Anderson Don L. New Theory of the Earth

2nd edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 402 p.New Theory of the Earth is an interdisciplinary advanced textbook on all aspects of the interior of the Earth and its origin, composition, and evolution: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, energetics and thermal history. This is the only book on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes that ties together all the strands of the subdisciplines.
This book is a complete update of Anderson’s Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes dozens of new figures and tables. A novel referencing system using Googlets is introduced that allows immediate access to supplementary material via the internet. There are new sections on tomography, self-organization, and new approaches to plate tectonics. The paradigm/paradox approach to developing new theories is developed, and controversies and contradictions have been brought more center-stage.
As with the Theory of the Earth, this new edition will prove to be a stimulating textbook for advanced courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary science, and a supplementary textbook on a wide range of other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential reference and resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences.Planetary perspective
Origin and early history
Comparative planetology
The building blocks of planets
Earth: the dynamic planet
The outer shells of Earth
The eclogite engine
The shape of the Earth
Convection and complexity
Radial and lateral structure
Let’s take it from the top: the crust and upper mantle
A laminated lumpy mantle
The bowels of the Earth
Geotomography: heterogeneity of the mantle
Sampling the Earth
Statistics and other damned lies
Making an Earth
Magmas: windows into the mantle
The hard rock cafe
Noble gas isotopes
The other isotopes
Mineral physics
Elasticity and solid-state geophysics
Dissipation
Fabric of the mantle
Nonelastic and transport properties
Squeezing: phase changes and ma
mineralogy
Origin and evolution of the layers and blobs
The upper mantle
The nature and cause of mantle heterogeneity
Crystallization of the mantle
Energetics
Terrestrial heat flow
The thermal history of the Earth
References and notes
Appendix