Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 3 The Geophysical Laboratory

About this book

For over a century, the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington has witnessed exciting discoveries and ingenious research, made possible by the scientific freedom granted to members of the department. For the most part, this research has involved laboratory experimentation on the physics and chemistry of rock-forming minerals at high temperature and pressure. This third volume in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution documents the contribution made by the members of the Geophysical Laboratory to our understanding of the Earth, from mineral formation deep below the surface, to the search for the origins of life, and out into space to study the chemical evolution of the interstellar medium. Field work has taken researchers from active volcanoes to ships collecting ocean sediments, and geological mapping expeditions around the world. Contemporary photographs throughout illustrate the evolution of the department and its research.

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction
2. Igneous petrology
3. Pressure
4. Volatile components
5. Volcanology
6. Thermodynamics
7. X-ray crystallography
8. Liquid structure
9. Ore geochemistry
10. Field petrology
11. Biogeochemistry
12. Geophysics
13. Extraterrestrial petrology
14. Astrobiology
15. Mineral physics
16. Isotopic geochemistry
17. Geochronology
18. Element partitioning
19. Petrofabrics and statistical petrology
20. National Defense contributions
21. Publications
22. Support staff

Future opportunities
Name index
Subject index

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