Reading List - Option 3 (2019)
Please note that if references are marked with an asterisk (*) , they have been highlighted by your lecturers as being particularly useful to you.
Structure and Dynamics of the Deep Earth - Sanne Cottaar and David Al-Attar
Lectures 1-4: Global Seismology (Sanne Cottaar)
Lecture 1
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Zhu, Hejun, Ebru Bozdağ, Daniel Peter, and Jeroen Tromp. “Structure of the European Upper Mantle Revealed by Adjoint Tomography.” Nature Geoscience 5, no. 7 (July 2012): 493–98. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1501.
Lecture 2
- Cottaar, Sanne, and Arwen Deuss. “Large-Scale Mantle Discontinuity Topography beneath Europe: Signature of Akimotoite in Subducting Slabs: MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES BENEATH EUROPE.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121, no. 1 (January 2016): 279–92. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012452.
- Hurst, M. D., S. M. Mudd, M. Attal, and G. Hilley. “Hillslopes Record the Growth and Decay of Landscapes.” Science 341, no. 6148 (August 23, 2013): 868–71. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1241791.
- Kind, R., and X. Li. “Deep Earth Structure - Transition Zone and Mantle Discontinuities.” In Treatise on Geophysics, 655–82. Elsevier, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00017-8.
- Long, Maureen D., and Thorsten W. Becker. “Mantle Dynamics and Seismic Anisotropy.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 297, no. 3–4 (September 2010): 341–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.036.
- Romanowicz, B.A., and B.J. Mitchell. “Deep Earth Structure: Q of the Earth from Crust to Core.” In Treatise on Geophysics, 789–827. Elsevier, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00021-X.
- Zhu, Hejun, Ebru Bozdağ, Thomas S. Duffy, and Jeroen Tromp. “Seismic Attenuation beneath Europe and the North Atlantic: Implications for Water in the Mantle.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 381 (November 2013): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.030.
Lecture 3
- French, Scott W., and Barbara Romanowicz. “Broad Plumes Rooted at the Base of the Earth’s Mantle beneath Major Hotspots.” Nature 525, no. 7567 (September 2015): 95–99. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14876.
- Fukao, Yoshio, and Masayuki Obayashi. “Subducted Slabs Stagnant above, Penetrating through, and Trapped below the 660 Km Discontinuity: SUBDUCTED SLABS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 118, no. 11 (November 2013): 5920–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010466.
- Garnero, Edward J., Allen K. McNamara, and Sang-Heon Shim. “Continent-Sized Anomalous Zones with Low Seismic Velocity at the Base of Earth’s Mantle.” Nature Geoscience 9, no. 7 (July 2016): 481–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2733.
- Lay, T. “Deep Earth Structure: Lower Mantle and D″.” In Treatise on Geophysics, 683–723. Elsevier, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00019-1.
- Yu, Shule, and Edward J. Garnero. “Ultralow Velocity Zone Locations: A Global Assessment.” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19, no. 2 (February 2018): 396–414. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007281.
Lecture 4
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Deuss, Arwen. “Heterogeneity and Anisotropy of Earth’s Inner Core.” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 42, no. 1 (May 30, 2014): 103–26. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-060313-054658.
Lectures 5-8: Deforming Planet (David Al-Attar)
Lecture 5
- Austermann, J., Mitrovica, J.X., Latychev, K. & Milne, G.A., 2013. Barbados-based estimate of ice volume at Last Glacial Maximum affected by subducted plate. Nature Geoscience, 6, 553. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1859.
- Coleman B. D. & Noll W., 1961. Foundations of linear viscoelasticity. Rev. Mod. Phys., 33, 239—249. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.33.239.
- Crawford O., Al-Attar D., Tromp J., & Mitrovica J.X., 2017. Forward and inverse modelling of post-seismic deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 208, 845—876. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggw414.
- Crawford O., 2018. On the Viscoelastic Deformation of the Earth. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.
- Day, W.A., 1971. Restrictions on relaxation functions in linear viscoelasticity, Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math., 24, 487–497. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/24.4.487.
- Gurtin, M.E., 1968. On the thermodynamics of materials with memory. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 28, 40–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281562.
- Jackson I., 2015. Properties of Rocks and Minerals – Physical Origins of Anelasticity and Attenuation in Rock. In Treatise on Geophysics Vol. 2. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 539-571.
- Lau, H.C., Mitrovica, J.X., Austermann, J., Crawford, O., Al-Attar, D. & Latychev, K., 2016. Inferences of mantle viscosity based on ice age data sets: Radial structure. J. Geophys. Res., 121, 6991—7012. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013043.
- Müller G., 1986. Generalized Maxwell bodies and estimates of mantle viscosity. Geophys. J. Roy. astron. Soc.. 87, 1113–1141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb01986.x.
- O’Connell, R.J. & Budiansky, B., 1978. Measures of dissipation in viscoelastic media, Geophys. Res. Lett., 5, 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL005i001p00005.
Lecture 7
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Anderson D.L., Kanamori H., Hart R.S., & Liu H-P., 1977. The Earth as a Seismic Absorption Band. Science, 196, 4294:1104-6. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.196.4294.1104.
Lecture 8
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Lau, H.C. and Faul, U.H., 2019. Anelasticity from seismic to tidal timescales: Theory and observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 508, 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.12.009.