| Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 8: Core Dynamics Contributor(s): Olson, Peter L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0444534571 ISBN-13: 9780444534576 Publisher: Elsevier OUR PRICE: $98.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Earth Sciences - General |
| Dewey: 551.112 |
| Series: Treatise on Geophysics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.5" W x 10.2" (1.85 lbs) 7000 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Treaties on Geophysics: Core Dynamics, Volume 8, provides a comprehensive review of the current state of understanding of core dynamics. The book begins by analyzing a subject of long-standing and on-going controversy: the gross energetics of the core. It then explains the important elements of dynamo theory; actual fluid motions in the core; the basic physical principles involved in thermochemical convection in the core and the basic equations governing the convection; and turbulence and the small-scale dynamics of the core. This is followed by discussions of the state of knowledge on rotation-induced core flows; the use of first-principles numerical models of self-sustaining fluid dynamos; and the behavior of polarity reversals in numerical dynamo models. The remaining chapters cover the various roles the inner core plays in core dynamics and the geodynamo; experiments that have shaped knowledge about the flows in the core that produce the geodynamo and govern its evolution; and ways the mantle can affect core dynamics, and corresponding ways the core can affect the mantle. |