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Introduction to the physics of the Earth's interior / Jean-Paul Poirier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poirier, Jean-Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geophysics.
- Earth (Planet)--Core.
- Earth (Planet).
- Earth (Planet)--Mantle.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Introduction to the Physics of the Earth's Interior describes the structure, composition and temperature of the deep Earth in one comprehensive volume. The book begins with a succinct review of the fundamentals of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics of solids, and presents the theory of lattice vibration in solids. It introduces the various equations of state, moving on to a discussion of melting laws and transport properties. The book closes with a discussion of current seismological, thermal and compositional models of the Earth. The new edition of this successful textbook has been enlarged and fully updated, taking into account the considerable experimental and theoretical progress recently made in understanding the inner structure of the Earth. Like the first edition, this will be a useful textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in geophysics and mineralogy. It will also be of great value to researchers in earth sciences, physics and materials sciences.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Introduction to the first edition; 1 Background of thermodynamics of solids; 2 Elastic moduli; 3 Lattice vibrations; 4 Equations of state; 5 Melting; 6 Transport properties; 7 Earth models; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11879-4
- 1-139-16446-5
- 0-511-04915-3
- 0-511-15132-2
- 0-511-32482-0
- 1-280-42106-1
- 9786610421060
- 0-511-17251-6
- 0-521-66392-X
- OCLC:
- 437072442
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