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The continental crust : a geophysical approach /

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For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students...

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Main Author: Meissner, Rolf
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Orlando : Academic Press, 1986.
Series:International geophysics series ; v. 34.
Subjects:
Continental crust.
Earth (Planet) > Crust.
Continents.
Terre > Croûte.
Croûte continentale.
continents.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Continents
Planets > Crust
Continental crust
Earth (Planet)
Erdkruste
Geophysik
Erdmantel
Kontinent
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : crust, mantle, lithosphere and asthenosphere
  • Crust as the product of a planetary differentiation process
  • Collecting physical properties of the earth's crust
  • Contributions from laboratory experiments
  • Compostiion of the continental crust
  • Crustal sctructure in various geologic provinces
  • Evolution of the continental crust.