The solid earth: an introduction to global geophysics/
Fowler, C. M. R.
The solid earth: an introduction to global geophysics/ C.M.R. Fowler. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xviii, 685 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
A1. Scalars, vector and differential opertors
A2. Theory of elasticity and elastic waves
A3. Geometry of ray paths and inversion of earthquakes body wave time-distance curves
A4. The least-squares method
A5. The error function
A6. Units and symbols
A7. Numerical data
A8. IASP91 Earth model
A9. Preliminary reference Earth model isotropic version - PREM
0521893070 0521584094
Geophysics.
Earth (Planet)
550 / FOW/S
The solid earth: an introduction to global geophysics/ C.M.R. Fowler. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xviii, 685 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
A1. Scalars, vector and differential opertors
A2. Theory of elasticity and elastic waves
A3. Geometry of ray paths and inversion of earthquakes body wave time-distance curves
A4. The least-squares method
A5. The error function
A6. Units and symbols
A7. Numerical data
A8. IASP91 Earth model
A9. Preliminary reference Earth model isotropic version - PREM
0521893070 0521584094
Geophysics.
Earth (Planet)
550 / FOW/S