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Spectral Methods for the Estimation of the Effective Elastic Thickness of the Lithosphere

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Authors:
  1. Jonathan Kirby

    1. School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

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  • Brings together disparate knowledge to estimate the elastic thickness of the lithosphere
  • Provides explicit derivations of important equations
  • Contains practical implementation of methods

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Isostasy, Flexure and Strength

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      Pages 3-34

  3. Spectra

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. The Fourier Transform

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 37-90

    3. Multitaper Spectral Estimation

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 91-125

    4. The Continuous Wavelet Transform

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 127-169

    5. Admittance, Coherency and Coherence

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 171-211

    6. Map Projections

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 213-236

  4. Flexure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Loading and Flexure of an Elastic Plate

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 239-277

    3. Gravity and Admittance of a Flexed Plate

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 279-314

    4. The Load Deconvolution Method

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 315-366

    5. Synthetic Testing

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 367-398

    6. Practical \(T_e\) Estimation

      • Jonathan Kirby
      Pages 399-452

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 453-457
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About this book

Although several excellent works exist that describe the effective elastic thickness (Te) of the lithosphere—its theory, significance and relevance to Earth sciences in general—none cover the details of the methods for its estimation. This book brings together the disparate knowledge required to estimate Te in one handy volume: signal processing, harmonic analysis, civil engineering, and foundational mathematics and physics, in addition to the relevant geophysics and, to a lesser extent, geology. Its two principal focus areas are spectral estimation, covering various approaches to estimating the admittance and coherence between gravity and topography using Slepian multitapers and fan wavelets; and algebraic and finite difference solutions of the plate bending partial differential equation in a variety of geological settings. This book would be suitable for postgraduate students beginning their research, up to faculty professors interested in diversifying their skills.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Jonathan Kirby

About the author

Jon Kirby is Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University, located in Perth, Australia. Jon was born and educated in the UK, receiving a BSc in physics from Durham University, an MSc in exploration geophysics from the University of Leeds, and a PhD in geophysical geodesy from the University of Edinburgh. Although his post-doctoral career began with geoid determination, he soon gravitated towards isostasy and lithospheric flexure, and has been publishing on the topic since 2003, notably developing a wavelet-based method to estimate effective elastic thickness.

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