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Informationen zum Autor Elisa Buforn is a professor of geophysics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) where she teaches courses on geophysics, seismology, physics and numerical methods. Professor Buforn's research focuses on source fracture processes, seismicity and seismotectonics and she is Editor in Chief of Física de la Tierra and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Seismology. Carmen Pro is an associate professor at the University of Extremadura, Spain where she has taught geophysics and astronomy for over twenty years. She has participated in several geophysical research projects and is involved in college management. Agustín Udías is an emeritus professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and is the author of a large number of papers about seismicity, seismotectonics and the physics of seismic sources, as well as the textbook Principles of Seismology (Cambridge University Press, 1999). He has held positions as Editor in Chief of Física de la Tierra and the Journal of Seismology and as Vice President of the European Seismological Commission. Klappentext A collection of nearly 200 geophysics problems, with detailed solutions, forming an ideal course supplement for students and instructors. Zusammenfassung This book presents nearly 200 problems in geophysics! which are solved in step-by-step detail! showing the equations used and supported by simple figures. It is an ideal adjunct to course textbooks on geophysical theory! providing instructors with additional homework and exam questions! and students with a practice or revision aid. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Gravity (Exercises 1-68); 3. Geomagnetism (Exercises 69-110); 4. Seismology (Exercises 111-179); 5. Heat flow and geochronology (Exercises 180-197); Bibliography.
