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Mechanics in the Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 550.1531
EAN: 9780521446693
ISBN: 0521446694
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 475
Publication Date: August 26, 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press
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The study of the Earth and the environment requires an understanding of the physical processes within and at the surface of the Earth. This book will allow the student to develop a broad working knowledge of mechanics and its application to the earth and environmental sciences. The mathematics are introduced at a level that assumes only an understanding of first-year calculus. The concepts are then developed to allow an understanding of the basic physics for a wide range of natural processes. These are illustrated by examples from many real situations, such as the application of the theory of flow through porous media to the study of groundwater, the viscosity of fluids to the flow of lava, and the theory of stress to the study of faults. The breadth of topics will allow students and professionals to gain an insight into the workings of many aspects of the Earth's systems.
The study of the Earth and the environment requires an understanding of the physical processes within and at the surface of the Earth. This text will allow the student to develop a broad working knowledge of mechanics and their application to the earth and environmental sciences.
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Rating: - A text worth investing in
Spending too much money on textbooks this semester? Purchase this text and you'll actually read and utilize it. The authors are concerned with teaching the material, NOT showing the reader how smart they are. That's what counts, LEARNING.
Rating: - "Down-to-earth" mechanics for geoscientists
Are you a geoscientist or a student in geosciences? Did you have quite some physics and mathematics during high school and/or college, but never fully understood how earth sciences really connect with them? Are you sometimes annoyed by the difficulty to understand some papers loaded with equations in your professional literature? If the answers to these questions are "yes", than this book can be a very useful one for you, regardless if you are a structural geologist, sedimentologist, ... Read More
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