Earth - Its Origin, History and Physical Constitution

Klappentext This is a digital reprint of the revised 1976 edition of this classic work. Zusammenfassung This is a digital reprint of the revised 1976 edition of this classic work. It examines seismology! gravity! the strength of the shell! the variation of latitude and the figure of the Moon. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Mechanical Properties of Rocks; 2. The Theory of Elastic Waves; 3. Observational Seismology; 4. The Theory of the Figures of the Earth and Moon; 5. The Figures of the Earth and Moon. Discussion of Observations; 6. Stress-Differences in the Earth; 7. Nutations, the Bodily Tide, and Free Vibrations; 8. Imperfections of Elasticity : Tidal Friction; 9. The Age of the Earth; 10. The Thermal History of the Earth; 11. The Origin of the Earth's Surface Features; 12. Special Problems.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Jeffreys, Sir Harold Jeffreys
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521085182
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08518-2
• No. of pages: 612
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere