TY - BOOK ID - 6991934 TI - Geodynamics AU - Turcotte, Donald Lawson AU - Schubert, Gerald PY - 2002 SN - 0521666244 0521661862 9780521666244 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Geodynamics KW - 551.241 KW - Dynamic geology KW - Tectonophysics KW - Geophysics KW - Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur KW - Geodynamics. KW - 551.241 Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur KW - Acqui 2006 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6991934 AB - First published in 1982, Don Turcotte and Jerry Schubert's Geodynamics became a classic textbook for several generations of students of geophysics and geology. In this second edition, the authors bring this text completely up-to-date. Important additions include a chapter on chemical geodynamics, an updated coverage of comparative planetology based on recent planetary missions, and a variety of other new topics. Geodynamics provides the fundamentals necessary for an understanding of the workings of the solid earth, describing the mechanics of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building in the context of the role of mantle convection and plate tectonics. Observations such as the earth's gravity field, surface heat flow, distribution of earthquakes, surface stresses and strains, and distribution of elements are discussed. This new edition will once again prove to be a classic textbook for intermediate to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in geology, geophysics, and earth science. ER -