The Upper Mantle

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Further Titles in this Series
Page II

Front Matter
Page III

Copyright page
Page IV

Preface
Pages V-VI
A. REINIER RITSEMA

Inside Front Cover
Pages VII-VIII
A.R.R.

List of Authors
Page XII

Significance and Achievements of the Upper Mantle Project
Pages 1-5
V.V. Beloussov, Luis R.A. Capurro, J.M. Harrison, Leon Knopoff, A.E. Ringwood, S.K. Runcorn, Kiyoo Wadati

Origin of the Earth
Pages 7-29
B.J. LEVIN

The Beginning of Continental Evolution
Pages 31-45
GEORGE W. WETHERILL

Magmatic Activity as the Major Process in the Chemical Evolution of the Earth\'s Crust and Mantle
Pages 47-71
D.H. GREEN

New Insights into Old Shields
Pages 73-94
J. TUZO WILSON

Basic Trends in the Evolution of Continents
Pages 95-117
V.V. BELOUSSOV

Magmatic History of the ALPS – a Short Summary
Pages 119-121
E. NIGGLI

Progress and Problems in Volcanology
Pages 123-140
G.S. GORSHKOV

Pressure and Temperature Conditions and Tectonic Significance of Regional and Ocean-Floor Metamorphism
Pages 141-159
AKIHO MIYASHIRO

The System MgO–FeO–SiO2 at High Pressures and Temperatures – Phase Equilibria and Elastic Properties
Pages 161-187
SYUN–ITI AKIMOTO

The State of Mantle Minerals
Pages 189-219
THOMAS J. AHRENS

Melting Temperatures in the Earth\'s Mantle
Pages 221-232
GEORGE C. KENNEDY, GARY H. HIGGINS

Geomagnetic Induction Studies and the Electrical State of the Upper Mantle
Pages 233-256
U. SCHMUCKER, J. JANKOWSKI

New Perspectives in Terrestrial Heat Flow
Pages 257-291
JOHN G. SCLATER

Inland and Marginal Seas
Pages 293-308
BRUCE C. HEEZEN

Explosion Seismology: Its Past, Present and Future
Pages 309-323
I.P. KOSMINSKAYA, N.N. PUZYREV, A.S. ALEKSEYEV

Paleomagnetism with Special Reference to Research in the U.S.S.R.
Pages 325-340
A.N. KHRAMOV, G.N. PETROVA

Global Gravity and Mantle Convection
Pages 341-359
W.M. KAULA

Earth Tides and Polar Motions
Pages 361-372
PAUL MELCHIOR

Recent Crustal Movements: Techniques and Achievements
Pages 373-392
H.W. WELLMAN

Seismicity as a Guide to Global Tectonics and Earthquake Prediction
Pages 393-414
LYNN R. SYKES

Criteria of High Seismicity, Determined by Pattern Recognition
Pages 415-422
I.M. GELFAND, Sh.I. GUBERMAN, M.L. IZVEKOVA, V.I. KEILIS-BOROK, E.Ja. RANZMAN

Earthquake Mechanism
Pages 423-446
KEIITI AKI

The Travel Times of P Seismic Waves and Their Relevance to the Upper Mantle Velocity Distribution
Pages 447-482
ANTON L. HALES

The Inverse Problem of Seismology
Pages 483-496
M. GERVER

Observation and Inversion of Surface-Wave Dispersion
Pages 497-519
LEON KNOPOFF

The Role of Experimental Physical Acoustics in Geophysics
Pages 521-540
ORSON L. ANDERSON

Fracture and Flow of Rocks
Pages 541-568
KIYOO MOGI

Creep in the Earth and Planets
Pages 569-581
H. JEFFREYS

Laboratory Observations of High-Temperature Rheology of Rocks
Pages 583-600
C. GOETZE, W.F. BRACE

The Anelasticity of the Mantle
Pages 601-622
STEWART W. SMITH

Dynamical Processes in the Deeper Mantle
Pages 623-637
S.K. RUNCORN

Upper Mantle Project – Reports
Pages 639-644