The Planet Earth
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 1964
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editor: D. R. Bates
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 2 2 7 - 3
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 4 6 9 - 4
The Planet Earth, Second Edition focuses on the advances in geophysical sciences and fundamental laws of nature. This edition introduces a new chapter (Chapter 17), which… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Planet Earth, Second Edition focuses on the advances in geophysical sciences and fundamental laws of nature. This edition introduces a new chapter (Chapter 17), which discusses Van Allen radiation belts. The rest of the chapters have also been modified and updated with additions on the work and achievements of the International Geophysical Year (IGY); Mohole project; continental drift and polar wandering; exosphere; state of the theory of magnetic storms and aurorae; and possibility of extra-terrestrial sources of life. Topics also deliberated in this book include origin, age, and possible ultimate fate of the earth; general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans; aurorae and magnetic storms; and genesis of life. This publication is a good reference for students and researchers conducting work on geophysics.
Chapter 1. The International Geophysical Year
Chapter 2. Origin, Age, and Possible Ultimate Fate of the Earth
Chapter 3. The Deep Interior
Chapter 4. The Crust
Chapter 5. The Oceans
Chapter 6. Geomagnetic Field
Chapter 7. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
Chapter 8. Climate
Chapter 9. The General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans
Chapter 10. Ice Ages
Chapter 11. Meteorology
Chapter 12. The Ionosphere
Chapter 13. The Airglow
Chapter 14. Aurora and Magnetic Storms
Chapter 15. Meteors
Chapter 16. Cosmic Radiation
Chapter 17. The Radiation Belts
Chapter 18. Genesis of Life
Appendices
I. Gravitation and the Mass of the Earth
II. Moment of Inertia
III. Precession of the Equinoxes
IV. P and S Waves
V. Temperature Scales
VI. Atomic and Molecular Spectra
Selected Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 1, 1964
- No. of pages (eBook): 382
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483132273
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080100036
- eBook ISBN: 9781483164694
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