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  • Cited by 207
  • Geoffrey F. Davies, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2009
Print publication year:
1999
Online ISBN:
9780511605802
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605802
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Solid Earth Geophysics, Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics
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Book description

Dynamic Earth presents the principles of convection in the earth's mantle in an accessible style. Mantle convection is the process underlying plate tectonics, volcanic hotspots and, hence, most geological processes. The book summarises key observations and presents the relevant physics starting from basic principles. The main concepts and arguments are presented with minimal mathematics, although more mathematical versions of important aspects are included for those who desire them. The book also surveys geochemical constraints and mantle evolution. The audience for Geoff Davies' book will be the broad range of geologists who desire a better understanding of the earth's internal dynamics, as well as graduate students and researchers working on the many aspects of mantle dynamics and its implications for geological processes. It is also suitable as a text or supplementary text for upper undergraduate and postgraduate courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and tectonics.

Reviews

‘Seismic imaging allows geophysicists to trace flow cells in the mantle … Until now, finding out about this work meant wading through journals and hefty research papers. Geoffrey Davies has changed all that with his superb book …’

Rob Butler Source: New Scientist

‘ … an elegant and readable exposition with a clear message of how the plates and mantle probably work. The entrance of mantle-convection theory into mainstream Earth-science education is an important cause which this book champions admirably.’

Source: Nature

‘ … a fascinating source … information for casual readers together with deeper references for the geology student and specialist.’

Source: Spaceflight

‘The work is readable, interesting and fun, providing good food and exposing much. As a general rattle of plates and a dance of plumes, the book has much to be enjoyed.’

Euan Nisbet - University of London

‘… an excellent, modestly priced, and generally accessible book.’

Norman H. Sleep Source: Physics Today

‘This is an excellent text, treating us to a very accessible exposition of a complex, but essential aspect of our subject.’

Diana M. Smith Source: Open University Geological Society Journal

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