The Continental Crust

by Stuart R. Taylor, Scott M. McLennan, S. Ross Taylor

Graduates in geology, geochemistry and geophysics will find this volume in the Geoscience Texts series a valuable reference text. The book begins by describing the known composition of the present upper crust, then deals with possible compositions for the total crusts and the inferred composition of the lower crust. The question of the uniformity of crustal composition throughout geological time is discussed. The rate of growth of the crust through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632011483
• ISBN13: 9780632011483
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"