High-Pressure research: Applications in geophysics

A Brief Summary Of Our Present Day Understanding Of The Effect Of Volatiles And Partial Melt On The Mechanical Properties Of The Upper Mantle / C. Goetze -- Phase Transformation In Silicate Melts Under Upper-mantle Conditions / I. Kushiro -- The Electrical Conductivity Of Polycrystalline Olivine And Pyroxene Under Pressure / R.n. Schock [and Others] -- Anisotropic Changes In Resistivity And Velocity During Rock Deformation / N. Fujii And Y. Hamano -- Elastic Wave Velocities In The Ichinomegata Ultramafic Nodules : Composition Of The Uppermost Mantle / S. Matsushima And K. Akeni -- Experimental Studies On The Influence Of Co₂ And H₂o In The Upper Mantle / P.j. Wyllie -- The Role Of Amphiboles And Water In Circum-pacific Volcanism / A.l. Boettcher -- Dual Plate Tectonics Model (abstract) / M. Kumazawa And Y. Fukao -- Physical And Chemical Nature Of The Lithosphere And Asthenosphere, Especially At Their Boundary / K. Ito --^ Upper Mantle P-structure And The 650-km Discontinuity / Y. Fukao -- Hydroxyl-clinohumite And Hydroxyl-chondrodite : Possible H₂o-bearing Minerals In The Upper Mantle / S. Akimoto, K. Yamamoto, And K. Aoki -- A Pressure-induced Phase Transition In As₂se₃ Glass / R. Ota And O.l. Anderson -- Crystal Structures Of Phases Produced By Disproportionation Of K-feldspar Under Pressure / N. Kinomura, M. Koizumi, And S. Kume -- Silicate Ilmenites And The Post-spinel Transformations / E. Ito And Y. Matsui -- Phase Transitions In Rutile-type Structures / J.c. Jamieson -- Orthorhombic Perovskite (mg, Fe)sio₃ And Constitution Of The Lower Mantle / H. Sawamoto -- The Post-spinel Phases Of Twelve Silicates And Germanates / L. Liu -- Phase Relations Of Pure Mg₂sio₄ Up To 200 Kilobars / K.s. Suito -- Metallic Transition Of Oxides, H₂o And Hydrogen / N. Kawai, M. Togaya, And O. Mishima --^ Prediction Of High-pressure Phase Transitions By Elastic Constant Data / H.h. Demarest Jr., R. Ota, And O.l. Anderson -- Chemical Composition Of The Outer Core (abstract) / K. Ito -- Equation Of State Of Mantle Minerals Determined Through High-pressure X-ray Study / Y. Sato -- Compression Studies Of Forsterite (mg₂sio₄) And Enstatite (mgsio₃) / B. Olinger -- A Comparison Of [alpha]-quartz Shock Compression Data With Recent Determinations Of The Bulk Modulus Of Stishovite / B. Olinger -- Some Comments On The Elasticity Of Stishovite As Determined By Ultrasonic And High Pressure X-ray Diffraction Techniques / R.c. Liebermann And A.e. Ringwood -- Bcc Transition Metals Under Pressure : Results From Ultrasonic Interferometry And Diamond-cell Experiments / K.w. Katahara [and Others] -- Physics And Chemistry Of Iron And Potassium At Lower-mantle And Core Pressures / M.s.t. Bukowinski And L. Knopoff --^ Processes Occurring In Shock Wave Compression Of Rocks And Minerals / D.e. Grady -- Pyroxenes And Olivines : Structural Implications Of Shock-wave Data For High Pressure Phases / R. Jeanloz And T.j. Ahrens -- Phase-transition Pressures Of Fe₃o₄ And Gaas Determined From Shock-compression Experiments / Y. Syono, T. Goto, And Y. Nakagawa -- Formation Of Diaplectic Glass In Anorthite By Shock-loading Experiments / V. Syono [and Others] -- Techniques Of Electrical Conductivity Measurement To 300 Kbar / H.k. Mao And P.m. Bell -- Pressure And Electrical Resistance Measurements In The Diamond Cell / S. Block, R.a. Forman, And G.j. Piermarini -- Compression Experiments On Mgo And Ruby With The Diamond-window Pressure Cell To 1 Megabar / P.m. Bell And H.k. Mao -- Brillouin Scattering : A New Way To Measure Elastic Moduli At High Pressures / W.a. Bassett And E.m. Brody --^ Transducer And Bond Phase Shifts In Ultrasonics, And Their Effects On Measured Pressure Derivatives Of Elastic Moduli / G.f. Davies And R.j. O'connell -- A Novel Device To Reach Higher Pressure In Larger Volume / M. Kumazawa -- Pressure Calibration Above 100 Kbar Based On The Nacl Internal Standard / T. Yagi And S. Akimoto -- High Temperature-pressure Phase Boundaries In Silicate Systems Using In Situ X-ray Diffraction / S. Akimoto, T. Yagi, And K. Inoue -- Ultrasonic Wave Velocity Measurements In Solids Under High Pressure Using Solid Pressure Media / H. Ito [and Others] -- Grüneisen Parameter Of Nacl At High Compressions (abstract) / R. Boehler, I.c. Getting, And G.c. Kennedy -- Strain Fields Associated With Fracture Under High Pressure, Viewed With Holographic Interferometry / H. Spetzler [and Others]. Edited By Murli H. Manghnani, Syun-iti Akimoto. Papers Presented At A U.s.-japan Joint Seminar Held In Honolulu, 6-9 July 1976, Sponsored By The U.s. National Science Foundation And The Japan Society For The Promotion Of Science. Includes Bibliographies And Index.