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Elsevier The Mantle And Core Treatise On Geochemistryvolume 2 by R.W. Carlson
Though largely inaccessible, the geochemistry of Earths mantle and core can be examined through a wide variety of approaches. Volume 2 focuses first on "remote" sensing using evidence from cosmochemical, seismic, petrologic and geochemical approaches. Mantle composition is then examined in detail through descriptions of mantle samples brought to Earths surface through tectonic, volcanic, and volatile-outgassing processes. The volume concludes with examination of processes that modify the composition of the mantle and core including an early magma ocean, partial melting, element partitioning between minerals and melts, and physical mixing caused by plate subduction, mantle convection and mass exchange between mantle and core._x000D__x000D_Reprinted individual volume from the acclaimed Treatise on Geochemistry, (10 Volume Set, ISBN 0-08-043751-6, published in 2003)_x000D_ _x000D_Introduction and Overview _x000D_
1. Cosmochemical Estimates of Mantle Composition _x000D_
2. Seismology Constraints upon Mantle Composition _x000D_
3. Sampling Mantle Heterogeneity through Oceanic Basalts: Isotopes and Trace Elements _x000D_
4. Orogenic, Ophiolitic, and Abyssal Peridotites _x000D_
5. Mantle Samples Included in Volcanic Rocks: Xenoliths and Diamonds _x000D_
6. Noble Gases as Mantle Tracers _x000D_
7. Mantle Volatiles - Distribution and Consequences _x000D_
8. Melt Extraction and Compositional Variability in Mantle Lithosphere _x000D_
9. Trace Element Partitioning under Crystal and Uppermost Mantle Conditions: The Influences of Ionic Radius, Cation Charge, Pressure and Temperature _x000D_
10. Partition Coefficients at High Pressure and Temperature _x000D_
11. Subduction Zone Processes and Implications for Changing Composition of the Upper and Lower Mantle _x000D_
12. Convective Mixing in the Earths Mantle _x000D_
13. Compositional Evolution of the Mantle _x000D_
14. Experimental Constraints on Core Composition _x000D_
15. Compositional Models for the Earths Core_x000D_