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The Nature of the solid earth papers presented at a symposium held at Harvard University, Cambridge, 16-18 April, 1970 Editor, Eugene C. Robertson. Associate editors, James F. Hays and Leon Knopoff

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Author:
Birch, Francis  Search this
Robertson, Eugene C.  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 677 p illus 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Congress
Actes de congrès
Conference papers and proceedings
Festschriften
proceedings (reports)
Date:
1971
Notes:
"Dedicated to Francis Birch"
Contents:
[Chemical models of the Earth] -- Model for the early history of the Earth / S.P. Clark [and others] -- The chemical composition of the Earth, the Moon, and chondritic meteorites / Paul W. Gast -- Composition of the mantle : current status and future developments / A.E. Ringwood -- Sedimentary cycling in relation to the history of the continents and oceans / Robert M. Garrels [and others] -- [Physical models of the Earth] -- Inverse problems for the Earth's normal modes / Freeman Gilbert -- The Earth's interior as inferred from a family of models / Frank Press -- Travel times of seismic waves / Anton L. Hales and Eugene Herrin -- A comparative study of upper mantle models : Canadian shield and basin and range provinces / Eugene Herrin -- Gemagnetic dynamos / Edward Bullard -- The Pacific geomagnetic secular variation anomaly and the question of lateral uniformity in the lower mantle / Richard R. Doell and Allan Cox -- [Implications of plate tectonics] -- Plate tectonics / D.P. McKenzie -- The sinking lithosphere and the focal mechanism of deep earthquakes / David T. Griggs -- Global gravity and tectonics / William M. Kaula -- Tectonics involved in the evolution of mountain ranges / James Giluly -- History of the ocean basins / H.W. Menard -- [Regional geophysics] -- Regional variations in gravity / G.P. Woollard -- Continental heat flow / Robert F. Roy [and others] -- Some geophysical anomalies in the eastern United States / W.H. Diment [and others] -- [Physical properties] -- Patterns in elastic constants of minerals important to geophysics / Orson L. Anderson -- The melting of metals / L. Knopoff and J.N. Shapiro -- Strength of metamorphosed Graywacke and other rocks / Eugene C. Robertson
Topic:
Geochemistry  Search this
Geology, Structural  Search this
Geophysics  Search this
Géochimie  Search this
Géophysique  Search this
Terre--Structure interne  Search this
Call number:
QE515 .N37
QE515 .N28
QE515.N37
QE515.N28
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_12333