thermobarometry Gone Astray

    • Eric J. Essene
    Pages 101-133

  8. On Fluids in the Dynamic Earth

    • M. Santosh
    Pages 135-142

  9. Laboratory Measurements of Ultrasonic Wave Velocities of Crustal Rocks at High Pressures and Temperatures: Petrological Structure of Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Crust

    • Masahiro Ishikawa, Makoto Arima
    Pages 143-152

  10. Seismic Imaging of the Mantle Discontinuities Beneath India: From Archean Cratons to Himalayan Subduction Zone

    • Shyam S. Rai, K. Suryaprakasam, V. K. Gaur
    Pages 153-161

  11. Models for Constraining Thermal Structure of the Indian Crust

    • R. N. Singh
    Pages 163-173

  12. Convection in the Earth’s Mantle

    • Ajay Manglik
    Pages 175-183

  13. Post-perovskite Phase: Findings, Structure and Property

    • Takehiko Yagi
    Pages 185-189

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 190-197
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About this book

The Indian National Science Academy was established in January 1935 with the objective of promoting science in India and harnessing scientific knowledge for the cause of humanity and national welfare. In 1968 it was designated as the adhering organisation in India to the International Council for Scientific Union (ICSU) on behalf of the Government of India. Over the years, the Academy has published a number of journals, volumes, biographical memoirs, etc. The year 2009–2010 will be specially celebrated to mark the Platinum Jubilee of the Academy. Many programmes are planned in different centres in India on this occasion. In addition, the Academy has decided to publish a number of special volumes on different s- jects ranging from earth sciences to life sciences. This volume is on Physics and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior. One of the main objectives of geophysicists is to establish the internal structure of the earth as revealed by seismic tomography. It is also their primary goal to correlate geophy- cal data to reveal thermal and chemical state of the crust, mantle and core of the earth. In - der to interpret seismic velocities and associated density and elastic properties in terms of mineralogical and petrological models of the earth’s interior, thermodynamic and hi- pressure temperature data from mineral physics are essential. With the advent of different types of multi-anvil and laser-heated diamond anvil equipment, it is now possible to simulate conditions prevalent even in the lower mantle and core of the earth.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology, Allahabad University, Allahabad, India

    Alok K. Gupta

  • Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata, India

    Somnath Dasgupta

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior

  • Book Subtitle: Crust, Mantle and Core

  • Editors: Alok K. Gupta, Somnath Dasgupta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0346-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0344-0

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3986-2

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0346-4

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 197

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography and Scattering Methods

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