Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists: An Atlas of the Earth's Interior / Edition 1

by Tibor Gasparik

Overview

This book summarizes the results of the experimental studies of phase relations in the chemical systems relevant to Earth, carried out by the author in a time - riod of over 20 years between 1979 and 2001.It is based on 1000 piston-cylinder experiments at pressures up to 4 GPa, and close to 700 experiments carried out with a multi-anvil apparatus at pressures up to 24 GPa.The emphasis in these studies was on internal consistency.Large sets of data were produced using the same sample assembly, high-pressure apparatus, experimental procedures and calibrations by the same experimentalist to maximize the internal consistency. The results were published in 69 peer-reviewed articles listed at the end of the book.These are referenced only by the corresponding number, while the full r- erence is given for all other sources. The need for a summary, possibly in the form of a book, had become evident early on in the course of these studies, since it was impossible to publish int- mediate results of separate research projects within the framework of an int- nally consistent thermodynamic model, while the work was still in progress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642055348
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/06/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	463
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Professor Gasparik was born July 21, 1950, in Levice, now Slovakia. In 1973, he received a M.S. in Geology from the Komensky University, Bratislava. After moving to the United States in 1976, he commenced graduate studies at SUNY Buffalo in 1977, continuing in 1978 at SUNY Stony Brook, from where he received a Ph.D. in Experimental Petrology in 1981. He spent the next 4 years as post-doc at the University of Chicago, returning in 1985 to SUNY Stony Brook. He became Research Assistant Professor in 1986 and Associate Professor in 1989 at the Department of Geosciences, where he currently holds this position.

Table of Contents

1 Thermodynamic Model and Techniques .-2 System MgO–SiO2 .- 3 System MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 .- 4 System CaO–MgO–SiO2 .- 5 System CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 Undersaturated with Silica .- 6 System CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 Saturated with Silica .- 7 Systems with Na and Ca at Lithospheric Pressures.- 8 System Na2O–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 .- 9 System Enstatite–Diopside–Jadeite.- 10 Composition and Structure of the Earth’s Interior.- 11 References .- 12 Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"Tibor Gasparik has devoted his career to determining the high-pressure, high-temperature phase relations of the geologically important Sodium-Calcium-Magnesium-Aluminium-Silicon (NCMAS) oxide system. This book is his opus magnum, summarizing more than 1700 experiments in over 120 figures. … I have found Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists to be a useful first port-of-call for finding the P-T stability fields … and I can recommend the book as a reference for geoscientists requiring an overview of the stable phase assemblages in the top 700 km of the Earth." (David Dobson, Geological Magazine, Vol. 142 (2), 2005)

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