Toc: Content: ContributorsPages xv-xviPrefacePage xviiRoman TeisseyreIntroductionPages xix-xxiiRoman Teisseyre, Eugeniusz MajewskiChapter 1 The composition of the earth Original Research ArticlePages 3-23William F. McDonoughChapter 2 Thermodynamics of chaos and fractals applied: Evolution of the earth and phase transformations Original Research ArticlePages 25-80Eugeniusz MajewskiChapter 3 Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of nonhydrostatically stressed solids Original Research ArticlePages 81-102Ichiko ShimizuChapter 4 Experiments on soret diffusion applied to core dynamics Original Research ArticlePages 103-140Eugeniusz MajewskiChapter 5 Deformation dynamics: Continuum with self-deformation nuclei Original Research ArticlePages 143-165Roman TeisseyreChapter 6 Evolution, propagation, and diffusion of dislocation fields Original Research ArticlePages 167-197Roman TeisseyreChapter 7 Statistical theory of dislocations Original Research ArticlePages 199-227Henryk Zorski, Barbara Gambin, Wieslaw LareckiChapter 8 Thermodynamics of point defects Original Research ArticlePages 231-259P. Varotsos, M. LazaridouChapter 9 Thermodynamics of line defects and earthquake thermodynamics Original Research ArticlePages 261-278Roman Teisseyre, Eugeniusz MajewskiChapter 10 Shear band thermodynamic model of fracturing Original Research ArticlePages 279-292Roman TeisseyreChapter 11 Energy budget of earthquakes and seismic efficiency Original Research ArticlePages 293-305Hiroo KanamoriChapter 12 Coarse-grained models and simulations for nucleation, growth, and arrest of earthquakes Original Research ArticlePages 307-322John B. Rundle, W. KleinChapter 13 Thermodynamics of fault slip Original Research ArticlePages 323-327Eugeniusz MajewskiChapter 14 Mechanochemistry: A hypothesis for shallow earthquakes Original Research ArticlePages 329-366Didier SornetteChapter 15 The anticrack mechanism of high-pressure faulting: Summary of experimental observations and geophysical implications Original Research ArticlePages 367-378Harry W. Green IIChapter 16 Anticrack-associated faulting