Mantle and Core

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1. Cosmochemical Estimates of Ma ntle Composition.
2. Seismology Constraints upon Mantle Com position.
3. Sampling Mantle Heterogeneity through Oceanic Basalts: Isotopes and Trace Elements.
4. Orogenic, Ophiol itic, and Abyssal Peridotites.
5. Mantle Samples Included in Volcanic Rocks: Xenoliths and Diamonds.
6. Noble Gases as Mantle Tracers.
7. Mantle Volatiles - Distribution and Consequences.
8. Melt Extraction and Compositional Variabi lity in Mantle Lithosphere.
9. Trace Element Partitioning under Crystal and Uppermost Mantle Conditions: The Influences of Ionic R adius, Cation Charge, Pressure and Temperature.
10. Partit ion Coefficients at High Pressure and Temperature.
11. Sub duction Zone Processes and Implications for Changing Composition of the Upper and Lower Mantle.
12. Convective Mixing in the Earth 's Mantle.
13. Compositional Evolution of the Mantle.
14. Experimental Constraints on Core Composition. <BR id='CRLF Trace Elements 4. Orogenic, Ophiolitic, and Abyssal Peridotites 5. Mantle Samples Included in Volcanic Rocks: Xenoliths and Diamonds 6. Noble Gases as Mantle Tracers 7. Mantle Volatiles - Distribution and Consequences 8. Melt Extraction and Compositional Variability in Mantle Lithosphere 9. Trace Element Partitioning under Crystal and Uppermost Mantle Conditions: The Influences of Ionic Radius, Cation Charge, Pressure and Temperature 10. Partition Coefficients at High Pressure and Temperature 11. Subduction Zone Processes and Implications for Changing Composition of the Upper and Lower Mantle 12. Convective Mixing in the Earth's Mantle 13. Compositional Evolution of the Mantle 14. Experimental Constraints on Core Composition 15. Compositional Models for the Earth's Core