"The chapters in this volume represent an extensive compilation of the material presented by the invited speakers at a short course ... [that] was held prior (December 11-12, 2010) to the Annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, California ... at the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel and Spa in Napa, California, and was sponsored by the Mineralogical Society of American and the Geochemical Society"--P. [iii].

Includes bibliographical references.

Diffusion in minerals and melts : introduction / Y. Zhang, D.J. Cherniak -- Diffusion in minerals and melts : theoretical background / Y. Zhang -- Non-traditional and emerging methods for characterizing diffusion in minerals and mineral aggregates / E.B Watson, R. Dohmen -- Analytical methods in diffusion studies / D.J. Cherniak, R. Hervig, J. Koepke, Y. Zhang, D. Zhao -- Diffusion of H, C, and O components in silicate melts / Y. Zhang, H. Ni -- Noble gas diffusion in silicate glasses and melts / H. Behrens -- Self-diffusion in silicate melts : theory, observation and applications to magnetic systems / C.E. Lesher -- Diffusion data in silicate melts / Y. Zhang, H. Ni, Y. Chen -- Multicomponent diffusion in molten silicates : theory, experiments, and geological applications / Y. Liang -- Oxygen and hydrogen diffusion in minerals / J.R. Farver -- Diffusion of noble gases in minerals / E.F. Baxter -- Cation diffusion kinetics in aluminosilicate garnets and geological applications / J. Ganguly -- Diffusion coefficients in olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite / S. Chakraborty -- Diffusion in pyroxene, mica and amphibole / D.J. Cherniak, A. Diamanov -- Cation diffusion in feldspars / D.J. Cherniak -- Diffusion in quartz, melilite, silicate perovskite and mullite / D.J. Cherniak -- Diffusion in oxides / J.A. Van Orman, K.L. Crispin -- Diffusion in accessory minerals : zircon, titanite, apatite, monazite and xenotime / D.J. Cherniak -- Diffusion in carbonates, fluorite, sulfide minerals, and diamond / D.J. Cherniak -- Diffusion in minerals : an overview of published experimental diffusion data / J.B. Brady, D.J. Cherniak -- Diffusion in polycrystalline materials : grain boundaries, mathematical models, and experimental data / R. Dohmen, R. Milke -- Theoretical computation of diffusion in minerals and melts / N. de Koker, L. Stixrude -- Applications of diffusion data to high-temperature earth systems / T. Mueller, E.B. Watson, T.M. Harrison.