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Introduction to the physics of the Earth's interior /

"Introduction to the Physics of the Earth's Interior describes the structure, composition and temperature of the deep Earth in one comprehensive volume." "Like the first edition, this will be a useful textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in geophysics and min...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poirier, Jean-Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Background of thermodynamics of solids
  • Extensive and intensive conjugate quantities
  • Thermodynamic potentials
  • Maxwell's relations. Stiffnesses and compliances
  • Elastic moduli
  • Background of linear elasticity
  • Elastic constants and moduli
  • Thermoelastic coupling
  • Generalities
  • Isothermal and adiabatic moduli
  • Thermal pressure
  • Lattice vibrations
  • Vibrations of a monatomic lattice
  • Dispersion curve of an infinite lattice
  • Density of states of a finite lattice
  • Debye's approximation
  • Debye's frequency
  • Vibrational energy and Debye temperature
  • Specific heat
  • Validity of Debye's approximation
  • Mie--Gruneisen equation of state
  • The Gruneisen parameters
  • Harmonicity, anharmonicity and quasi-harmonicity
  • Generalities
  • Thermal expansion
  • Equations of state
  • Murnaghan's integrated linear equation of state
  • Birch--Murnaghan equation of state
  • Finite strain
  • Second-order Birch--Murnaghan equation of state
  • Third-order Birch--Murnaghan equation of state
  • A logarithmic equation of state
  • The Hencky finite strain
  • The logarithmic EOS
  • Equations of state derived from interatomic potentials
  • EOS derived from the Mie potential
  • The Vinet equation of state
  • Birch's law and velocity--density systematics
  • Bulk-velocity--density systematics
  • Thermal equations of state
  • Shock-wave equations of state
  • Generalities
  • The Rankine--Hugoniot equations
  • Reduction of the Hugoniot data to isothermal equation of state
  • First principles equations of state.