Donald Turcotte, Gerald Schubert

Geodynamics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential reading for any Earth scientist, this classic textbook has been providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals needed to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical processes of the solid earth for over thirty years. This third edition has two completely new chapters covering numerical modelling and geophysical MATLAB® applications, and the text is now supported by a suite of online MATLAB® codes that will enable students to grasp the practical aspects of computational modelling. The book has been brought fully up to date with the inclusion of new material on planetary geophysics and other cutting edge topics. Exercises within the text allow students to put the theory into practice as they progress through each chapter and carefully selected further reading sections guide and encourage them to delve deeper into topics of interest. Answers to problems available within the book and also online, for self-testing, complete the textbookpackage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 636
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 202mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1570g
• ISBN-13: 9780521186230
• ISBN-10: 0521186234
• Artikelnr.: 40129552

Autorenporträt

Donald L. Turcotte is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geology, University of California, Davis. In addition to this book, he is author or co-author of 3 books and over 400 research papers, including Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics (Cambridge University Press, 1992 and 1997) and Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets (with Gerald Schubert and Peter Olson, Cambridge University Press, 2001). Professor Turcotte is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Honorary Fellow of the European Union of Geosciences, and Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the recipient of several medals, including the Day Medal of the Geological Society of America, the Wegener Medal of the European Union of Geosciences, the Bowie and Whitten Medals of the American Geophysical Union, the Regents (New York State) Medal of Excellence, and Caltech's Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the third edition; 1. Plate tectonics; 2. Stress and strain in solids; 3. Elasticity and flexure; 4. Heat transfer; 5. Gravity; 6. Fluid mechanics; 7. Rock rheology; 8. Faulting; 9. Flows in porous media; 10. Chemical geodynamics; 11. Fundamentals of MATLAB®-based numerical computation; 12. Geodynamical applications using MATLAB®; Appendix A. Symbols and units; Appendix B. Physical constants and properties; Appendix C. Answers to selected problems; Appendix D. MATLAB® solutions to selected problems; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'Geodynamics continues to be the essential introduction to how the solid Earth evolves, through tectonic, volcanic and near-surface activity as well as processes deep within our planet. It sets the standard for rigor, clarity and accessibility to all geoscience students. With important new computational tools in this edition, providing hands-on programming examples in MATLAB®, the authors have enhanced even further the enormous utility of this excellent book.' David Bercovici, Yale University, Connecticut