The Solid Earth - An Introduction to Global Geophysics
| Book | The Solid Earth - An Introduction to Global Geophysics |
| Credit | C. M. R. Fowler |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| First Published | 1990 |
| Copyright | 1990 |
| Pages / Font | 500 pages |
| ISBN | 0-521-38590-3 |
| Library of Congress Call Number | QC806 .F626 1990 |
| Chapters | 1. Introduction 2. Tectonics on a Sphere: The Geometry of Plate Tectonics 3. Past Plate Motions 4. Seismology: Measuring the Interior 5. Gravity 6. Geochronology 7. Heat 8. The Oceanic Lithosphere: Ridges, Transforms, Trenches and Oceanic Islands 9. The Continental Lithosphere 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 Glossary Index |
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