| Titre : | Introduction to geophysics |
| Auteurs : | Benjamin F. HOWELL |
| Type de document : | Livre |
| Editeur : | NEW-YORK : MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPAGNY, 1959 |
| Collection : | McGRAW-HILL SERIES IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
| Format : | 1 vol. (399 p.) / ill., cartes, schémas, graphiques / 24 cm |
| Note générale : | Bibliogr. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Concepts : |
GEOLOGIE
SEISMOLOGIE TECTONIQUE GEOMAGNETISME GRAVITE |
| Index. décimale : | 551 |
| Résumé : | Divisé en 24 parties : 1) Introduction ; 2) Origin of Earth ; 3) Origin of the Moon ; 4) Geochronology; 5) Temperature of Earth; 6) Seismic waves; 7) Observational seismology; 8) Cause of Earthquakes; 9) Instrumental seismology; 10) Transmission of seismic waves; 11) Data derived from seismology ; 12) Mass, moment, shape and size of the Earth; 13) Density and elastic constants; 14) Measurement of gravity; 15) Isostasy; 16) Tectonic forces; 17) Origin of the continents; 18) Continental drifts; 19) Tectonic patterns; 20) Typical tectonic profiles; 21) Cause of mountain building; 22) Geomagnetism; 23) Terrestrial electricity; 24) Geomagnetic and geoelectric instruments |
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