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The Earth: Its Origin, History and Physical Constitution

The Earth: Its Origin, History and Physical Constitution

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General SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 0521085187
ISBN13: 9780521085182
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Oct 30 2008
Pages: 612
Weight: 1.95
Height: 1.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is a digital reprint of the revised 1976 edition of this classic work. It examines seismology, gravity, the strength of the shell, the variation of latitude and the figure of the Moon. The chapter on tidal friction is largely rewritten and what now seem to be the three most reliable estimates of the true secular acceleration of the Moon agree in suggesting that the provisional estimate in the last edition should be considerably increased. The criticism of theories of continental drift, convection and plate tectonics is much expanded. A new appendix pinpoints directions for future geophysical research. The Earth continues to provide a fundamental and comprehensive account of geophysical problems, essential to all scientists concerned with problems of the origin, history and physical constitution of the Earth.

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