Advances in Geophysics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1967
444 pages
978-0-08-056840-9 (ISBN)
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Advances in Geophysics
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Advances in Geophysics: v. 12
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12/1967
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Geophysics, Volume 12
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Current Deformations of the Earth's Crust
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Expression of the Deformations Produced by an External Potential on a Point at the Earth's Surface
- 3. Form of the Luni-Solar Potential
- 4. Expansion of the Potential in Its Principal Waves
- 5. Deformations of an Elastic Semi-Infinite Body Limited by a Plane Surface
- 6. Study of an Elastic Sphere Subjected to Deformation
- 7. Measuring Instruments
- 8. Some Results of Recent Observations
- References
- Chapter 2. On The Upper Mantle
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Earth's Crust
- 3. Asthenosphere and Pa, Sa Waves
- 4. The "20° Discontinuity"
- 5. Attenuation and Mixed Zones
- 6. Free Oscillations of the Earth and Its Outer Shell
- 7. Earth's Internal Movements and Volterra's Theory
- References
- Chapter 3. Wind Stress along the Sea Surface
- 1. Introduction: The Transfer of Kinetic Energy
- 2. The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- 3. Waves at the Interface
- 4. The Transfer of Momentum from Waves to Currents
- 5. Conclusions and Questions
- Appendix
- List of Symbols
- References
- Chapter 4. Severe Convective Storms
- 1. Introduction
- 2. General Thunderstorm Structure
- 3. Modes of Convection
- 4. The Severe Thunderstorm Environment and Its Modification
- 5. Thunderstorms in a Sheared Environment
- 6. Storm Movement
- 7. Squall Lines
- 8. Severe Weather Manifestations
- 9. Conclusion
- List of Symbols
- References
- Chapter 5. The Rise of Oxygen in the Earth's Atmosphere with Notes on the Martian Atmosphere
- 1. Underlying Principles
- 2. Oxygenic Concentration in the Primitive Atmosphere of the Earth
- 3. Surface Oxidation in the Primitive Atmosphere
- 4. Ecology for Photosynthetic Oxygen Production in a Primitive Terrestrial Atmosphere
- 5. The First Critical Level-O2 - 0.01 P.A.L.
- 6. Identification of First Critical Level with Opening of Paleozoic Era
- 7. The Second Critical Level-O2 - 0.1 P.A.L.- the Late Silurian
- 8. Oxygenic Levels in the Late Paleozoie and Ensuing Eras
- 9. Further Refinement of the Model
- 10. Estimates of the Composition of the Martian Atmosphere and Surface
- 11. Life on Mars
- 12. A General Theory of Origin and Planetary Atmospheres
- References
- Chapter 6. The Theory of Available Potential Energy and a Variational Approach to Atmospheric Energetics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. An Exact Theory of the Concept of Available Potential Energy
- 3. Applications to Observational Data
- 4. Variational Methods in Available Energy Theory
- 5. Contributions to the Amount of Available Potential Energy and Its Relationship to Other Quantities
- 6. The Dynamics of the General Circulation
- 7. Conclusion
- List of Symbols
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
