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Theory of the Earth / Don L. Anderson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Blackwell, c1989.Description: xiii, 366 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0865423350
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.1/1 22
LOC classification:
  • QE26.3 .A53 2007
Contents:
The terrestrial planets -- Earth and moon -- The crust and upper mantle -- The lower mantle and core -- Thermodynamics and equations of state -- Elasticity and solid-state geophysics -- Nonelastic and transport properties -- Chemical composition of the mantle -- The source region -- Isotopes -- Evolution of the mantle -- The shape of the earth, heat flow and convection -- Heterogeneity of the mantle -- Anelasticity -- Anisotropy -- Phase changes and mantle mineralogy -- Appendix.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The terrestrial planets -- Earth and moon -- The crust and upper mantle -- The lower mantle and core -- Thermodynamics and equations of state -- Elasticity and solid-state geophysics -- Nonelastic and transport properties -- Chemical composition of the mantle -- The source region -- Isotopes -- Evolution of the mantle -- The shape of the earth, heat flow and convection -- Heterogeneity of the mantle -- Anelasticity -- Anisotropy -- Phase changes and mantle mineralogy -- Appendix.

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