Edited by
Julien Monteux, Magmas and Volcanoes Laboratory in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
ISBN : 9781789451726
Publication Date : March 2025
Hardcover 260 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
The silicate mantle and its dynamics have controlled the Earth’s internal cooling for over four billion years. Today, these dynamics are rather slow, but this was not always the case: shortly after the core/mantle separation, this reservoir was significantly melted, with dynamics like those of a magma ocean. Despite advances in analytical and numerical tools and a better understanding of the Earth’s internal structure, the Earth’s mantle currently remains a mystery.
Structure and Dynamics of the Earth’s Interior 1 presents the evolution of mantle dynamics throughout Earth’s history, from its formation to the present day. It examines the contributions of numerical modeling, as well as the seismological, petrological and geochemical data used to constrain dynamic models. Finally, the book analyzes the manifestations of mantle dynamics in terms of surface cooling, volcanism and coupling with the atmosphere.
1. Models of Mantle Dynamics, Gaël Choblet.
2. How the Earth’s Core and Mantle are Separated: Geochemical and Dynamic Constraints, Julien Monteux and Maud Boyet.
3. Dynamics and Thermal Evolution of the Earth’s Early Mantle, Julien Monteux and Denis Andrault.
4. Hotspots, Large Igneous Provinces and Global Mantle Dynamics, Cinzia G. Farnetani.
5. Heat Flow and Secular Cooling of the Mantle, Stéphane Labrosse.
6. Noble Gases: Geochemical Tracers of Mantle Dynamics, Manuel Alexis Moreira.
Julien Monteux is a CNRS researcher at the Magmas and Volcanoes Laboratory in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He develops numerical models to characterize the coupling between accretion and thermochemical evolution within the moons and telluric planets of the Solar System.
