The Solid Earth

Höfundur: C. M. R. Fowler (Útgáfa: 2)
The Solid Earth

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The Solid Earth is a general introduction to the study of the physics of the solid Earth, including the workings of both the Earth's surface and its deep interior. The emphasis throughout is on basic physical principles rather than instrumentation or data handling. The second edition of this acclaimed textbook has been revised to bring the content fully up-to-date and to reflect the most recent advances in geophysical research.

It is designed for undergraduates on introductory geophysics courses who have a general background in the physical sciences, including introductory calculus. It can also be used as a reference book for graduate students and other researchers in geology and geophysics. Each chapter ends with exercises of various degrees of complexity, for which solutions are available to instructors from www. cambridge.

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Útgefandi
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781139636261
Print ISBN
9780521893077
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
C. M. R. Fowler
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2004-12-20
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
10
Prent takmörkun
5
Afritunar takmörkun
5

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface to the first edition
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Acknowledgements to the first edition
  • Acknowledgements to the second edition
  • Introduction
  • References and bibliography
  • Tectonics on a sphere: the geometry of plate tectonics
  • Plate tectonics
  • A flat Earth
  • Rotation vectors and rotation poles
  • Present-day plate motions
  • Plate boundaries can change with time
  • Triple junctions
  • Absolute plate motions
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • Past plate motions
  • The role of the Earth’s magnetic field
  • Dating the oceanic plates
  • Reconstruction of past plate motions
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • Seismology Measuring the interior
  • Waves through the Earth
  • Earthquake seismology
  • Refraction seismology
  • Reflection seismology
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • Gravity
  • Introduction
  • Gravitational potential and acceleration
  • Gravity of the Earth
  • The shape of the Earth
  • Gravity anomalies
  • Observed gravity and geoid anomalies
  • Flexure of the lithosphere and the viscosity of the mantle
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • Geochronology
  • Introduction
  • General theory
  • Rubidium–strontium
  • Uranium–lead
  • Thorium–lead
  • Potassium–argon
  • Argon–argon
  • Samarium–neodymium
  • Fission-track dating
  • The age of the Earth
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • Heat
  • Introduction
  • Conductive heat flow
  • Calculation of simple geotherms
  • Worldwide heat flow: total heat loss from the Earth
  • Oceanic heat flow
  • Continental heat flow
  • The adiabat and melting in the mantle
  • Metamorphism: geotherms in the continental crust
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • The deep interior of the Earth
  • The internal structure of the Earth
  • Convection in the mantle
  • The core
  • References and bibliography
  • The oceanic lithosphere: ridges, transforms, trenches and oceanic islands
  • Introduction
  • The oceanic lithosphere
  • The deep structure of mid-ocean ridges
  • The shallow structure of mid-ocean ridges
  • Transform faults
  • Subduction zones
  • Oceanic islands
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • The continental lithosphere
  • Introduction
  • The growth of continents
  • Sedimentary basins and continental margins
  • Continental rift zones
  • The Archaean
  • Problems
  • References and bibliography
  • Appendix 1: Scalars, vectors and differential operators
  • Appendix 2: Theory of elasticity and elastic waves
  • Appendix 3: Geometry of ray paths and inversion of earthquake body-wave time–distance curves
  • Appendix 4: The least-squares method
  • Appendix 5: The error function
  • Appendix 6: Units and symbols
  • Appendix 7: Numerical data
  • Appendix 8: The IASP91 Earth model
  • Appendix 9: The Preliminary Reference Earth Model, isotropic version – PREM
  • Appendix 10: The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (abridged version)
  • Glossary
  • Index