Understanding the Building Blocks of the Planet:
The Materials Science of Earth Processes

12 Feb 2010

Front Page and Table of Contents (pdf)
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Chapters

[0] Executive Summary (pdf)

[1] Introduction (pdf)

[2] The Earth’s Habitable Surface: A Consequence of the Planet’s Interior (pdf)

[3] The Magnetic Field, Earth’s Core and the Deep Mantle (pdf)

[4] The 3rd Dimension of Plate Tectonics (pdf)

[5] Other Planets, Other Interiors (pdf)

[6] The Invisible Frontier: Creating the Conditions of Earth and Planetary Interiors (pdf)

[7] Broader Impacts: New and Complex Materials (pdf)

[8] Future of the Field: Building our Community (pdf)