Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Origin and history of the Solar System
- 2 Composition of the Earth
- 3 Radioactivity, isotopes and dating
- 4 Isotopic clues to the age and origin of the Solar System
- 5 Evidence of the Earth's evolutionary history
- 6 Rotation, figure of the Earth and gravity
- 7 Precession, wobble and rotational irregularities
- 8 Tides and the evolution of the lunar orbit
- 9 The satellite geoid, isostasy, post-glacial rebound and mantle viscosity
- 10 Elastic and inelastic properties
- 11 Deformation of the crust: rock mechanics
- 12 Tectonics
- 13 Convective and tectonic stresses
- 14 Kinematics of the earthquake process
- 15 Earthquake dynamics
- 16 Seismic wave propagation
- 17 Seismological determination of Earth structure
- 18 Finite strain and high-pressure equations of state
- 19 Thermal properties
- 20 The surface heat flux
- 21 The global energy budget
- 22 Thermodynamics of convection
- 23 Thermal history
- 24 The geomagnetic field
- 25 Rock magnetism and paleomagnetism
- 26 ‘Alternative’ energy sources and natural climate variations: some geophysical background
- Appendix A General reference data
- Appendix B Orbital dynamics (Kepler's laws)
- Appendix C Spherical harmonic functions
- Appendix D Relationships between elastic moduli of an isotropic solid
- Appendix E Thermodynamic parameters and derivative relationships
- Appendix F An Earth model: mechanical properties
- Appendix G A thermal model of the Earth
- Appendix H Radioactive isotopes
- Appendix I A geologic time scale
- Appendix J Problems
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Name Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2013
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Origin and history of the Solar System
- 2 Composition of the Earth
- 3 Radioactivity, isotopes and dating
- 4 Isotopic clues to the age and origin of the Solar System
- 5 Evidence of the Earth's evolutionary history
- 6 Rotation, figure of the Earth and gravity
- 7 Precession, wobble and rotational irregularities
- 8 Tides and the evolution of the lunar orbit
- 9 The satellite geoid, isostasy, post-glacial rebound and mantle viscosity
- 10 Elastic and inelastic properties
- 11 Deformation of the crust: rock mechanics
- 12 Tectonics
- 13 Convective and tectonic stresses
- 14 Kinematics of the earthquake process
- 15 Earthquake dynamics
- 16 Seismic wave propagation
- 17 Seismological determination of Earth structure
- 18 Finite strain and high-pressure equations of state
- 19 Thermal properties
- 20 The surface heat flux
- 21 The global energy budget
- 22 Thermodynamics of convection
- 23 Thermal history
- 24 The geomagnetic field
- 25 Rock magnetism and paleomagnetism
- 26 ‘Alternative’ energy sources and natural climate variations: some geophysical background
- Appendix A General reference data
- Appendix B Orbital dynamics (Kepler's laws)
- Appendix C Spherical harmonic functions
- Appendix D Relationships between elastic moduli of an isotropic solid
- Appendix E Thermodynamic parameters and derivative relationships
- Appendix F An Earth model: mechanical properties
- Appendix G A thermal model of the Earth
- Appendix H Radioactive isotopes
- Appendix I A geologic time scale
- Appendix J Problems
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
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- Physics of the Earth , pp. 514 - 520Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008