An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet

Harris Nigel Parkinson Ian Widdowson Mike Burton Kevin Blake Stephen Rogers Nick

ISBN 10: 0521494249 / ISBN 13: 9780521494243

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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pp. 398 250 Illus. (Col.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521494249
• ISBN 13: 9780521494243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is the first undergraduate textbook to fully integrate results from geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology to describe the structure, composition, and dynamic processes that operate throughout the solid Earth. It presents an Earth system science approach to studies of the Earth's interior and develops a global view of solid Earth cycles to explain geodynamic and plate tectonic processes. This book initially explores the formation and evolution of the early Earth, then considers the operative forces for plate tectonic movements at the Earth's surface, and finally discusses global cycles within the deep Earth and their effect on the surface environment. Interactions between the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere, and their influence at and beneath the Earth's surface are examined in detail. This textbook thus provides a concise yet extensive coverage of the solid Earth. Written for intermediate undergraduates, it includes a wealth of features to support student learning at this level.

About the Author

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.