Interior structure of the earth and planets

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Interior structure of the earth and planets

by V.N. Zharkov ; translated from the Russian by William B. Hubbard and Ronald A. Masteler

Harwood Academic Publishers, c1986

Revised and expanded english ed

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Vnutrennee stroenie Zemli i planet

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Translation of: Vnutrennee stroenie Zemli i planet

Includes bibliographical references

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This text provides a solid introduction to advanced geophysics. Part I focuses on the interior structure of the earth, featuring a large section on plate tectonics and discussing such problems as the source mechanisms of earthquakes, tides, the rheology of the crust and mantle and the evolution of the lunar orbit. Part II focuses on the interior structure of the moon, the giant planets and the structure of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter and Titan and the icy satellites of Saturn.

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