Physics for geologists

Richard Chapman0415288045, 9780415288040, 0415288053, 9780415288057

This up-dated edition discusses a wide range of forces at work in geology against the background of Kepler’s and Newton’s laws; electromagnetic radiation from optics to gamma rays, atomic structure and age-dating.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
List of figures……Page 11
List of tables……Page 13
Preface……Page 14
Acknowledgements……Page 18
Symbols……Page 20
Basic concepts……Page 22
Force……Page 33
Gravity……Page 49
Optics……Page 63
Atomic structure and age-dating……Page 79
Electromagnetic radiation……Page 86
Heat and heat flow……Page 91
Electricity and magnetism……Page 96
Stress and strain……Page 106
Sea waves……Page 122
Acoustics: sound and other waves……Page 127
Fluids and fluid flow……Page 132
Some dangers of mathematical statistics……Page 151
Appendix……Page 159
Notes……Page 161
References……Page 164
Further reading……Page 167
Index……Page 169