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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780092103321

Autore

Poirier Jean-Paul

Titolo

Introduction to the physics of the Earth's interior / / Jean-Paul Poirier [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

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

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

551.1/1

Soggetti

Geophysics

Earth (Planet) Core

Earth (Planet) Mantle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-307) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.