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Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. D.E. James
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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)

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Table of contents (135 entries)

  1. Front Matter

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    1. Earth orientation

      • William E. Carter
      Pages 231-239

    2. Earthquake mechanisms

      • J. A. Snoke
      Pages 239-245

    3. Earthquake mechanisms and plate tectonics

      • Seth Stein, Dale F. Woods
      Pages 245-260

    4. Earthquakes: Hazards and predictions

      • S. P. Nishenko
      Pages 260-268

    5. Earthquakes: Location techniques

      • Ray Buland
      Pages 268-272

    6. Earthquakes: Magnitude, energy, and intensity

      • Seweryn J. Duda
      Pages 272-288

    7. Earthquakes: Volcanogenic

      • R. S. Crosson
      Pages 288-295

    8. Earthquakes and crustal deformation

      • Richard A. Snay
      Pages 295-300

    9. Earthquake seismology

      • Bruce A. Bolt
      Pages 300-308

    10. Earthquakes and seismicity

      • Karen C. McNally
      Pages 308-315

    11. Earth's core

      • David E. Loper
      Pages 315-318

    12. Earth's core: structure

      • Guy Masters
      Pages 318-322

    13. Earth's external gravity field

      • Christopher Jekeli
      Pages 322-331

    14. Earth structure, global

      • Adam M. Dziewonski
      Pages 331-359

    15. Earth tides

      • John M. Wahr
      Pages 359-363

    16. Elasticity and wave propagation : Principles

      • Keiiti Aki
      Pages 363-367

    17. Elastic waves in homogeneous and inhomogeneous media

      • B. L. N. Kennett
      Pages 367-372

    18. Energy budget of the earth

      • Ulrich Christensen
      Pages 372-378

    19. Equilibrium figure of the earth

      • M. A. Khan
      Pages 378-385
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About this book

Consisting of more than 150 articles written by leading experts, this authoritative reference encompasses the entire field of solid-earth geophysics. It describes in detail the state of current knowledge, including advanced instrumentation and techniques, and focuses on important areas of exploration geophysics. It also offers clear and complete coverage of seismology, geodesy, gravimetry, magnetotellurics and related areas in the adjacent disciplines of physics, geology, oceanography and space science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

  • Editors: D.E. James

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30752-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-30752-7Published: 21 September 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1388-4360

  • Series E-ISSN: 1871-756X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 1344

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Planetology

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