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Content:
•   The physical state of all relevant layers of Earth, from the deep crust to the Earth’s core.
•   Major rock-forming phases, phase relations at high pressures and high temperatures.
•   The effect of pressure, temperature and oxygen fugacity on phase relations and the equation of states of high-pressure phases (e.g. ringwoodite, bridgmanite).
•   The role of chemical and physical heterogeneities.
•   Volatile cycles, i.e. carbon, water, sulfur.
•   Modes of chemical exchange between the different mantle layers. Discussion of the question of layered or whole mantle convection.
•   Reading and understanding research papers.
- Kursleiter/in: Christopher Beyer