Practical Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals

ISBN-13: 9781138561250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 756 str.

Robert S. Carmichael

Opis

CRC Practical Handbooks are a series of single-volume bench manuals that feature a synthesis of the most frequently used, basic reference information.

Spis treści

Mineral Composition of Rocks. Densities of Rocks and Minerals. Inelastic Properties of Rocks and Minerals: Strength and Rheology. Magnetic Properties of Minerals and Rocks. Electrical Properties. Seismic Velocities. Seismic Attenuation. Radioactivity Properties of Minerals and Rocks. Spectroscopic Properties of Rock and Minerals. Engineering Properties of Rock. Index.

O autorze

Robert S. Carmichael, Ph.D.,  is Professor of Geophysics and Geology in the Department of Geology, University of Iowa City. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A.Sc degree in geophysics/engineering physics, and then earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of Pittsburgh. His thesis specialties were in seismology and rock magnetism, and while there, he was an Andrew Mellon University Fellow.