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Geophysics : a very short introduction / William Lowrie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lowrie, William, 1939- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geophysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Geophysics is the physics of the Earth. It encompasses seismology, volcanism, plate tectonics, gravitational anomalies, and changes in the Earth's magnetic field (present and past). William Lowrie describes how all these give clues to the structure and working of the planet.
- 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:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 1, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 9780191834707
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