Nick Rogers, Stephen Blake, Kevin Burton, Mike Widdowson, Ian Parkinson, Nigel Harris

An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At last, an undergraduate textbook integrating the geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology of the Earth to explain plate tectonics and geodynamics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 268mm x 219mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1474g
• ISBN-13: 9780521494243
• ISBN-10: 0521494249
• Artikelnr.: 23831460

Autorenporträt

Nick Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. His research interests are in the field of trace element and isotope geochemistry applied to igneous petrology, the composition of the mantle, and the interaction of mantle plumes with the continental lithosphere. Dr Rogers is a Council Member of The Geological Society of London and is also their Publications Secretary.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An introduction to the structure and composition of the Earth
2. The earth Earth
3. Plate tectonics
4. Processes at constructive plate boundaries
5. Processes at destructive plate boundaries
6. Processes during continental collision
7. The deep mantle and global cycles
8. The continental crust
Answers to questions
Appendices
Further reading
Glossary
Index.