The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global GeophysicsCambridge University Press, 2005 - 685 páginas 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 solutions@cambridge.org. The book contains an extensive glossary of geological and physical terms, as well as appendices that develop more advanced mathematical topics. |
Conteúdo
Past plate motions | 68 |
43 | 93 |
Seismology Measuring the interior | 100 |
Gravity | 193 |
Geochronology | 233 |
Heat | 269 |
The deep interior of the Earth | 326 |
The continental lithosphere | 509 |
Scalars vectors and differential operators | 615 |
Geometry of ray paths and inversion of earthquake | 630 |
The leastsquares method | 636 |
Numerical data | 648 |
The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale abridged | 654 |
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Termos e frases comuns
American Geophysical Union Archaean asthenosphere basalt basin beneath calculated centre cm yr constant continental crust convection cooling crustal decay deformation density Depth km Distance km Earth Planet earthquakes East Pacific Rise elastic equation equilibrium estimate Figure fluid fracture zone geoid geological Geophys geotherm gradient gravity anomaly heat flow horizontal inner core isostatic isotope km depth km s¹ layer lithosphere low-velocity zone lower mantle magma chamber magnetic field magnitude measured metamorphic Mid-Atlantic Ridge mid-ocean ridges minerals Moho motion North occur oceanic crust oceanic lithosphere olivine outer core P-wave P-wave velocity Pacific plate partial melting phase plane plate boundary radioactive ratio Rayleigh number reflection region ridge axis rift rocks rotation sample Section sediments seismic velocity shear shown in Fig shows slab structure subducting plate subduction zone surface tectonic temperature thermal thickness transform fault Trench triple junction upper mantle viscosity volcanic waves