1. Introduction; 2. Tectonics on a sphere: the geometry of plate tectonics; 3. Past plate motions; 4. Seismology: measuring the interior; 5. Gravity; 6. Geochronology; 7. Heat; 8. The oceanic lithosphere: ridges, transforms, trenches, and oceanic islands; 9. The continental lithosphere; Appendices; Glossary; Index.
The Solid Earth is a general introduction to the study of modern physics of the solid Earth.
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