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

By: Fowler, C. M. RMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 685 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 0521893070 ; 0521584094 Subject(s): Geophysics | Earth (Planet)DDC classification: 550

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 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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books Science Library	Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section	550 FOW/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Books For SU Science Library		P20600

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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

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