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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137461203321

Autore

Romanowicz Barbara A.

Titolo

Physique de l'intérieur de la terre / / Barbara Romanowicz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collège de France, 2012

Paris : , : Collège de France, Fayard, , 2012

ISBN

2-8218-1483-6

2-7226-0165-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (70 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Leçons inaugurales du collège de France ; ; 221

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Geophysics

Seismology

Geology

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Dynamic & Structural Geology

Earth (Planet) Internal structure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions: the extent of certain recent natural disasters and their dramatic consequences have reminded us of the power of terrestrial phenomena and of the need for scientific research to understand the Earth’s dynamics more fully. Over the last twenty years the study of the Earth’s interior has witnessed a real revolution, owing in particular to the development of increasingly sophisticated seismic tomography techniques and the powerful computations made possible by progress in numerical methods and computer technology. Barbara Romanowicz presents us with the current progress and challenges of global seismology.