An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet

by Mike Widdowson, Stephen Blake, Kevin Burton, et al.

Book Overview

This is the first undergraduate textbook to fully integrate results from geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology to describe the structure, composition, and dynamic processes that operate throughout the solid Earth. It presents an Earth system science approach to studies of the Earth's interior and develops a global view of solid Earth cycles to explain geodynamic and plate tectonic processes. This book initially explores the formation and evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521729548
• ISBN13: 9780521729543
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 10.2"