Mantle convection in the earth and planets:
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Main Author: Schubert, Gerald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 797-873) and index
1 - Historical Background -- - 2 - Plate Tectonics -- - 3 - Structure and Composition of the Mantle -- - 4 - Mantle Temperatures and Thermodynamic Properties -- - 5 - Viscosity of the Mantle -- - 6 - Basic Equations -- - 7 - Linear Stability -- - 8 - Approximate Solutions -- - 9 - Calculations of Convection in Two Dimensions -- - 10 - Numerical Models of Three-dimensional Convection -- - 11 - Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes -- - 12 - Chemical Geodynamics -- - 13 - Thermal History of the Earth -- - 14 - Convection in the Interiors of Solid Planets and Moons -- - 15 - Nature of Convection in the Mantle
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 940 pages)
ISBN:0511017863
0511612877
052135367X
0521798361
9780511017865
9780511612879
9780521353670
9780521798365

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