The earth and its gravity field / [by] W.A. Heiskanen [and] F.A. Vening Meinesz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill series in the geological sciencesPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1958Edition: [First edition]Description: x, 470 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded), diagrams, profiles, tables ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • QC 815 H3
Contents:
Introduction and summary -- Internal constitution of the Earth -- Gravity field and gravity potential of the Earth. Equilibrium Figure. Earth Ellipsoid -- Gravity measurements -- Historical development of the idea of isostasy -- Reduction of the gravity measurements -- Gravity anomalies; achievements of isostasy -- Physical geodesy -- World geodetic system -- Deviations from isostatic equilibrium -- Convection currents in the Earth. Origin of continents and oceans. Great geosyncline belts -- Polar migrations. Shear pattern of the Earth's crust.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction and summary -- Internal constitution of the Earth -- Gravity field and gravity potential of the Earth. Equilibrium Figure. Earth Ellipsoid -- Gravity measurements -- Historical development of the idea of isostasy -- Reduction of the gravity measurements -- Gravity anomalies; achievements of isostasy -- Physical geodesy -- World geodetic system -- Deviations from isostatic equilibrium -- Convection currents in the Earth. Origin of continents and oceans. Great geosyncline belts -- Polar migrations. Shear pattern of the Earth's crust.

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