{"product_id":"treatise-on-geophysics-volume-8-peter-l-olson-9780444534576","title":"Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 8: Core Dynamics","description":"\u003ci\u003eTreaties on Geophysics: Core Dynamics, Volume 8\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a comprehensive review of the current state of understanding of core dynamics. The book begins by analyzing a subject of long-standing and on-going controversy: the gross energetics of the core. It then explains the important elements of dynamo theory; actual fluid motions in the core; the basic physical principles involved in thermochemical convection in the core and the basic equations governing the convection; and turbulence and the small-scale dynamics of the core. This is followed by discussions of the state of knowledge on rotation-induced core flows; the use of first-principles numerical models of self-sustaining fluid dynamos; and the behavior of polarity reversals in numerical dynamo models. The remaining chapters cover the various roles the inner core plays in core dynamics and the geodynamo; experiments that have shaped knowledge about the flows in the core that produce the geodynamo and govern its evolution; and ways the mantle can affect core dynamics, and corresponding ways the core can affect the mantle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter L. Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0444534571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780444534576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Elsevier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 7000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter L. Olson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48991752356095,"sku":"9780444534576","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/treatise-on-geophysics-volume-8-peter-l-olson-9780444534576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}