Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet

Informationen zum Autor Nick Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. His research interests are in the field of trace element and isotope geochemistry applied to igneous petrology, the composition of the mantle, and the interaction of mantle plumes with the continental lithosphere. Dr Rogers is a Council Member of The Geological Society of London and is also their Publications Secretary. Klappentext At last, an undergraduate textbook integrating the geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology of the Earth to explain plate tectonics and geodynamics. Zusammenfassung This concise textbook integrates aspects of geophysics! geochemistry! and petrology to explain the processes of plate tectonics and geodynamics! and is ideal for a one-semester undergraduate course. Incorporating a wealth of pedagogical features! this is the first text to support a modern! Earth system science approach to teaching these topics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. An introduction to the structure and composition of the Earth; 2. The earth Earth; 3. Plate tectonics; 4. Processes at constructive plate boundaries; 5. Processes at destructive plate boundaries; 6. Processes during continental collision; 7. The deep mantle and global cycles; 8. The continental crust; Answers to questions; Appendices; Further reading; Glossary; Index.

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• Authors: Stephen Blake, Stephen (The Open University Blake, Kevin Burton, Kevin (The Open University Burton, Burton Kevin, Nigel Harris, Ian Parkinson, Parkinson Ian, Nick Rogers, Nick (The Open University Rogers, Nick Blake Rogers, Rogers Nick, Mike Widdowson, Mike (The Open University Widdowson, Widdowson Mike
• Assisted by: Nick Rogers (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2008
• EAN: 9780521729543
• ISBN: 978-0-521-72954-3
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, Geochemistry