Preface
1. Origin and history of the Solar System
2. Composition of the Earth
3. Radioactivity, isotopes and dating
4. Isotopic clues to the age and origin of the Solar System
5. Evidence of the Earth's evolutionary history
6. Rotation, figure of the Earth and gravity
7. Precession, wobble and rotational irregularities
8. Tides and the evolution of the lunar orbit
9. The satellite geoid, isostasy and post-glacial rebound
10. Elastic and inelastic properties
11. Deformation of the crust: rock mechanics
12. Tectonics
13. Convective and tectonic stresses
14. Kinematics of the earthquake process
15. Earthquake dynamics
16. Seismic wave propagation
17. Seismological determination of Earth structure
18. Finite strain and high pressure equations of state
19. Thermal properties
20. The surface heat flux
21. The global energy budget
22. Thermodynamics of convection
23. Thermal history
24. The geomagnetic field
25. Rock magnetism and paleomagnetism
26. Alternative energy sources and natural climate variations: some geophysical background
Appendix A. General reference data
Appendix B. Orbital dynamics (Kepler's laws)
Appendix C. Spherical harmonic functions
Appendix D. Relationships between elastic moduli of an isotropic solid
Appendix E. Thermodynamic parameters and derivative properties
Appendix F. An Earth model: mechanical properties
Appendix G. A thermal model of the Earth
Appendix H. Radioactive isotopes
Appendix I. A geological time scale 2004
Appendix J. Problems
References
Index.
