dc.contributor.advisor | Linda T. Elkins-Tanton. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Black, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Alexander) | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-10T17:03:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-02-10T17:03:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84920 | |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2013. | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Volatiles derived from planetary interiors influence magma evolution and environmental processes. Over appropriate timescales, Earth's mantle, crust, ocean, and atmosphere constitute coupled systems. The apparently synchronous Siberian Traps eruption and end-Permian mass extinction offer an ideal test case to study the interactions between magmatism and climate. In this thesis, I use experimental petrology, numerical modeling, geochemical measurements, and field observations to investigate the petrologic sources, eruptive transfer, and climatic effects of volatiles released during emplacement of the Siberian large igneous province. In an extreme variation on terrestrial volatile cycling, I also explore the erosional history of Titan as recorded in valley networks carved by rivers of liquid hydrocarbons. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Benjamin A. Black. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 179 pages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
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dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
dc.subject | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
dc.title | Volatiles as a link between planetary interiors and the environment | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 869224170 | en_US |