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We are pleased to send you the following information about this
newly published book:
The Dynamic Structure of the Deep Earth
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Shun-ichiro Karato
To read a sample chapter, please visit:
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7559.html
The study of the structure and dynamics of Earth's deep
interior represents one of the most active frontiers of
Earth sciences. This book provides a definitive summary of
current research in this field, which is revealing many
surprises. In a thorough, immensely informed, yet
easy-to-understand presentation, Shun-ichiro Karato deftly
integrates the atomic-level description of Earth materials
that mineral physics addresses with global-scale modeling
and observations on mantle and core dynamics that are the
purview of seismology and geodynamics. He depicts an Earth
whose interior is as active as its surface, and whose
processes in the deep interior often control surface
dynamics.
The richly varied dynamic processes in Earth's deep
interior can be understood only through a better
understanding of the properties of materials under the
conditions prevalent there, Karato emphasizes. Materials
properties change dramatically in the deep interior, and
this has decisive consequences on mantle convection, which
is the engine of plate tectonics. The importance of the
hydrogen in water in determining the structure of the
lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary is discussed, as is the
role of phase transformation in controlling the density and
plastic flow properties of Earth's materials. Models for
enigmatic observations such as deep earthquakes and the
anisotropic structures at the center of the Earth are
covered in detail. The Dynamic Structure of the Deep Earth
is an indispensable text for advanced-level undergraduate
students and graduate students of Earth sciences, materials
sciences, and physics.
Shun-ichiro Karato is Professor of Geology and Geophysics
at Yale University. Author or coauthor of more than 120
articles and editor of three books, he received the Japan
Academy Prize in 1999 and is a fellow of the American
Geophysical Union.
0-691-09511-6 Cloth $35.00 US and L22.95
256 pages. 74 line illus. 10 halftones. 6 x 9.
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