Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 8

Informationen zum Autor Peter L. Olson is an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. He earned a BA from the University of Colorado and a PhD from the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on the dynamics of Earth and other planets. He co-authored a book on convection in planetary mantles and served on editorial boards of numerous scientific journals. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, and received the Petrus Peregrinus Medal from the European Geosciences Union and the Inge Lehmann Medal from the American Geophysical Union. Klappentext Core Dynamics is an account of the dynamics at the heart of our planet. The range of subjects reflects the breadth and the fast pace of research in core dynamics. Topics include structure and composition of the outer and inner core, energetics of the core, convection, rotation, flow and turbulence in the outer core, solidification of the inner core, dynamo theory and numerical dynamo models, magnetic polarity reversals, laboratory experiments on the core and the geodynamo and the interactions between the core and the other parts of the Earth. Zusammenfassung Reflecting the breadth and the fast pace of research in core dynamics! this title includes topics such as structure and composition of the outer and inner core! energetics of the core! convection! rotation! flow and turbulence in the outer core! solidification of the inner core! and! dynamo theory and numerical dynamo models. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Overview 2. Energetics of the Core 3. Theory of the Geodynamo 4. Large Scale Flow in the Core 5. Thermal and Compositional Convection in the Outer Core 6. Turbulence and Small-Scale Dynamics in the Outer Core 7. Rotational Dynamics of the Core 8. Numerical Dynamo Simulations 9. Magnetic Polarity Reversals in the Core 10. Inner Core Dynamics 11. Experiments on Core Dynamics 12. Core-Mantle Interactions...

Autorentext
Peter L. Olson is an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. He earned a BA from the University of Colorado and a PhD from the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on the dynamics of Earth and other planets. He co-authored a book on convection in planetary mantles and served on editorial boards of numerous scientific journals. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, and received the Petrus Peregrinus Medal from the European Geosciences Union and the Inge Lehmann Medal from the American Geophysical Union.

Klappentext

Core Dynamics is an account of the dynamics at the heart of our planet. The range of subjects reflects the breadth and the fast pace of research in core dynamics. Topics include structure and composition of the outer and inner core, energetics of the core, convection, rotation, flow and turbulence in the outer core, solidification of the inner core, dynamo theory and numerical dynamo models, magnetic polarity reversals, laboratory experiments on the core and the geodynamo and the interactions between the core and the other parts of the Earth.

Zusammenfassung
Reflecting the breadth and the fast pace of research in core dynamics, this title includes topics such as structure and composition of the outer and inner core, energetics of the core, convection, rotation, flow and turbulence in the outer core, solidification of the inner core, and, dynamo theory and numerical dynamo models.

Inhalt

1. Overview
   
   2. Energetics of the Core
   3. Theory of the Geodynamo
   4. Large Scale Flow in the Core
   5. Thermal and Compositional Convection in the Outer Core
   6. Turbulence and Small-Scale Dynamics in the Outer Core
   7. Rotational Dynamics of the Core
   8. Numerical Dynamo Simulations
   9. Magnetic Polarity Reversals in the Core
   10. Inner Core Dynamics
   11. Experiments on Core Dynamics
   12. Core-Mantle Interactions