Global Dynamics of the Earth

Applications of Normal Mode Relaxation Theory to Solid-Earth Geophysics

R. Sabadini, Bert Vermeersen (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

329 Seiten

2004
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-1268-6 (ISBN)

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This volume opens up new perspectives on the physics of the Earth's interior for graduate students and researchers working in the fields of geophysics and geodesy. It looks at our planet in an integrated fashion, linking the physics of its interior to the geophysical and geodetic techniques that record, over a broad spectrum of spatial wavelengths, the ongoing modifications in the shape and gravity field of the planet. Basic issues related to the rheological properties of the Earth's mantle and to its slow deformation will be understood, in both mathematical and physical terms, within the framework of an analytical normal mode relaxation theory. Fundamentals of this theory are developed in the first, tutorial part. The second part deals with a wide range of applications, ranging from changes in the Earth's rotation to post-seismic deformation and sea-level variations induced by post-glacial rebound. In the study of the physics of the Earth's interior, the book bridges the gap between seismology and geodynamics.

From the Contents:
Normal Mode Theory In Viscoelasticity.- Multi-Layer Models.- Rotational Dynamics Of Viscoelastic Planets.- Polar Wander And J2 Induced By Ice-Sheet Loading. - Detection Of The Time-Dependent Gravity Field And Global Change.- Sea-Level Changes.- Tectonics And The Rotation Of The Earth And Terrestrial Planets.- Pots-Seismic Deformation.

Reihe/Serie	Modern Approaches in Geophysics ; 20
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 329 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
ISBN-10	1-4020-1268-3 / 1402012683
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-1268-6 / 9781402012686
Zustand	Neuware