This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation

This book presents the first overview of the composition and structure of the Earth’s lower mantle. The first part focuses on the study of lower-mantle minera

Authoritative review of composition, structure and evolution of the mantle for researchers and graduate students.

This thesis explores the volatile content of the mantle, subducted oceanic crust, and arc magmas as well as the structure of slow spreading ocean crust and the