Research Catalog

Title

The solid earth : an introduction to global geophysics / C.M.R. Fowler.

Author

Fowler, C. M. R.

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Details

Description

xviii, 685 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

"This acclaimed textbook provides a general introduction to the study of modern physics of the solid Earth, including the workings of both the Earth's surface and its deep interior." "The Solid Earth is a textbook for undergraduate students enrolled in 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 the geological and geophysical sciences. This second edition has been revised to bring the content fully up to date and to reflect the most recent advances in geophysical research."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Earth (Planet)
• Geophysics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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 deep interior of the Earth -- 9. The oceanic lithosphere : ridges, transforms, trenches and oceanic islands -- 10. The continental lithosphere -- App. 1. Scalars, vectors and differential operators -- App. 2. Theory of elasticity and elastic waves -- App. 3. Geometry of ray paths and inversion of earthquake body-wave time-distance curves -- App. 4. The least-squares method -- App. 5. The error function -- App. 6. Units and symbols -- App. 7. Numerical data -- App. 8. The IASP91 Earth model -- App. 9. The preliminary reference Earth model, isotropic version - PREM -- App. 10. The modified Mercalli intensity scale (abridged version).

ISBN

• 0521584094
• 0521893070 (pbk.)

LCCN

2003065424

OCLC

• ocm53325178
• SCSB-5169323

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries