Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Historical Background
- 2 Plate Tectonics
- 3 Structure and Composition of the Mantle
- 4 Mantle Temperatures and Thermodynamic Properties
- 5 Viscosity of the Mantle
- 6 Basic Equations
- 7 Linear Stability
- 8 Approximate Solutions
- 9 Calculations of Convection in Two Dimensions
- 10 Numerical Models of Three-dimensional Convection
- 11 Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes
- 12 Chemical Geodynamics
- 13 Thermal History of the Earth
- 14 Convection in the Interiors of Solid Planets and Moons
- 15 Nature of Convection in the Mantle
- References
- Appendix: Table of Variables
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Historical Background
- 2 Plate Tectonics
- 3 Structure and Composition of the Mantle
- 4 Mantle Temperatures and Thermodynamic Properties
- 5 Viscosity of the Mantle
- 6 Basic Equations
- 7 Linear Stability
- 8 Approximate Solutions
- 9 Calculations of Convection in Two Dimensions
- 10 Numerical Models of Three-dimensional Convection
- 11 Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes
- 12 Chemical Geodynamics
- 13 Thermal History of the Earth
- 14 Convection in the Interiors of Solid Planets and Moons
- 15 Nature of Convection in the Mantle
- References
- Appendix: Table of Variables
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets , pp. v - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001