Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists

Professor Gasparik was born July 21, 1950, in Levice, now Slovakia. In 1973, he received a M.S. in Geology from the Komensky University, Bratislava. After moving to the United States in 1976, he commenced graduate studies at SUNY Buffalo in 1977, continuing in 1978 at SUNY Stony Brook, from where he received a Ph.D. in Experimental Petrology in 1981. He spent the next 4 years as post-doc at the University of Chicago, returning in 1985 to SUNY Stony Brook. He became Research Assistant Professor in 1986 and Associate Professor in 1989 at the Department of Geosciences, where he currently holds this position.

• 1 Thermodynamic Model and Techniques .-2 System MgO–SiO2 .- 3 System MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 .- 4 System CaO–MgO–SiO2 .- 5 System CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 Undersaturated with Silica .- 6 System CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 Saturated with Silica .- 7 Systems with Na and Ca at Lithospheric Pressures.- 8 System Na2O–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 .- 9 System Enstatite–Diopside–Jadeite.- 10 Composition and Structure of the Earth’s Interior.- 11 References .- 12 Subject Index.