Mathematical Geophysics

A Survey of Recent Developments in Seismology and Geodynamics

AvN.J. Vlaar,G. Nolet

Inbunden, Engelska, 1987

Del i serien Modern Approaches in Geophysics

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Beskrivning

This Oosterbeek conference was one in a long series of topical conferences starting with the Upper Mantle Project Symposia on Geophysical Theory and Computers in the 1960s, and thence their successors, the conferences on Mathematical Geophysics, until the present.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1987-12-31
Mått:155 x 235 x 31 mm
Vikt:872 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Modern Approaches in Geophysics
Antal sidor:408
Upplaga:1988
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789027726209

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Innehållsförteckning

I. Seismology and Three Dimensional Structure of the Earth.- Waves in a 3-D Earth.- 1 Low frequency seismology and three-dimensional structure — observational aspects..- 2 Free-oscillation coupling theory..- 3 Surface waves in weakly heterogeneous media..- 4 On the connection between ray theory and scattering theory for surface waves..- 5 A hybrid solution for wave propagation problems in inhomogeneous media..- Large-scale inversion.- 6 Elastic wavefield inversion and the adjoint operator for the elastic wave equation..- 7 Subspace methods for large-scale nonlinear inversion..- 8 Imaging algorithms, accuracy and resolution in delay time tomography..- II. Convection and Lithospheric Processes.- Geomagnetism.- 9 The determination of fluid flow at the core surface from geomagnetic observations..- Mantle convection.- 10 Long wavelength features of mantle convection..- 11 Mean-field methods in mantle convection..- 12 Infinite Prandtl number spherical-shell convection..- 13 Lateral heterogeneity and the geoid: the importance of the urface kinematic constraints..- Postglacial rebound.- 14 Lithospheric thickness, Antarctic deglaciation history, and ocean basin discretization effects in a global model of postglacial sea level change..- 15 Non-uniqueness of lithospheric thickness estimates based on glacial rebound data along the east coast of North America..- Thermomechanical processes in the lithosphere.- 16 On the mechanics of plate boundary formation..- 17 Supercontinent breakup: effect on eustatic sea level and the oceanic heat flux..