The Earth's Core
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The Earth's Core

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Earth's Core

About this book

The Earth's Core, Second Edition is a six-chapter book that begins with the general physical properties of the Earth, with emphasis on the core-mantle boundary. This edition discusses the accretion mechanism, heat sources in the early Earth, time of core formation, thermal regime of the Earth, melting-point depth curves, and thermal consequences of iron-alloy core. Subsequent chapters focus on reversals of the Earth's magnetic field; the energetics and the constitution of the Earth's core; and the cores of the Moon and other planets. The role of the Earth's core is vital to the understanding of many geophysical phenomena. It is the seat of the Earth's magnetic field and is responsible as well to some variations in the length of the day.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1987
Print ISBN
9780123789518
eBook ISBN
9780080959801
Edition
2
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Microeconomics
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Earth's Core
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the First Edition
  6. Preface to the Second Edition
  7. Chapter One. General Physical Properties of the Earth
  8. Chapter Two. The Origin of the Core
  9. Chapter Three. The Thermal Regime of the Earth's Core
  10. Chapter Four. The Earth's Magnetic Field
  11. Chapter Five. The Constitution of the Core
  12. Chapter Six. The Cores of Other Planets
  13. Appendix A
  14. Index
  15. International Geophysics Series

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