An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet, 9780521729543
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Explore Earth’s dynamic interior: a geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology journey.

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    398 pages

  • Release Date

    14 February 2008

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Summary

Decoding Earth: A Dynamic Journey from Core to Crust

This undergraduate textbook offers a comprehensive, integrated exploration of our planet, uniting insights from geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology to illuminate the Earth’s structure, composition, and dynamic processes.

Taking an Earth system science perspective, the book delves into the Earth’s interior and establishes a global view of solid Earth cycles, explaining geodynamic and plate tectonic processes with clarit…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521729543
ISBN-10:0521729548
Author:Stephen Blake, Kevin Burton, Nick Rogers, Mike Widdowson, Ian Parkinson, Nigel Harris
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:398
Release Date:14 February 2008
Weight:1.29kg
Dimensions:262mm x 201mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

‘Other books on global solid Earth processes lean heavily towards geophysics or geochemistry. This new textbook is a welcome departure from that model, with chapters arranged by process or region rather than by discipline (seismology, geodynamics, petrology). It is an excellent book for undergraduate students who need to broaden their backgrounds and learn to integrate their thinking.’ Scott King, Professor of Geophysics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

About The Author

Stephen Blake

Nick Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. His research interests are in the field of trace element and isotope geochemistry applied to igneous petrology, the composition of the mantle, and the interaction of mantle plumes with the continental lithosphere. Dr Rogers is a Council Member of The Geological Society of London and is also their Publications Secretary.

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