Reading from Fall 2008 Physics and Chemistry class
Reading week of 25 August:
week of Sept. 1 :
week of Sept. 8 :
- Anderson, Ch. 7; Karato, Ch. 4 (some useful stuff in Ch.
1 too)
- handout on stress/strain, viscosity/glacial rebound
- class discussion:
Rubie,
D. C., C. K. Gessmann, and D. J. Frost (2004), Partitioning of oxygen
during core formation on the Earth and Mars, Nature, 429 (6987),
58-61.
Wookey,
J., and G. Helffrich (2008), Inner-core shear-wave anisotropy and
texture from an observation of PKJKP waves, Nature, 454 (7206),
873-876.
week of Sept. 15:
- Anderson, Chapt. 8 pp. 102-108, Ch. 11 (as an overview for mantle variations), Ch. 26 pp. 338-346 (heat fluxes); Chs. 9, 22, 15 (Karato, Ch.
4 (mainly) + some Ch. 1)
- Class Discussion:
Bercovici,
D., & S-I Karato, Whole-mantle convection and the transition-zone
water filter, Nature, 425, 39-44, 2003.
Aubert,
J., H. Amit, G. Hulot & P. Olson, Thermochemical flows couple the
Earth’s inner core growth to mantle heterogeneity, Nature, 454,
758-761, 2008.
week of Sept. 22:
Oceanic Lithosphere (Physical perspective-JONES)-thermal
subsidence and heat - flow
Reading- Seafloor
subsidence handout, Anderson, Chapt. 4 pp. 35-40, Ch. 11 pp. 134-5, Ch.
26 pp. 333-338, 346-348
24- Mantle derived magmas and Earth structure -FARMER)
Reading Ch. 14 esp. pp. 168-173, 187-188, 17, 26
26- Class Discussion:
Forsyth,
D. W., Scheirer, D. S., Webb, S. C., Dorman, L. M., Orcutt, J. A., Harding,
A. J., Blackman, D. K., Morgan, J. P., Detrick, R. S., Shen, Y., Wolfe, C.
J., Canales, J. P., Toomey, D. R., Sheehan, A. F., Solomon, S. C., Wilcock,
W. S. D., and Team, M. S., Imaging the deep seismic structure beneath a mid-ocean
ridge: The MELT experiment: Science, 280 (5367), p. 1215-1218,
1998.
Asimow,
P. D., and C. H. Langmuir, The importance of water to oceanic melting regimes, Nature,
421, 815-820, 2003
(Karato Ch. 2, 4)
week of Oct 13:
17- Discussion:
Courtier,
A. M., and 14 others, Correlation of seismic and petrologic thermometers
suggests deep thermal anomalies beneath hotspots. Earth and Planetary
Science Letters, 264 (1-2) pp. 308-316, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.003,
2007.
Class, C.,
and S. L. Goldstein, Evolution of helium isotopes in the Earth's mantle,
Nature, 436, 1107-1112, doi: 10.1038/nature03930, 2005
FOR REFERENCE (if interested)
Montelli,
R., Nolet, G., Dahlen, F.A., Masters, G., Engdahl, E.R., and Hung, S.H.,
Finite-frequency tomography reveals a variety of plumes in the mantle. Science, 303 (5656)
pp. 338-343, 2004
Boschi, L.,
Becker, T., and Steinberger, B. Mantle plumes: Dynamic models and seismic
images. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. (2007) vol. 8 (10) art num. Q10006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001733,
2007.
week of Oct. 20:
24- Class Discusssion:
Conrad, C.,
and Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., Influence of continental roots and asthenosphere
on plate-mantle coupling. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (5),
L05312, pp. 4, 2006
Lee,
C. T. A., Lenardic, A., Cooper, C. M., Niu, F. L., and Levander, A., The
role of chemical boundary layers in regulating the thickness of continental
and oceanic thermal boundary layers: Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, 230, no. 3-4, p. 379-395,
2005. and there is a correction to figure 9
Reading- Anderson , Ch. 8; Brown and Mussett, Chapt.
10, handout (Karato, Chapt. 2)
week of Oct. 27:
31- Discussion:
Lee, C.T., Yin, Q.Z., Rudnick, R.L., and Jacobsen, S.B.,, Preservation of ancient and fertile lithospheric mantle beneath the southwestern United States: Nature, 411, p. 69-73. 2001
King, S.D., Archean cratons and mantle dynamics: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 234, p. 1-14.
Reading- Handouts. Anderson, Ch. 26 Brown
and Mussett, Chapt. 10&11.
week of Nov. 3:
Reading- Handouts, Stüwe, Ch. 5
week of Nov. 10:
14 Discussion:
Burov, E.B., and Watts, A.B., 2006, The long-term strength of continental lithosphere: “jelly sandwich” or “crème brûlée”?: GSA Today, v. 16, p. 4-10.
For reference for above: Jackson, J., 2002, Strength of the continental lithosphere: Time to abandon the jelly sandwich?: GSA Today, v. 12, p. 4-10.
Moser, D.E., Bowman, J.R., Wooden, J., Valley, J.W., Mazdab, F., and Kita, N., 2008, Creation of a continent recorded in zircon zoning: Geology, v. 36, p. 239-242.
For reference for above:Harley, S.L., and Kelly, N.M., 2007, Zircon - Tiny but timely: Elements, v. 3, p. 13-18.
Reading- Handouts
week of Nov. 17:
21 Discussion:
Silver,
P. G., M. D. Behn, K. Kelley, M. Schmitz, and B. Savage, Understanding cratonal
flood basalts, Earth Plan. Sci. Letts., 245, 190-201,
2006.
Buck, W.
R., Einarsson, P., and Brandsdottir, B., 2006, Tectonic stress and magma
chamber size as controls on dike propagation: Constraints from the 1975-1984
Krafla rifting episode: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 111,
no. B12,
Reading- Handouts, Farmer chapter from Treatise
on Geochemistry, parts of Turcotte and Schubert (9-11, 6-12, 6-2 to 6-6)
Please send mail to cjones@cires.colorado.edu
if you encounter any problems or have suggestions.
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