简介：New Theory of theEarth is an interdisciplinaryadvanced textbook on all aspects of the interior of the Earth and its origin,composition, and evolution: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection,mineralogy, volcanism, energetics and thermal history. This is the only book onthe whole landscape of deep Earth processes that ties together all the strandsof the subdisciplines.
This book is a completeupdate of Anderson’s Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes dozens of new figures andtables. A novel referencing system using Googlets is introduced that allowsimmediate access to supplementary material via the internet. There are newsections on tomography, self-organization, and new approaches to platetectonics. The paradigm/paradox approach to developing new theories is developed,and controversies and contradictions have been brought more center-stage.
As with the Theory of theEarth, this new edition willprove to be a stimulating textbook for advanced courses in geophysics,geochemistry, and planetary science, and a supplementary textbook on a wide rangeof other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential referenceand resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences
