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Author Newman, William I.

Title Continuum mechanics in the earth sciences / William I. Newman
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations
Contents Some mathematical essentials -- Stress principles -- Deformation and motion -- Fundamental laws and equations -- Linear elastic solids -- Classical fluids -- Geophysical fluid dynamics -- Computation in continuum mechanics -- Nonlinearity in the Earth
Summary This interdisciplinary book provides graduate students in geophysics, planetary physics and geology with a class-tested, accessible overview of continuum mechanics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Continuum mechanics.
Geophysics -- Mathematics
Planetary theory -- Mathematics
Geology -- Mathematics.
Earth Sciences
Mechanical Phenomena
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Solids.
Continuum mechanics
Geology -- Mathematics
Geophysics -- Mathematics
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012405725
ISBN 9781139338141
1139338145
9781139336406
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9780511980121
0511980124
1280393475
9781280393471
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9781139339728