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- Self-contained textbook on how to model viscoelastic relaxation, within the frame of most advanced analytical approaches, aimed at acquiring a deep insight into the physics of the modelled geophysical phenomena
- Contains the widest spectrum of geophysical processes where viscoelastic relaxation plays a key role, from post-seismic deformation to geoid anomalies and polar displacements driven by density anomalies due to mantle convection, including post-glacial rebound and sea-level changes
- Accounts for the newest developments in Planetology, dealing with viscoelastic relaxation of ice moons of the Solar System squeezed by tidal forces, most interesting planetary bodies that might offer chances for natural habitat and even extraterrestrial life forms, thanks to possible liquid layers under their icy crust
- Includes newest developments on True Polar Wander driven by internal sources
- Contains the newest applications of gravity data from space gravity (GRACE) in post-glacial rebound studies, aimed at estimating the present-day mass imbalance in Greenland and Antarctica, as well as the retrieval of the Centroid Moment Tensor solution from huge thrust earthquakes at subduction zones
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Section of Geophysics, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
Roberto Sabadini
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Delft University of Technology, NIOZ/Utrecht University, Delft, The Netherlands
Bert Vermeersen
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Milan, Italy
Gabriele Cambiotti
About the authors
Prof. Dr. Bert Vermeersen is Full Professor of Planetary Exploration at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. He is also a Senior Researcher on sea level change at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ in The Netherlands. Prof. Vermeersen's focus of his planetary exploration research is on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. At NIOZ his research concentrates on sea level change for both the present day and for geological periods.
Dr. Gabriele Cambiotti is Researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Milano, Italy, where he teaches the courses of Seismology and Mathematical Methods for Geophysics. His research focuses on viscoelastodynamics and the modeling of glacial isostatic adjustment, mantle convection and seismic cycle. He studies basic physical and mathematical issues related to viscoelastic deformation. Long term Earth’s rotation and gravitational seismology are also keys in his research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Dynamics of the Earth: Applications of Viscoelastic Relaxation Theory to Solid-Earth and Planetary Geophysics
Authors: Roberto Sabadini, Bert Vermeersen, Gabriele Cambiotti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7552-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7550-2Published: 06 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1378-6Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7552-6Published: 27 May 2016
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 358
Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Earth System Sciences