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Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets - Gerald Schubert, Donald L. Turcotte, Peter Olson

Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

Buch | Hardcover
956 Seiten
2001
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-35367-0 (ISBN)
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This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection. It is suitable as a graduate textbook in geophysics and planetary physics, and as an invaluable review for researchers in the broad fields of the earth and planetary sciences.
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets is a comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection within the Earth, the terrestrial planets, the Moon, and the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. The book includes up-to-date discussions of the latest research developments that have revolutionized our understanding of the Earth and the planets. It is suitable as a text for graduate courses in geophysics and planetary physics, and as a supplementary reference for use at the undergraduate level. It is also an invaluable review for researchers in the broad fields of the Earth and planetary sciences including seismologists, tectonophysicists, geodesists, mineral physicists, volcanologists, geochemists, geologists, mineralogists, petrologists, paleomagnetists, planetary geologists, and meteoriticists. The book features a comprehensive index, an extensive reference list, numerous illustrations (many in color) and major questions that focus the discussion and suggest avenues of future research.

Peter Olson is the recipient of the 2015 Inge Lehmann Medal from the American Geophysical Union.

Preface; 1. Historical background; 2. Plate tectonics; 3. Structure and composition of the mantle; 4. Mantle temperatures and thermodynamic properties; 5. Viscosity of the mantle; 6. Basic equations; 7. Linear stability; 8. Approximate solutions; 9. Calculations of convection in two dimensions; 10. Numerical models of three-dimensional convection; 11. Hotspots and mantle plumes; 12. Chemical geodynamics; 13. Thermal history of the Earth; 14. Convection in the interiors of solid planets and moons; 15. Nature of convection in the mantle; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.9.2001
Zusatzinfo 62 Tables, unspecified; 79 Plates, color; 33 Halftones, unspecified; 313 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 181 x 254 mm
Gewicht 2045 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 0-521-35367-X / 052135367X
ISBN-13 978-0-521-35367-0 / 9780521353670
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