Advanced Geodynamics
eBook - PDF

Advanced Geodynamics

The Fourier Transform Method

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eBook - PDF

Advanced Geodynamics

The Fourier Transform Method

About this book

David Sandwell developed this advanced textbook over a period of nearly 30 years for his graduate course at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The book augments the classic textbook Geodynamics by Don Turcotte and Jerry Schubert, presenting more complex and foundational mathematical methods and approaches to geodynamics. The main new tool developed in the book is the multi-dimensional Fourier transform for solving linear partial differential equations. The book comprises nineteen chapters, including: the latest global data sets; quantitative plate tectonics; plate driving forces associated with lithospheric heat transfer and subduction; the physics of the earthquake cycle; postglacial rebound; and six chapters on gravity field development and interpretation. Each chapter has a set of student exercises that make use of the higher-level mathematical and numerical methods developed in the book. Solutions to the exercises are available online for course instructors, on request.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Observations Related to Plate Tectonics
  9. 2 Fourier Transform Methods in Geophysics
  10. 3 Plate Kinematics
  11. 4 Marine Magnetic Anomalies
  12. 5 Cooling of the Oceanic Lithosphere
  13. 6 A Brief Review of Elasticity
  14. 7 Crustal Structure, Isostasy, Swell Push Force, and Rheology
  15. 8 Flexure of the Lithosphere
  16. 9 Flexure Examples
  17. 10 Elastic Solutions for Strike-Slip Faulting
  18. 11 Heat Flow Paradox
  19. 12 The Gravity Field of the Earth, Part 1
  20. 13 Reference Earth Model: WGS84
  21. 14 Laplace's Equation in Spherical Coordinates
  22. 15 Laplace's Equation in Cartesian Coordinates and Satellite Altimetry
  23. 16 Poisson's Equation in Cartesian Coordinates
  24. 17 Gravity/Topography Transfer Function and Isostatic Geoid Anomalies
  25. 18 Postglacial Rebound
  26. 19 Driving Forces of Plate Tectonics
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index