Earth's Core : Structure, Properties and Dynamics.
Phillips, Jon M.
Earth's Core : Structure, Properties and Dynamics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Earth Sciences in the 21st Century . - Earth Sciences in the 21st Century .
Intro -- THE EARTH'S CORE -- STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES AND DYNAMICS -- EARTH SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- COMPUTER MODELING OF LIQUIDIRON SOLUTIONS IN THE EARTH'S CORE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EMBEDDED ATOM MODEL -- 3. EAM POTENTIALS FOR IRON -- 3.1. General Description -- 3.2. Pure Liquid Iron at Normal Pressure -- 3.3. Compressed States of Pure Iron -- 3.4. The Simulation at Conditions in the Earth Centre -- 4. THE USING OF SHOCK COMPRESSION DATA OF IRON -- 4.1. Correcting of EAM Potential -- 4.2. Properties of Iron Models with the Corrected EAM Potential -- 4.3. Estimation of Melting Temperature of Iron with EAM Potential -- 4.4. Situation in the Earth Centre -- 4.5. Verification of Grüneisen Model -- 5. MODELING OF SYSTEM IRON - SULPHUR -- 5.1. EAM Potential -- 5.2. Results of Simulation of Fe - S System -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CORESOF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS:EVIDENCE FROM THEIR TECTONOMAGMATICEVOLUTION AND PALEOMAGNETIC DATA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PRESENT EARTH'S CORE -- 2. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TECTONOMAGMATICDEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND MOON -- 2.1. Tectonomagmatic Development of the Earth -- 2.1.1. Tectonomagmatic processes in the Early Precambrian -- 2.1.2. Cardinal change of tectonomagmatic processes in mid-Paleoproterozoic -- 2.2. Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the Moon, Venus and Mars -- 3. REASONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AND TERRESTRIAL PLANETSAND THE ROLE OF THEIR CORESIN THESE PROCESSES -- 3.1. Possible Reasons for the Differences in the Magmatic Evolution of theEarth and Moon -- 3.2. Similarities and Differences in the Initial Composition of TerrestrialPlanets -- 3.3. Causes of Irreversible Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the TerrestrialPlanets. 3.3.1. The reason for the centripetal heating of the terrestrial planets -- 3.4. The Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets Cores -- 3.4.1. Evolution of the Earth's core -- 3.4.2. The evolution of terrestrial planets' cores -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A REVIEW OF THE SLICHTER MODES:AN OBSERVATIONAL CHALLENGE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL EIGENPERIOD FOR THE SLICHTER MODE -- DAMPING OF THE INNER CORE MOTION -- EXCITATION OF THE SLICHTER MODE -- SEARCH FOR THE SLICHTER TRIPLET -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MANIFESTATIONS OF UPWELLINGMANTLE FLOW ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND -- 3. Magnetotelluric Soundings -- 3.1. Observations and Data Analysis -- 3.2. Two-Dimensional Magnetotelluric Modeling -- 3.3. Resistivity Structure Beneath the Asahi Mountains -- 4. HELIUM ISOTOPES OF HOT SPRINGS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 5.1. Geophysical and Geochemical Evidence for Latent Magmatism -- 5.2. Anelastic Crustal Uplift Caused by Latent Magmatism -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ON SOLIDIFICATION AND FLUCTUATIONS AT THEBOUNDARY OF THE EARTH'S INNER CORE -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description of the Model -- 3. Dependence of the Enthalpy Jump on the Critical Index -- 4. The Formation of Liquid Inclusions as Elongated Ellipsoids -- 5. Anisotropy of the Velocity and Absorption of SeismicWaves -- 6. The Role of Earth's Rotation and the Filtration of SubstanceThrough Porous Interlayer -- 7. Characteristics of the Outer Core and of the "Mushy" Layerin the Inner Core -- 8. Sound Propagation in the Heterogeneous Porous Layer -- 9. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- A Appendix -- B Appendix -- References -- ECCENTRIC ROTATION OF THE EARTH'S COREAND LITHOSPHERE: ORIGIN OF DEFORMATIONWAVES AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION -- INTRODUCTION. 1. PERIODICITY OF GEOPHYSICAL FIELDS AND SEISMICITY:POSSIBLE LINKS WITH CORE MOTION -- ENPEMF PATTERNS: DISAGREEMENT WITH ATMOSPHERIC MECHANISMS -- RELATIONSHIP OF ENPEMF WITH LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES -- ECCENTRICITY OF THE CORE: POSSIBLE CAUSE OF CRUSTALRHYTHMS -- 2. MUTUALLY INTERACTED MOTION OF THE EARTH'S INNERCORE AND THE MOON -- 3. LATITUDE EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE CORE ECCENTRICITY -- 4. APPLICATION OF THE EARTH'S NATURALELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE TO GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTINGAND SERACHING FOR OIL -- Ways of Getting Spatial Variations of EM Noise -- Recording Stations: Tuning to Optimal Parameters -- Examples of Applying the ENPEMF Method to Geophysical Prospecting -- A) Two-Dimensional Survey -- B) Areal Measurements, Defining the Oil and Gas Field Boundary and Productivity -- Most Probable Mechanism of Spatial and Temporal ENPEMF Variations -- 5. MONITORING OF GEODYNAMIC CRUST MOTIONS:EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION IMPLICATIONS -- Earthquake Prediction from Upset Crust Rhythms within aMonitoring Area -- The Most Probable Scenario of Tectonic Events at the Final Stage ofEarthquake Nucleation -- Feasibility of Earthquake Prediction with a Single Station -- Examples of Predicting Earthquake Origin Time -- Examples of Predicting Earthquake Energy -- Precursors to the Catastrophic Chuya Earthquake of 2003 -- Complete Earthquake Prediction: Problems and Solutions -- 6. LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES IN HUMANPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781624175046
Earth -- Core.
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Earth's Core : Structure, Properties and Dynamics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Earth Sciences in the 21st Century . - Earth Sciences in the 21st Century .
Intro -- THE EARTH'S CORE -- STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES AND DYNAMICS -- EARTH SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- COMPUTER MODELING OF LIQUIDIRON SOLUTIONS IN THE EARTH'S CORE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EMBEDDED ATOM MODEL -- 3. EAM POTENTIALS FOR IRON -- 3.1. General Description -- 3.2. Pure Liquid Iron at Normal Pressure -- 3.3. Compressed States of Pure Iron -- 3.4. The Simulation at Conditions in the Earth Centre -- 4. THE USING OF SHOCK COMPRESSION DATA OF IRON -- 4.1. Correcting of EAM Potential -- 4.2. Properties of Iron Models with the Corrected EAM Potential -- 4.3. Estimation of Melting Temperature of Iron with EAM Potential -- 4.4. Situation in the Earth Centre -- 4.5. Verification of Grüneisen Model -- 5. MODELING OF SYSTEM IRON - SULPHUR -- 5.1. EAM Potential -- 5.2. Results of Simulation of Fe - S System -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CORESOF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS:EVIDENCE FROM THEIR TECTONOMAGMATICEVOLUTION AND PALEOMAGNETIC DATA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PRESENT EARTH'S CORE -- 2. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TECTONOMAGMATICDEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND MOON -- 2.1. Tectonomagmatic Development of the Earth -- 2.1.1. Tectonomagmatic processes in the Early Precambrian -- 2.1.2. Cardinal change of tectonomagmatic processes in mid-Paleoproterozoic -- 2.2. Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the Moon, Venus and Mars -- 3. REASONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AND TERRESTRIAL PLANETSAND THE ROLE OF THEIR CORESIN THESE PROCESSES -- 3.1. Possible Reasons for the Differences in the Magmatic Evolution of theEarth and Moon -- 3.2. Similarities and Differences in the Initial Composition of TerrestrialPlanets -- 3.3. Causes of Irreversible Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the TerrestrialPlanets. 3.3.1. The reason for the centripetal heating of the terrestrial planets -- 3.4. The Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets Cores -- 3.4.1. Evolution of the Earth's core -- 3.4.2. The evolution of terrestrial planets' cores -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A REVIEW OF THE SLICHTER MODES:AN OBSERVATIONAL CHALLENGE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL EIGENPERIOD FOR THE SLICHTER MODE -- DAMPING OF THE INNER CORE MOTION -- EXCITATION OF THE SLICHTER MODE -- SEARCH FOR THE SLICHTER TRIPLET -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MANIFESTATIONS OF UPWELLINGMANTLE FLOW ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND -- 3. Magnetotelluric Soundings -- 3.1. Observations and Data Analysis -- 3.2. Two-Dimensional Magnetotelluric Modeling -- 3.3. Resistivity Structure Beneath the Asahi Mountains -- 4. HELIUM ISOTOPES OF HOT SPRINGS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 5.1. Geophysical and Geochemical Evidence for Latent Magmatism -- 5.2. Anelastic Crustal Uplift Caused by Latent Magmatism -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ON SOLIDIFICATION AND FLUCTUATIONS AT THEBOUNDARY OF THE EARTH'S INNER CORE -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description of the Model -- 3. Dependence of the Enthalpy Jump on the Critical Index -- 4. The Formation of Liquid Inclusions as Elongated Ellipsoids -- 5. Anisotropy of the Velocity and Absorption of SeismicWaves -- 6. The Role of Earth's Rotation and the Filtration of SubstanceThrough Porous Interlayer -- 7. Characteristics of the Outer Core and of the "Mushy" Layerin the Inner Core -- 8. Sound Propagation in the Heterogeneous Porous Layer -- 9. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- A Appendix -- B Appendix -- References -- ECCENTRIC ROTATION OF THE EARTH'S COREAND LITHOSPHERE: ORIGIN OF DEFORMATIONWAVES AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION -- INTRODUCTION. 1. PERIODICITY OF GEOPHYSICAL FIELDS AND SEISMICITY:POSSIBLE LINKS WITH CORE MOTION -- ENPEMF PATTERNS: DISAGREEMENT WITH ATMOSPHERIC MECHANISMS -- RELATIONSHIP OF ENPEMF WITH LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES -- ECCENTRICITY OF THE CORE: POSSIBLE CAUSE OF CRUSTALRHYTHMS -- 2. MUTUALLY INTERACTED MOTION OF THE EARTH'S INNERCORE AND THE MOON -- 3. LATITUDE EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE CORE ECCENTRICITY -- 4. APPLICATION OF THE EARTH'S NATURALELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE TO GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTINGAND SERACHING FOR OIL -- Ways of Getting Spatial Variations of EM Noise -- Recording Stations: Tuning to Optimal Parameters -- Examples of Applying the ENPEMF Method to Geophysical Prospecting -- A) Two-Dimensional Survey -- B) Areal Measurements, Defining the Oil and Gas Field Boundary and Productivity -- Most Probable Mechanism of Spatial and Temporal ENPEMF Variations -- 5. MONITORING OF GEODYNAMIC CRUST MOTIONS:EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION IMPLICATIONS -- Earthquake Prediction from Upset Crust Rhythms within aMonitoring Area -- The Most Probable Scenario of Tectonic Events at the Final Stage ofEarthquake Nucleation -- Feasibility of Earthquake Prediction with a Single Station -- Examples of Predicting Earthquake Origin Time -- Examples of Predicting Earthquake Energy -- Precursors to the Catastrophic Chuya Earthquake of 2003 -- Complete Earthquake Prediction: Problems and Solutions -- 6. LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES IN HUMANPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781624175046
Earth -- Core.
Electronic books.
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551.1/12