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Preface













                                 that  observations  of  geophysical   types  different   how  illustrates  Geophysics   Earth  Whole   geol-  introduces   It  composition.   and  structure   gross  Earth’s   on  constraints  provide   and   of  var-  fundamentals   the   to  physics   and   math   in  basic  grounding   a   with  students   ogy   and   illustrate  observations  there.  Specific   stop   not   does  techniques,  but  geophysical   jous   mater-   that  framework  tec
                                 in        a   and   forms,  gravity,   and   with   of  geophysics   as:   reference   nature   familiarity   as   that   Science   though   reflect   in   seek   through   Oliver   Professor   Sciences   University
                                 isolated   developments,   pervades   of  written   score   principal   geology   The   coupled   such  others,   ready   the   lack   geophysicists   orientation   appendix   book.   even   book   figures,   chapter   versed   who   interior   Jack   Emeritus   Geological


                                 become   that   paucity   this   the   various   in   is   physics.   of   subject   to   a   and   understand   who   brief   a   an   the   of   others,   to   This  science.   illustrative   of  each   well   those   for   earth’s   of   Cornell


                                 to   techniques,   problem   a   on   introduce   its   training   exercises,   the   useful   but   by   (a)   (b)   matter   writing   end)   author   volume   the
                                 science   by   contribution   to   seismology  in   knowledge   and   text,  put   highly   orientation   already   gravity   utilized   include:   and   subject   good   abundant   the   of  an   of   of  geophysics.   >

                                 of   useful   disturbing   exacerbated   designed   primary   them)   of  the   book   an   who   and   are   book   geophysics,   the   of   of   a   style,   (not   detail   useful   exploration
                                 discipline   potentially   is   a   is   welcome   is   It   whose   advanced,   of   style   the   seek   of  physics   propagation   phenomena   crust.   to   the   of   to   on   teaching   component   head   the   to   most   a   is   techniques


                                 one   of   discipline   problem   a   sense.   techniques,  namely   students   an   scores   organized   make   who   core   aspects   relates   based   the   leave   organization,   at   attention   produced   that
                                 in      gaps.   once   at   to   necessarily   and   students.   also   geophysics   students   wave   such   from   writing   essential   definitions   adventure   and
                                 specialists   for   unaware  hence   another   science.  The   such  bridge   book   is   conventional   and   flow,   heat   not   (scores   and  tightly   of  such   will   style   very   of   advanced   elastic   as   which   in   interior   noteworthy   subject   that   as   good   in   often   an   is   book’s   the   of  critical  experience,  dedication,  and   has   Lillie   great   principles

               Foreword         tendency   The   discipline   and   information   from   modern   in   grows   to  designed   ial   Lillie’s   Bob   in  textbook   the   phenomena  physical   and  magnetism,   but  basic,   a   have   figures  abundant   straightforward   reach  within   well   that   But   students  beginning   (b)   and  volume,   such  phenomena   manner   the   with   the  explore   earth’s   other   Some   plate  tectonics   exercise   an   lines   unfortunately
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