Author | : Vladimir Naumovich Zharkov |
File Size | : 50,7 Mb |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 29 March 1986 |
ISBN | : 3718600676 |
Pages | : 638 pages |
Interior Structure of the Earth and Planets by Vladimir Naumovich Zharkov Book PDF Summary
This text provides a solid introduction to advanced geophysics. Part I focuses on the interior structure of the earth, featuring a large section on plate tectonics and discussing such problems as the source mechanisms of earthquakes, tides, the rheology of the crust and mantle and the evolution of the lunar orbit. Part II focuses on the interior structure of the moon, the giant planets and the structure of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter and Titan and the icy satellites of Saturn.