Mantle convection in the earth and planets / Gerald Schubert, Donald L. Turcotte, Peter Olson.

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Schubert, Gerald

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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 940 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511017863
9780511017865
9780511612879
0511612877
9780511052415
0511052413
0511154623
9780511154621
052135367X
9780521353670

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mantle convection in the earth and planets.DDC classification:

551.1/16 21

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QE509.4 .S38 2001eb

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Contents:

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. Hot Spots 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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 797-873) and index.

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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.

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