Chemical Geodynamics of the Earth’s Mantle: New Paradigms

(C. Bonadiman and E. Rampone, editors)

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Chapter 1. Composition of the Earth and implication for geodynamics
William F. McDonough

Chapter 2. Plumes from the heterogeneous Earth’s mantle
Cinzia G. Farnetani

Chapter 3. Nature and origin of heterogeneities in the lithospheric mantle in the context of asthenospheric upwelling and mantle wedge zones: What do mantle xenoliths tell us?
M. Grégoire, G. Delpech, B. Moine and J.-Y. Cottin

Chapter 4. Simple models for trace element fractionation during decompression melting of a two-lithology mantle
Yan Liang

Chapter 5. The shallow mantle as a reactive filter: a hypothesis inspired and supported by field observations
Georges Ceuleneer, Mathieu Rospabé, Michel Grégoire and Mathieu Benoit

Chapter 6. The role of H2O in the deformation and microstructural evolution of the upper mantle
Károly Hidas and José Alberto Padrón-Navarta

Chapter 7. Kinetic controls on the thermometry of mantle rocks: A case study from the Xigaze Ophiolites, Tibet
L. Zhao and S. Chakraborty

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