Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists [Hardcover]

Tibor Gasparik (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3540002480 | ISBN-13: 978-3540002482 | Publication Date: July 29, 2003 | Edition: 1

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 to date and the first to encompass temperature and pressure ranges corresponding to the whole upper mantle.

Editorial Reviews

Review

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)

From the Back Cover

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 462 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540002480
• ISBN-13: 978-3540002482
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,330,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born July 21, 1950, in Levice, now Slovakia. In 1973, I received M.S. in Geology from the Komensky University, Bratislava. After moving to the United States in 1976, I commenced graduate studies at SUNY Buffalo in 1977, continuing in 1978 at SUNY Stony Brook, from where I received Ph.D. in Experimental Petrology in 1981. I spent the next 4 years as post-doc at the University of Chicago, returning in 1985 to SUNY Stony Brook. I became Research Assistant Professor in 1986 and Associate Professor in 1989 at the Department of Geosciences, where I currently hold this position. For additional information, please visit http://sunystonybrook.blogspot.com/