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