The four editors and most contributors have been a major group to organize recent critical international workshops, AGU special symposium, and other international workshop including last several Penrose conferences.

• The Thermal and Compositional Structure of the Earth.- Multiscale Seismic Tomography of Mantle Plumes and Subducting Slabs.- Seismological Constraints on the Structure of the Earth's Core.- Post-Perovskite Phase Transition and the Nature of the D? Layer.- Post-Perovskite MgSiO3 Investigated by First Principles.- Seismological Evidence and Boundary Layers in the Mantle.- Subduction Zone: The Water Channel to the Mantle.- Fine-Scale Ultra-Low Velocity Zone Layering at the Core-Mantle Boundary and Superplumes.- Global Material Circulation and Petrogenesis of Superplume Rocks.- A Geochemical and Petrological View of Mantle Plume.- Material Circulation through Time: Chemical Differentiation Within the Mantle and Secular Variation of Temperature and Composition of the Mantle.- Dynamics of Superplumes.- Dynamics of Superplumes in the Lower Mantle.- Thermal Conductivity of the Earth's Deepest Mantle.- Thermo-Chemical Structure of the Lower Mantle: Seismological Evidence and Consequences for Geodynamics.- Microscopic Models for the Effects of Hydrogen on Physical and Chemical Properties of Earth Materials.- Plume Dynamics through Earth History.- History of the Pacific Superplume: Implications for Pacific Paleogeography Since the Late Proterozoic.- Plume Winter Scenario for Biosphere Catastrophe: The Permo-Triassic Boundary Case.- Dynamics of Plumes and Superplumes through Time.- Plumes and Superplumes on Mars and Venus.- Tharsis Superplume and the Geological Evolution of Early Mars.- Traits and Evolution of the Tharsis Superplume, Mars.- Plumes and Plume Clusters on Earth and Venus: Evidence from Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs).

From the reviews: "The advance in the Earth sciences exhibited in this book became possible owing to the application of up-to-date technologies, primarily of seismic tomography and petrology. ... the book is recommended as the up-to-date theoretical basis for any kind of geological research: tectonic, petrologic, geophysical, mineragenic, etc. ... The authors set a stress on equivocal character of their statements and outline top-priority problems of the Earth sciences to be solved, making the reviewed publication still more valuable."--- (V. E. Khain and N. I. Filatova, Geotectonics, Vol. 44 (1), 2010)