ISBN: 9780511985461

Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth&apos s surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many Earth scie… Meer...

Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth&apos s surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many Earth scientists have an incomplete understanding of the process. This book describes the physics and fluid dynamics of mantle convection, explaining what it is, how it works, and how to quantify it in simple terms. It assumes no specialist background: mechanisms are explained simply and the required basic physics is fully reviewed and explained with minimal mathematics. The distinctive forms that convection takes in the Earth&apos s mantle are described within the context of tectonic plates and mantle plumes, and implications are explored for geochemistry and tectonic evolution. Common misconceptions and controversies are addressed - providing a straightforward but rigorous explanation of this key process for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines. Mantle Convection for Geologists: Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth&apos s surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many Earth scientists have an incomplete understanding of the process. This book describes the physics and fluid dynamics of mantle convection, explaining what it is, how it works, and how to quantify it in simple terms. It assumes no specialist background: mechanisms are explained simply and the required basic physics is fully reviewed and explained with minimal mathematics. The distinctive forms that convection takes in the Earth&apos s mantle are described within the context of tectonic plates and mantle plumes, and implications are explored for geochemistry and tectonic evolution. Common misconceptions and controversies are addressed - providing a straightforward but rigorous explanation of this key process for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines., Cambridge University Press<

2011, ISBN: 9780511985461

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and pl… Meer...

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many Earth scientists have an incomplete understanding of the process. This book describes the physics and fluid dynamics of mantle convection, explaining what it is, how it works, and how to quantify it in simple terms. It assumes no specialist background: mechanisms are explained simply and the required basic physics is fully reviewed and explained with minimal mathematics. The distinctive forms that convection takes in the Earth's mantle are described within the context of tectonic plates and mantle plumes, and implications are explored for geochemistry and tectonic evolution. Common misconceptions and controversies are addressed - providing a straightforward but rigorous explanation of this key process for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines. [PU: Cambridge University Press], [ED: 1], Cambridge University Press, 2011<

ISBN: 9780511985461

Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism.Yet many Earth scientists… Meer...

Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism.Yet many Earth scientists have an incomplete understanding of the process.This book describes the physics and fluid dynamics of mantle convection, explaining what it is, how it works, and how to quantify it in simple terms.It assumes no specialist background: mechanisms are explained simply and the required basic physics is fully reviewed and explained with minimal mathematics.The distinctive forms that convection takes in the Earth's mantle are described within the context of tectonic plates and mantle plumes, and implications are explored for geochemistry and tectonic evolution.Common misconceptions and controversies are addressed - providing a straightforward but rigorous explanation of this key process for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines.; PDF; Scientific, Technical and Medical, Cambridge University Press<

ISBN: 9780511985461

An accessible explanation of the Earth's fundamental tectonic mechanism for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines.; EPUB; Scientific, Technical and Medical >… Meer...

An accessible explanation of the Earth's fundamental tectonic mechanism for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines.; EPUB; Scientific, Technical and Medical > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<

2011, ISBN: 9780511985461

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