Poirier, J. P., Introduction to the Physics of the Earth's Interior, Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1991.
Readings for presentation in class
Akaogi M., E. Ito, and A. Navrotsky, Olivine-modified spinel-spinel transitions in the system Mg2SiO4-Fe2SiO4 - calorimetric meas
urements, thermochemical calculation, and geophysical application, Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 15671-15685, 1989.
Alfe, D., M. J. Gillan, and G. D. Price, Composition and temperature of the Earth<80><99>s core constrained by combining
ab initio calculations and seismic data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 195, 91-98, 2002.
Badro, J., J. P. Rueff, G. Vanko, G. Monaco, G. Fiquet, and F. Guyot, Electronic transitions in perovskite: Possible nonconve
cting layers in the lower mantle, Science, 305, 383-386, 2004.
Brown, J. M., and R. G. Mcqueen, Phase-transitions, gruneisen-parameter, and elasticity for shocked iron between 77-GPa and 4
00-GPa, Journal of Geophysical Research, 91, 7485-7494, 1986.
Hirth, G. and D. L. Kohlstedt, Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolutio
n of the lithosphere, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 144, 93-108, 1996.
Knittle, E. and R. Jeanloz, Earth<80><99>s core-mantle boundary <80><93> results of experiments at high pressures and
tempeatures, Science, 251, 1438-1443, 1991.
Oganov, A. R. and S. Ono, Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3 in Earth<80><99>s D
<80><99><80><99> layer, Nature, 430, 445-448, 2004.
Stixrude, L. and R. E. Cohen, High pressure elasticity of iron and anisotropy of Earth<80><99>s inner core, Science, 267,
1972-1975, 1995.
Stixrude, L. and B. Karki, Structure and freezing of MgSiO3 liquid in Earth<80><99>s lower mantle, Science, 310, 297-299,
2005.
Stixrude, L. and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Mineralogy and elasticity of the oceanic upper mantle: Origin of the low-velocity zone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B03204, 2005.
Williams, Q. and R. Jeanloz, Spectroscopic evidence for pressure-induced coordination changes in silicate glasses and melts,
Science, 239, 902-905, 1988.
Readings to supplement class presentations
Badro, J., G. Fiquet, F. Guyot, J. P. Rueff, V. V. Struzhkin, G. Vanko, and G. Monaco, Iron partitioning in Earth<80><99>
s mantle: Toward a deep lower mantle discontinuity, Science, 300, 789-791, 2003.
Bell, D. R. and G. R. Rossman, Water in Earth<80><99>s mantle <80><93> the role of nominally anhydrous phases, Scienc
e, 255, 1391-1397, 1992.
Birch, F., Elasticity and constitution of the earth interior, Journal of Geophysical Research, 57, 227-286, 1952.
Cohen, R. E., I. I. Mazin, and D. G. Isaak, Magnetic collapse in transition metal oxides at high pressure: Implications for t
he Earth, Science, 275, 654-657, 1997.
Frost, D. J., C. Liebske, F. Langenhorst, C. A. McCammon, R. G. Tronnes, and D. C. Rubie, Experimental evidence for the existence of iron-rich metal in the Earth?~@~Ys lower mantle, Nature, 428, 409-412, 2004.
Ita J, and L. Stixrude, Petrology, elasticity, and composition of the mantle transition zone, Journal of Geophysical Research
, 97, 6849-6866, 1992.
Jeanloz, R., and A. B. Thompson, Phase-transitions and mantle discontinuities, Reviews of Geophysics, 21, 51-74, 1983.
Murakami, M., K. Hirose, K. Kawamura, N. Sata, and Y. Ohishi, Post-perovskite phase transition in MgSiO3, Science, 304, 855-8
58, 2004.
Rigden, S. M., T. J. Ahrens, and E. M. Stolper, Densities of liquid silicates at high pressures, Science, 266, 1071-1074, 198
4.
Steinle-Neumann, G., L. Stixrude, and R. E. Cohen, Physical properties of iron in the inner core, in Core structure, dynamics
and rotation, edited by V. Dehant, K. Creager, S. Zatman, S.-I. Karato, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2002. http://xxx.lanl.gov/physics/0204055
Stolper, E. M., D. Walker, B. H. Hager, and J. F. Hays, Melt segregation from partially molten source regions <80><93> the im
portance of melt density and source region size, Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 6261-6271, 1981.
Takafuji, N., K. Hirose, M. Mitome, and Y. Bando, Solubilities of O and Si in liquid iron in equilibrium with (Mg,Fe)SiO3 per
ovskite and the light elements in the core, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L06313, 2005.
Tsuchiya, T., J. Tsuchiya, K. Umemoto, and R. A. Wentzcovitch, Phase transition in MgSiO3 perovskite in the Earth<80><99>
s lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 224, 241-248, 2004.
Background Reading
Mineralogy and Mineral Physics
Deer, W. A., R. A. Howie, and J. Zussman, An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals, Longman, Essex, 1966.
Klein, C. and C. S. Hurlbut, Manual of Mineralogy, 21st Edition, Revised, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1999.
Pauling, L., The Nature of the Chemical Bond, 3rd Edition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1960.
Geophysics
Stacey, F. D., Physics of the Earth, third edition, Brookfield, Brisbane, 1993.
Turcotte, D. L. and Schubert, G., Geodynamics, Wiley, New York, 1982.
Davies, G. G., Dynamic Earth: Plates, Plumes, and Mantle Convection, Cambridge, London, 1999.
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Atkins, P., Physical Chemistry, 5th Edition, W. H. Freeman, San Fransisco, 1994.
Callen, H. B., Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1985.
Goodstein, D. L., States of Matter, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1975 (Dover Edition, 1985).
McQuarrie, D. A., Statistical Mechanics, Harper and Row, New York, 1976.
Solid State Physics
Ashcroft, N. W. and N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, Holt, Rhinhart, and Winston.
Cox, P. A., The Electronic Structure and Chemistry of Solids, Oxford University, Oxford, 1987.
Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, 5th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1976.
Lattice Dynamics
Born, M. and K. Huang, Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices, Clarendon, Oxford, 1985.
Dove, M. T., Introduction to Lattice Dynamics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, London, 1993.
Elasticity
Nye, J. F., Physical Properties of Crystals, Clarendon, Oxford, 1985.
Quantum Mechanics
Eisenberg, R. and R. Resnick, Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1985.
Feynman, R. P., R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume 3, Addison-Wesley, Reading Massachusetts, 1963.
Liboff, R. L., Introductory Quantum Mechanics, Holden-Day, Oakland, California, 1980.
Mathematics
Arfken, G. B., Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Harcourt/Academic Press, New York, 5ed., 2001
Jeffreys, H. Cartesian Tensors, Cambridge, 1931.
