Principles of Geodynamics

by Adrian E. Scheidegger

Geodynamics is commonly thought to be one of the subjects which provide the basis for understanding the origin of the visible surface features of the Earth: the latter are usually assumed as having been built up by geodynamic forces originating inside the Earth ("endogenetic" processes) and then as having been degrad- ed by geomorphological agents originating in the atmosphere and ocean ("exogenetic" agents). The modem view holds that the sequence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642684599
• ISBN13: 9783642684593
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"