This book concisely examines the use of elasticity in solving geotechnical engineering problems. In a highly illustrated and user-friendly format, it provides a thorough grounding in the linear theory of elasticity and an understanding of the applications. The first two chapters present a basic framework of the theory of elasticity and describe test procedures for the determination of elastic parameters for soils. Chapters 3 and 4 present the fundamental solutions of Boussinesque, Kelvin, and Mindlin, and use these to formulate solutions to problems of practical interest in geotechnical engineering. The book concludes with a sequence of appendices designed to provide the interested student with details of elasticity theory that are peripheral to the main text. Each chapter concludes with a set of questions for the student to answer. The book is appropriate for upper level students in civil engineering and engineering geology.

A Geología Estrutural á urna das principáis disciplinas do curso de formagao de geólogos, com um campo ampio de aplicagoes, que vao desde a compreensao da natureza das estruturas deformacionais na crosta até sua importancia científica e prática.
O livro do Prof. Haakon Fossen faz urna selegao dos temas fundamentáis da Geología Estrutural, abordados com profundidade e de forma didática e abrangente. <...>

New Theory of the Earth is an interdisciplinary advanced 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 on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes that ties together all the strands of the subdisciplines.

This book is a complete update of Anderson’s Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes dozens of new figures and tables. A novel referencing system using Googlets is introduced that allows immediate access to supplementary material via the internet. There are new sections on tomography, self-organization, and new approaches to plate tectonics. 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 the Earth, this new edition will prove to be a stimulating textbook for advanced courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary science, and a supplementary textbook on a wide range of other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential reference and resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences.

Ore deposit geology may be taught late in a student’s undergraduate programme, or even at the beginning of a graduate programme. At this stage the student is able to link many of the concepts involved in ore genesis into his or her knowledge of the building blocks of the geosciences. Or it may be taught early, to show students potential applications of their emerging knowledge. This book is designed for the former case and also to be a reference if a student chooses to work professionally in the field. Knowledge typical of standard undergraduate courses in mineralogy, igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary geology, structural geology and tectonics, and geomorphology are assumed, together with some basic chemistry. It is not assumed that students have had courses in isotope geochemistry or in geochemical thermodynamics. <...>

The advent of accessible student computing packages has meant that geophysics students can now easily manipulate datasets and gain first-hand modeling experience – essential in developing an intuitive understanding of the physics of the Earth. Yet to gain a more in-depth understanding of the physical theory, and to be able to develop new models and solutions, it is necessary to be able to derive the relevant equations from first principles. This compact, handy book fills a gap left by most modern geophysics textbooks, which generally do not have space to derive all of the important formulae, showing the intermediate steps. This guide presents full derivations for the classical equations of gravitation, gravity, tides, Earth rotation, heat, geomagnetism, and foundational seismology, illustrated with simple schematic diagrams. It supports students through the successive steps and explains the logical sequence of a derivation – facilitating self-study and helping students to tackle homework exercises and prepare for exams.

Crystals are solid materials having regular atomic arrangements characterized by periodicity and anisotropy. These properties are universally present, irrespective of whether the crystal is inorganic or organic, in living systems or in the inanimate world. Crystals exhibit various external forms, as represented by the elaborately varied dendritic forms of snow crystals or the hexagonal prismatic forms of rock-crystal. This variety of shape has stimulated scientific curiosity since the seventeenth century, since when intensive efforts have been made to understand the reasons why and how crystals can take a variety of forms <...>

Modern isotope geochemistry is a rapidly expanding field that has a part to play in a broad range of Earth and planetary sciences – from extra-solar-system processes to environmental geoscience. This new edition of a popular textbook is completely updated and places more emphasis on the uses of radiogenic isotopes in environmental Earth science.

Geochemistry utilizes the principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms regulating the workings – past and present – of the major geological systems such as the Earth’s mantle, its crust, its oceans, and its atmosphere. Geochemistry only really came of age as a science in the 1950s, when it was able to provide geologists with the means to analyze chemical elements or to determine the abundances of isotopes, and more significantly still when geologists, chemists, and physicists managed to bridge the chasms of mutual ignorance that had separated their various fields of inquiry.

State-of-the-art analysis of geological structures has become increasingly quantitative, but traditionally, graphical methods are used in teaching and in textbooks. Now, this innovative lab book provides a unified methodology for problem solving in structural geology using linear algebra and computation. Assuming only limited mathematical training, the book builds from the basics, providing the fundamental background mathematics, and demonstrating the application of geometry and kinematics in geoscience without requiring students to take a supplementary mathematics course.

Many contemporary problems faced by Earth sciences and society are complex, for example, climate change, disaster risk, energy and water security, and preservation of oceans. Studies of these challenges require an interdisciplinary approach and common knowledge. This book contributes to closing the gap between Earth science disciplines and assists in utilisation of the growing amount of data from observations and experiments using modern techniques on data assimilation and inversions developed within the same/another discipline or across the disciplines. <...>