Geodynamics of the Lithosphere An Introduction /

• Main Author: Stüwe, Kurt (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Computer mathematics.; Thermodynamics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

The large scale structure of the earth is caused by geodynamic processes which are explained using energetic, kinematic and dynamic descriptions. While "geodynamic processes" are understood to include a large variety of processes and the term is used quite loosely, the methods of their des...

Table of Contents:

• Plate Tectonics
• Energetics: Heat and Temperature
• Kinematics: Morphology and Deformation
• Mechanics: Force and Rheology
• Dynamic Processes
• Metamorphic Processes.