Table of Contents

Preface
Robert D. van der Hilst, Jay D. Bass, Jan Matas, and Jean not Trampert vii

Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, Composition, and Evolution—An Introduction
Robert D. van der Hilst, Jay D. Bass, Jan Matas, and Jeannot Trampert 1

Noble Gas Models of Mantle Structure and Reservoir Mass Transfer
Darrell Harrison and Chris J. Ballentine 9

The Survival of Mantle Geochemical Heterogeneities
Francis Albarede 27

Towards a Quantitative Interpretation of Global Seismic Tomography
Jeannot Trampert and Robert D. van der Hilst 47

Seismic Modeling Constraints on the South African Super Plume
Don V. Helmberger and Sidao Ni 63

Numerical and Laboratory Studies of Mantle Convection: Philosophy, Accomplishments, and
Thermochemical Structure and Evolution
Paul J. Tackley, Shunxing Xie, Takashi Nakagawa, and John W. Hern Iund 83

Heterogeneous Lowermost Mantle: Compositional Constraints and Seismological Observables
H. Samuel, C.G. Farnetani, and D, Andrault 101

Numerical Study of the Origin and Stability of Chemically Distinct Reservoirs Deep in Earth's Mantle
P. van Thienen, J. van Summeren, R. D. van der Hilst, A. P. van den Berg, and N. J. Vlaar 117

Self-Gravity, Self-Consistency, and Self-Organization in Geodynamics and Geochemistry
Don L Anderson 137

The Role of Theoretical Mineral Physics in Modeling the Earth's Interior
Mark S. T. Bukowinski and Sofia Akber-Knutson 165

The Uncertain Major Element Bulk Composition of Earth's Mantle
Q. Williams and E. Knittle 187

Highly Siderophile Elements: Constraints on Earth Accretion and Early Differentiation
Kevin Righter 201

Mantle Oxidation State and Oxygen Fugacity: Constraints on Mantle Chemistry, Structure, and Dynamics
Catherine A. McCammon 219

Thermochemical State of the Lower Mantle: New Insights From Mineral Physics
James Badro, Guillaume Fiquet, and Frangois Guyot 241

Stability of MgSiOs Perovskite in the Lower Mantle
Sang-Heon Shim 261

Synthetic Tomographic Images of Slabs From Mineral Physics
Y. Ricard, E. Mattern, and J. Matas 283

Compositional Dependence of the Elastic Wave Velocities of Mantle Minerals: Implications for Seismic
Properties of Mantle Rocks
Sergio Speziale, Fuming Jiang, and Thomas S. Duffy 301

Recent Progress in Experimental Mineral Physics: Phase Relations of Hydrous Systems and the Role of Water in Slab Dynamics
Fiji Ohtani 321

About the Author

Robert D. van der Hilst and Jay D. Bass are the authors of Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, Composition, and Evolution, published by Wiley.