Internet Resources
Browse through this collection of internet resources drawn from the SERC catalog based on their relevance to the Deep Earth and/or teaching about it.Results 1 - 20 of 119 matches
Upper-Mantle Origin of the Yellowstone Hotspot
This online report describes a model in which the Yellowstone hotspot is caused by upper-mantle convection and regional tectonics, contradicting the deep-mantle plume model proposed by others. ...
Superplume Concept Applies To Tharsis Area On Mars
This online article, published by the now defunct Daily University Science News (the article is still available in their archives), reports on the proposal of Victor Baker and Shigenori Maruyama, ...
Evidence for moving mantle plumes...Is nothing stationary?
This webpage provides a basic summary of a 2003 paper published in the journal Science by John Tarduno supporting recent evidence for motion of the Hawaiian hotspot. This evidence is based on ...
Geochemistry of the Solid Earth I: The Mantle and Core
This site is a chapter from a book on geochemistry by Dr. W. M. White that is used in a geochemistry course at Cornell University. The 39-page PDF document discusses the composition and evolution of ...
Ultra-High-Pressure Experimentalist Who Studies the Deep Earth
This article profiles the work of Elise Knittle, whose research specialty is mineral physics. The essay gives an overview of the core, mantle, and crust of the Earth, including what we know about ...
Geol 202: The Earth's Interior
This beginning geophysics course is designed for geology majors. It provides a relatively rigorous and homework-intensive overview of the structure and evolution of the Earth and terrestrial planets, ...
Inge Lehmann: Discoverer of the Earth's Inner Core
Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann used seismic signals to study the thousands of earthquakes that occur every year and offer a brief glimpse of what is happening deep inside the Earth. This article ...





