Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets 2 Volume Paperback Set Multiple-component retail product
by Gerald (University of California, Los Angeles) Schubert, Donald L. (Cornell University, New York) Turcotte, Peter (The Johns Hopkins University) Olson
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Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets is a comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection within the Earth, the terrestrial planets, the Moon, and the Galilean satellites of Jupiter.
The book includes up-to-date discussions of the latest research developments that have revolutionized our understanding of the Earth and the planets.
It is suitable as a text for graduate courses in geophysics and planetary physics, and as a supplementary reference for use at the undergraduate level.
It is also an invaluable review for researchers in the broad fields of the Earth and planetary sciences including seismologists, tectonophysicists, geodesists, mineral physicists, volcanologists, geochemists, geologists, mineralogists, petrologists, paleomagnetists, planetary geologists, and meteoriticists.
The book features a comprehensive index, an extensive reference list, numerous illustrations (many in color) and major questions that focus the discussion and suggest avenues of future research.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Multiple-component retail product
- Pages:912 pages, 62 Tables, unspecified; 79 Plates, color; 33 Halftones, unspecified; 313 Line drawings, u
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/2001
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- ISBN:9780521798365
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Multiple-component retail product
- Pages:912 pages, 62 Tables, unspecified; 79 Plates, color; 33 Halftones, unspecified; 313 Line drawings, u
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521798365
