Advanced geodynamics : fourier transform method / David T. Sandwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandwell, David T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

David Sandwell developed this advanced textbook over a period of nearly 30 years for his graduate course at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The book augments the classic textbook Geodynamics by Don Turcotte and Jerry Schubert, presenting more complex and foundational mathematical methods and approaches to geodynamics. The main new tool developed in the book is the multi-dimensional Fourier transform for solving linear partial differential equations. The book comprises nineteen chapters, including: the latest global data sets; quantitative plate tectonics; plate driving forces associated with lithospheric heat transfer and subduction; the physics of the earthquake cycle; postglacial rebound; and six chapters on gravity field development and interpretation. Each chapter has a set of student exercises that make use of the higher-level mathematical and numerical methods developed in the book. Solutions to the exercises are available online for course instructors, on request.

Contents:

1. Observations Related to Plate Tectonics; 2. Fourier Transform Methods in Geophysics; 3. Plate Kinematics; 4. Marine Magnetic Anomalies; 5. Cooling of the Oceanic Lithosphere; 6. A Brief Review of Elasticity; 7. Crustal Structure, Isostasy, Swell Push Force, and Rheology; 8. Flexure of the Lithosphere; 9. Flexure Examples; 10. Elastic Solutions for Strike-Slip Faulting; 11. Heat Flow Paradox; 12. The Gravity Field of the Earth, Part I; 13. Reference Earth Model: WGS84; 14. Laplace's Equation in Spherical Coordinates; 15. Laplace's Equation in Cartesian Coordinates and Satellite Altimetry; 16. Poisson's Equation in Cartesian Coordinates; 17. Gravity/Topography Transfer Function and Isostatic Geoid Anomalies; 18. Postglacial Rebound; 19. Driving Forces of Plate Tectonics; References; Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Dec 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009021494

1009021494

9781009021692

1009021699

9781009024822

1009024825

OCLC:

1490381607