Geodynamics
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Geodynamics

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Geodynamics

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Essential reading for any Earth scientist, this classic textbook has been providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals needed to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical processes of the solid earth for over thirty years. This third edition has two completely new chapters covering numerical modelling and geophysical MATLAB® applications, and the text is now supported by a suite of online MATLAB® codes that will enable students to grasp the practical aspects of computational modelling. The book has been brought fully up to date with the inclusion of new material on planetary geophysics and other cutting edge topics. Exercises within the text allow students to put the theory into practice as they progress through each chapter and carefully selected further reading sections guide and encourage them to delve deeper into topics of interest. Answers to problems available within the book and also online, for self-testing, complete the textbook package.

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1.1
Introduction
3
Figure
1.1
Distribution
of
the
major
plates.
The
ocean
ridge
axis
(accretional
plate
margins),
subduction
zones
(convergent
plate
margins),
and
transform
faults
that
make
up
the
plate
boundaries
are
shown.
Figure
1.2
Accretion
of
a
lithospheric
plate
at
an
ocean
ridge
and
its
subduction
at
an
ocean
trench.
The
asthenosphere,
which
lies
beneath
the
lithosphere,
is
shown
along
with
the
line
of
volcanic
centers
associated
with
subduction.
the
Sumatra
earthquake
in
2004,
and
the
Tohoku,
Japan,
earthquake
in
2011.
These
are
the
largest
earth-
quakes
that
have
occurred
since
modern
seismographs
have
been
available.
The
locations
of
the
descending
lithospheres
can
be
accurately
determined
from
the
earthquakes
occurring
in
the
cold,
brittle
rocks
of
the
lithospheres.
These
planar
zones
of
earthquakes
associated
with
subduction
are
known
as
Wadati–
Benioff
zones
.
Lines
of
active
volcanoes
lie
parallel
to
almost
all
ocean
trenches.
These
volcanoes
occur
about
125
km
above
the
descending
lithosphere.
At
least
a
fraction
of
the
magmas
that
form
these
volcanoes
are
produced
near
the
upper
boundary
of
the
descending
lithosphere

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Imprints
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the Third Edition
  7. 1 Plate Tectonics
  8. 2 Stress and Strain in Solids
  9. 3 Elasticity and Flexure
  10. 4 Heat Transfer
  11. 5 Gravity
  12. 6 Fluid Mechanics
  13. 7 Rock Rheology
  14. 8 Faulting
  15. 9 Flows in Porous Media
  16. 10 Chemical Geodynamics
  17. 11 Numerical Tools
  18. 12 Geophysical Applications of Computational Modeling
  19. Appendix A Symbols and Units
  20. Appendix B Physical Constants and Properties
  21. Appendix C Answers to Selected Problems
  22. Appendix D MATLAB Solutions to Selected Problems
  23. References
  24. Index
  25. Color plates