New Theory of the Earth

An interdisciplinary textbook on the origin, composition, evolution of Earth's interior, for graduate students and researchers.

Don L. Anderson (Author)

9780521849593, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 April 2007

400 pages, 122 b/w illus. 73 tables
25.3 x 19.5 x 2.5 cm, 1.01 kg

' … Anderson has written a very amazing book. … many pages bring provocative facts and interpretations, but this is essential for a stimulation of our thinking… Its importance in geosciences may not be less than in other branches of the human knowledge. When its rich content makes this book outstanding, the noted message makes it brilliant.' Paläontologie allgem

Theory of the Earth is an interdisciplinary advanced textbook on the origin, composition, and evolution of the Earth's interior: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, energetics and thermal history. This is the only book on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes which ties together all the strands of the subdisciplines. It is a complete update of Anderson's Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes many new sections and dozens of new figures and tables. As with the original book, this new edition will prove to be a stimulating textbook on advanced courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary science, and supplementary textbook on a wide range of other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential reference and resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences.

Preface
Part I. Planetary Perspective: 1. Origin and early history
2. Comparative planetology
3. Building blocks of planets
Part II. Earth: The Dynamic Planet: 4. Outer shells of Earth
5. Eclogite engine
6. Shape of the Earth
7. Convection and complexity
Part III. Radial and Lateral Structure: 8. Let's take it from the top
crust and upper mantle
9. A laminated lumpy mantle
10. The bowels of the Earth
11. Geotomography
heterogeneity of the mantle
Part IV. Sampling Earth: 12. Statistics and other damned lies
13. Making an Earth
14. Magmas - windows into the mantle
15. The hard rock cafe
16. Noble gas isotopes
17. The other isotopes
Part V. Mineral Physics: 18. Elasticity and solid state geophysics
19. Dissipation
20. Anisotropy
fabric of the mantle
21. Nonelastic and transport properties
22. Squeezing
phase changes and mantle mineralogy
Part VI. Origin and Evolution of Layers and Blobs: 23. The upper mantle
24. The nature and cause of mantle heterogeneity
25. Crystallization of the mantle
Part VII. Energetics: 26. Terrestrial heat flow
27. Thermal history
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB], Geophysics [PHVG]