Mechanics in the Earth and Environmental Sciences

488 Pages·1994·46.021 MB·English

by  Gerard V. Middleton, Peter R. Wilcock

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The study of t e earth and the environment require an understanding of
the phy ica1 proc e within and at the surfac of tb arth. Thi book will
allow the tudent to evelop a broad working knowledge of mechanic and
it application to the earth and environm ntal cience providing the ba k
ground nece ary to tudy the profi ional literature. The only mathematical
background requir d i that gi • en by a first course in calculu • all other
mathematical con ept are introduced in the context of their application to
the earth and en ironmental cience .
or each topic ithin mechanics, the physic is developed to give an insight
into a wide rang f natural phenomena. For example, th theory of stre
and train i applied to land lid , rock fracture , and arthquake • the theory
of flow th ugh porou media i applied to the movement of groundwater,
and the compaction of ediment • and he properties of Newtonian and non-
ewtonian fluid are di cus ed in the conte t of the flow of lava. ice, and
debri . The breadth of application de cribed and the many worked example
will help both tudtnt and profes ional to under tand th phy ical y tern
at work in the earth crust and at its urface.

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Mechanics in the Earth and
Environmental sc·ences
Gerard V. Middleton
Mc 1a ter U11iversi1
P ter R. Wilcock
The Johns Hopki, University
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