Geodynamics

by Donald L. Turcotte, Gerald Schubert

Essential reading for any Earth scientist, this classic textbook has been providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals needed to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical processes of the solid earth for over thirty years. This third edition has two completely new chapters covering numerical modelling and geophysical MATLAB® applications, and the text is now supported by a suite of online MATLAB® codes that will enable students to grasp the practical aspects of computational modelling. The book has been brought fully up to date with the inclusion of new material on planetary geophysics and other cutting edge topics. Exercises within the text allow students to put the theory into practice as they progress through each chapter and carefully selected further reading sections guide and encourage them to delve deeper into topics of interest. Answers to problems available within the book and also online, for self-testing, complete the textbook package.

Genres: Academic, Geology, Science, Textbooks

636 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2001

About the author

Donald Lawson Turcotte was an American geophysicist most noted for his work on the boundary layer theory of mantle convection as part of the theory of plate tectonics. He worked at Cornell University then the University of California, Davis.

Reviews

[Adriana · Rating 3 out of 5]

bruh why are there typos in the problem solutions

[Hildur · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has a lot of useful information on geodynamics but is lacking a bit in its quality of explaining that information. Some of the problems have errors in them as well as some of the answers in the back.
I borrowed this book from the library and as useful as the things in it are, I don't know if I'll bother buying it in the future.

This could be one of the best books on geodynamics that's been written so far but that just makes me kind of sad because I know it can be done a lot better. Maybe it's just time for a new edition.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been going back and forth between this book and the Stuwe book. I like the other book better for ease of reading and completeness of background, and this one for more detailed and advance information. Good source for geodynamics.

[Nathan Katsiaficas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I mean all of these books are dry, but Geodynamics by Turcotte and Schubert is a great reference book for any geophysicist/geologist interested in modeling or mantle dynamics/geophysics. I'd also recommend The Solid Earth by Fowler.

[Ding Xiaoxue]

necessary