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008 191121s2020 enk ob 001 0 eng
020 _a9781108716970
100 1 _aLowrie, William,
245 1 0 _aFundamentals of geophysics /
_cWilliam Lowrie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (retired), Andreas Fichtner, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich.
250 _aThird edition.
260 _aNew York
_bCambridge University Press
_c2021
300 _ax,381p.
_bills
520 _a"The solar system originated more than 4.5 billion years ago from a rotating cloud of molecular hydrogen and interstellar dust surrounding a star that became the Sun. Collisions and coalescence of particles in the dust cloud led to the formation of a solar system with eight planets and countless smaller bodies that has fascinated mankind since prehistoric times. Our knowledge of the solar system exploded in the recent era of space exploration, and its complete description deserves a library on its own. This chapter provides brief descriptions of the orbits and physical properties of the major planetary bodies. These exhibit natural phenomena originally studied on Earth, such as gravitational and magnetic fields, seismicity, and tidal motions. They can be understood with geophysical concepts and techniques introduced in later chapters"--
650 0 _aGeophysics.
_9410
700 1 _aFichtner, Andreas,
942 _cBK
050 0 0 _aQC806