Geodynamics: Application of Continuum Physics to Geological Problems

by Gerald Schubert and Donald Lawson Turcotte

A comprehensive and quantitative study of the fundamental aspects of plate tectonics. Provides an introduction to heat flow, elasticity and flexure, fluid mechanics, faulting, gravity, and flow in porous media, with a wide range of geological applications. Contains detailed coverage of mantle convection and mantle rheology. Includes a wide variety of practical problems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471060186
• ISBN13: 9780471060185
• Release Date: May 1982
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 9.5"