Physics of the Earth and Planets

Cook, A. H. Jaksonian Professor of Natural Philisophy University of Cambridge. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 333109058
Physical Description: 316 pg. with Fig.
Publisher: Britain: Macmillan, 1973.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- List of symbols -- Introduction -- The gravity fields of the earth and the planets -- Elastic waves in the Earth -- Oscillations and vibrations -- The internal structure of the earth -- Radioactivity and the ages of rocks -- The temperature within the Earth -- The permanent magnetization of rocks -- The main magnetic field of the earth -- The structure and movements of the crust of the earth -- The Earth among the planets -- Index