The Inaccessible Earth: An integrated view to its structure and composition

Book Details

• Author: Geoffrey Brown

• Brand: Springer

• Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993

• Binding: Paperback

• Format: Illustrated

• Number of Pages: 276

• Release Date: 13-11-2013

• ISBN: 9789401046626

• Languages: English

About the Book

Geoffrey Brown’s The Earth's Deep Interior provides a comprehensive exploration of the Earth’s inner structure, focusing on the numerous small advances that have significantly enhanced our understanding of its deep interior over the past decade. This revised edition, updated from the original 1993 publication, reflects the latest geophysical and geochemical techniques, providing readers with new insights into Earth's formation, evolution, and current processes.

The book delves into how the Solar Nebula’s cloud of gas evolved into the Sun and the planets, detailing the chemical processes that shaped the Earth's elemental makeup. The understanding of convection and plate tectonics, crucial to the Earth’s dynamics, is also explored in-depth, alongside the processes that have led to the formation of continents.

One of the highlights of this edition is its exploration of lateral heterogeneities in the Earth’s structure. With improvements in geophysical and geochemical techniques, scientists now understand how these variations are crucial to understanding our planet’s deeper layers. Additionally, the book discusses the increasingly popular theory of mantle plumes, which are believed to contribute to hot-spot magmatism and associated geochemical anomalies.

This edition, richly illustrated with over 120 black and white illustrations, provides a detailed yet accessible overview of the current state of knowledge regarding Earth’s deep interior. It is an essential resource for students, scholars, and anyone interested in Earth sciences.