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Hamecher, Emily A. (2013) Studies of the Equation of State and Elasticity of Mantle Minerals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7MZS-Y538. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03142013-132228957
Abstract
Because the Earth’s upper mantle is inaccessible to us, in order to understand the chemical and physical processes that occur in the Earth’s interior we must rely on both experimental work and computational modeling. This thesis addresses both of these geochemical methods. In the first chapter, I develop an internally consistent comprehensive molar volume model for spinels in the oxide system FeO-MgO-Fe2O3-Cr2O3-Al2O3-TiO2. The model is compared to the current MELTS spinel model with a demonstration of the impact of the model difference on the estimated spinel-garnet lherzolite transition pressure. In the second chapter, I calibrate a molar volume model for cubic garnets in the system SiO2-Al2O3-TiO2-Fe2O3-Cr2O3-FeO-MnO-MgO-CaO-Na2O. I use the method of singular value analysis to calibrate excess volume of mixing parameters for the garnet model. The implications the model has for the density of the lithospheric mantle are explored. In the third chapter, I discuss the nuclear inelastic X-ray scattering (NRIXS) method, and present analysis of three orthopyroxene samples with different Fe contents. Longitudinal and shear wave velocities, elastic parameters, and other thermodynamic information are extracted from the raw NRIXS data.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) | |||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | mantle mineralogy; garnet; spinel; molar volume; thermodynamic modeling | |||||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | |||||||||
| Division: | Geological and Planetary Sciences | |||||||||
| Major Option: | Geology | |||||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | |||||||||
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| Defense Date: | 31 January 2013 | |||||||||
| Non-Caltech Author Email: | e.hamecher (AT) gmail.com | |||||||||
| Additional Information: | Title varies in the 2013 Commencement program: Studies of the Equation of State and Elasticity of Mantle Materials. | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:03142013-132228957 | |||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03142013-132228957 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/7MZS-Y538 | |||||||||
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| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | |||||||||
| ID Code: | 7520 | |||||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | |||||||||
| Deposited By: | Emily Hamecher | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 09 Apr 2013 23:30 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2019 23:59 |
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