Mantle convection: plate tectonics and global dynamics /
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| Imprint: | Chur [Switzerland] ; New York : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, c1989. |
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| Description: | viii, 881 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Fluid mechanics of astrophysics and geophysics v. 4 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/968456 |
| Summary: | A text which details the most important advance in earth sciences since the emergence of plate tectonics in the 1960s. Armed with the new techniques of seismic tomography, nine leading scientists in geophysical research present an experimental and theoretical description of the dynamics of the Earth's mantle. What emerges is a coherent modern theory of mantle convection leading to a greater understanding of both surface motions and large-scale structure of the Earth's interior. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 881 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0677221207 |
