1. Historical Background -- 2. Plate Tectonics -- 3. Structure and Composition of the Mantle -- 4. Mantle Temperatures and Thermodynamic Properties -- 5. Viscosity of the Mantle -- 6. Basic Equations -- 7. Linear Stability -- 8. Approximate Solutions -- 9. Calculations of Convection in Two Dimensions -- 10. Numerical Models of Three-dimensional Convection -- 11. Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes -- 12. Chemical Geodynamics -- 13. Thermal History of the Earth -- 14. Convection in the Interiors of Solid Planets and Moons -- 15. Nature of Convection in the Mantle
Summary
This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection. It is suitable as a graduate textbook in geophysics and planetary physics, and as an invaluable review for researchers in the broad fields of the earth and planetary sciences
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 797-873) and index
