Explore the mysteries of the Earth's interior

Author: Zeng Rongsheng
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is one of the National Key Books and the Popular Science Series by Academicians. Earth is the home where humans live and thrive. Many issues in human life, such as energy, resources, environment, and natural disasters, are closely related to the land beneath our feet and even the Earth's core. "There is a way to the heavens, but no way into the earth." How do scientists understand the physical properties and dynamic processes of the solid Earth, and arrive at a series of scientific conclusions, including the Earth's internal structure, plate tectonics theory, and the causes of earthquakes? Why does the Earth have a magnetic field? How is it maintained? Why does the Earth's magnetic field reverse? Why does the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau rise? Why do earthquakes also occur within plates? How can earthquakes be predicted? What future pathways might solve these unresolved mysteries of Earth science? This book takes you "inside" the solid Earth, peering into its secrets.