Geophysics : a very short introduction / William Lowrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowrie, William, 1939- author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 560.

Very short introductions ; 560

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics.

Earth sciences.

Physical Description:

xix, 138 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Geophysics is the physics of the Earth. Encompassing areas such as seismology, plate tectonics, gravitational anomalies, and the Earth's magnetic field (present and past, as captured in rocks), it brings these together to give clues to both the structure and the workings of our planet. This Very Short Introduction describes the internal and external processes that affect the Earth, as well as the methods, using earth-and satellite-based data, used to investigate them. Throughout, William Lowrie emphasizes our need to understand the history of our planet and the processes that govern its continuing evolution.

Contents:

1. What is geophysics?

2. Planet Earth

3. Seismology and the Earth's internal structure

4. Siesmicity

the restless Earth

5. Gravity and the figure of the Earth

6. The Earth's heat

7. The Earth's magnetic field

8. Afterthoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132) and index.

ISBN:

0198792956

9780198792956

OCLC:

995005930