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The new theory of the Earth / Don L. Anderson.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Don L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences--Textbooks.
- Earth sciences.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- New Theory of the Earth is an interdisciplinary advanced textbook on the origin, composition, and evolution of the Earth's interior: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, energetics, and thermal history. This is the only book on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes that ties together all the strands of the subdisciplines. It is a complete update of Anderson's Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes many new sections and dozens of new figures and tables. As with the original book, this new edition will prove to be a stimulating textbook for advanced courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary science, and a supplementary textbook on a wide range of other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential reference and resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences.
- Contents:
- Part I Planetary perspective 1
- Chapter 1 Origin and early history 3
- Chapter 2 Comparative planetology 12
- Chapter 3 The building blocks of planets 22
- Part II Earth: the dynamic planet 33
- Chapter 4 The outer shells of Earth 35
- Chapter 5 The eclogite engine 58
- Chapter 6 The shape of the Earth 62
- Chapter 7 Convection and complexity 73
- Part III Radial and lateral structure 89
- Chapter 8 Let's take it from the top: the crust and upper mantle 91
- Chapter 9 A laminated lumpy mantle 109
- Chapter 10 The bowels of the Earth 116
- Chapter 11 Geotomography: heterogeneity of the mantle 124
- Part IV Sampling the Earth 141
- Chapter 12 Statistics and other damned lies 143
- Chapter 13 Making an Earth 153
- Chapter 14 Magmas: windows into the mantle 168
- Chapter 15 The hard rock cafe 189
- Chapter 16 Noble gas isotopes 198
- Chapter 17 The other isotopes 211
- Part V Mineral physics 231
- Chapter 18 Elasticity and solid-state geophysics 233
- Chapter 19 Dissipation 246
- Chapter 20 Fabric of the mantle 256
- Chapter 21 Nonelastic and transport properties 274
- Chapter 22 Squeezing: phase changes and mantle mineralogy 282
- Part VI Origin and evolution of the layers and blobs 299
- Chapter 23 The upper mantle 301
- Chapter 24 The nature and cause of mantle heterogeneity 312
- Chapter 25 Crystallization of the mantle 318
- Part VII Energetics 331
- Chapter 26 Terrestrial heat flow 333
- Chapter 27 The thermal history of the Earth 349.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [356]-374) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521849594
- 9780521849593
- OCLC:
- 69020892
- Online:
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