Quantitative geophysics and geology.
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Chichester :
Springer,
c2000.
Chichester : Praxis, |
| Colección: | Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contenido: Rationale. Earthquakes and Seismic Exploration. Petrography and Metamorphism. Geomagnetism and Rock Magnetization. Mid-Ocean Ridges and Hot Spots. Movement of Lithospheric Shells. Subduction Zones and Island Arcs. Earth Rotation, Gravimetry, and Isostasy. Terrestrial Heat. Elastic and Isoviscous Media. Rock Creep. Rock fracture and Earthquake Prediction. Mechanics of Lithospheric Plates. Orogenic Processes. A Short History of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Polar wander and Continental Drifts in the Paleozoic.- Mantle Chemistry and Continent Formation. Glaciations, Glacio-Isostasy and Sea Level. Thermal Convection in the Mantle. Appendix: Mathematical Complements.