Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists: An Atlas of the Earths Interior [Paperback]

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 Earths Interior.- References.- Authors Articles.- Other References.

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)

The book summarizes the author's experimental studies of phase relations in the chemical systems relevant to Earth, carried out in a time period of over 20 years using piston-cylinder and multi-avil presses. A summary of the research at high pressures and temperatures carried out by many other experimental petrologists is also included. The data was used to develop an internally consistent thermodynamic model, which was then used to calculate phase diagrams. This produced the largest collection of the calculated phase diagrams published so far, encompassing for the first time the temperature and pressure ranges corresponding to the whole upper mantle.

Largest collection of calculated phase diagrams published so far

Development of an internally consistent thermodynamic model