Interior Structure of the Earth and Planets

Download or read book Interior Structure of the Earth and Planets written by Vladimir Naumovich Zharkov and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a solid introduction to advanced geophysics. Part I focuses on the interior structure of the earth, featuring a large section on plate tectonics and discussing such problems as the source mechanisms of earthquakes, tides, the rheology of the crust and mantle and the evolution of the lunar orbit. Part II focuses on the interior structure of the moon, the giant planets and the structure of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter and Titan and the icy satellites of Saturn.