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Preface | |
Origin and history of the Solar System | |
Composition of the Earth | |
Radioactivity, isotopes and dating | |
Isotopic clues to the age and origin of the Solar System | |
Evidence of the Earth's evolutionary history | |
Rotation, figure of the Earth and gravity | |
Precession, wobble and rotational irregularities | |
Tides and the evolution of the lunar orbit | |
The satellite geoid, isostasy and post-glacial rebound | |
Elastic and inelastic properties | |
Deformation of the crust: rock mechanics | |
Tectonics | |
Convective and tectonic stresses | |
Kinematics of the earthquake process | |
Earthquake dynamics | |
Seismic wave propagation | |
Seismological determination of Earth structure | |
Finite strain and high pressure equations of state | |
Thermal properties | |
The surface heat flux | |
The global energy budget | |
Thermodynamics of convection | |
Thermal history | |
The geomagnetic field | |
Rock magnetism and paleomagnetism | |
Alternative energy sources and natural climate variations: some geophysical background | |
General reference data | |
Orbital dynamics (Kepler's laws) | |
Spherical harmonic functions | |
Relationships between elastic moduli of an isotropic solid | |
Thermodynamic parameters and derivative properties | |
An Earth model: mechanical properties | |
A thermal model of the Earth | |
Radioactive isotopes | |
A geological time scale 2004 | |
Problems | |
References | |
Index | |
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