Textbook:

Fundamentals of Geophysics
William Lowrie

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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© Cambridge University Press 1997
QC806.L67 1997
ISBN 0 521 46728 4 paperback
(ISBN 0 52146164 2 hardback)

Tentative Outline:

[Numbers refer to Chapters and Sections in Fundamentals of Geophysics]

• (1) The Earth as a planet
  • 1.1 The solar system
  • 1.2 The dynamic Earth
• (2) Gravity and the figure of the Earth
  • 2.1 The Earth's size and shape
  • 2.2 Gravitation
  • 2.3 Earth's rotation
  • 2.4 The Earth's figure and gravity
  • 2.5 Gravity anomalies
  • 2.6 Interpretation of gravity anomalies
• (5) Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism
  • 5.1 Historical introduction
  • 5.2 The physics of magnetism
  • 5.3 Rock magnetism
  • 5.4 Geomagnetism
  • 5.5 Magnetic surveying
• (3) Seismology and the internal structure of the Earth
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Elasticity theory
  • 3.3 Seismic waves
  • 3.4 The seismograph
  • 3.5 Earthquake seismology
  • 3.6 Seismic wave propagation
  • 3.7 Internal structure of the Earth