Dynamic earth : plates, plumes, and mantle convection / Geoffrey F. Davies.
Dynamic earth : plates, plumes, and mantle convection / Geoffrey F. Davies.
Dynamic earth : plates, plumes, and mantle convection / Geoffrey F. Davies.
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Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0392785
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 458 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Origins. 1. Introduction. 2. Emergence. 3. Mobility -- Pt. 2. Foundations. 4. Surface. 5. Interior. 6. Flow. 7. Heat -- Pt. 3. Essence. 8. Convection. 9. Plates. 10. The plate mode. 11. The plume mode. 12. Synthesis -- Pt. 4. Implications. 13. Chemistry. 14. Evolution.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"The audience for Geoff Davies' book will be the broad range of geologists who desire a better understanding of the earth's internal dynamics, as well as graduate students and researchers working on the many aspects of mantle dynamics and its implications for geological processes on earth and other planets. It is also suitable as a text or suppleme...
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Dynamic earth : plates, plumes, and mantle convection / Geoffrey F. Davies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N551.116/2.
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T0392785
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74Vv8pJ4EaDA
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ISBN
0521599334 (pbk.)
9780521590679 (hbk.)
0521590671 (hbk.)
9780521599337 (pbk.)
DDC
551.116
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991014087389702626
