. Author(s): P. Kearey, Keith A. Klepeis, F. J. Vine Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Year: 2009 ISBN 1405107774,978-1-4051-0777-8,9781444303223,1444303228 Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Historical perspective . 1.1 Continental drift. 1.2 Sea floor spreading and the birth of plate tectonics. 1.3 Geosynclinal theory. 1.4 Impact of plate tectonics. 2. The interior of the Earth . 2.1 Earthquake seismology. 2.1.1 Introduction. 2.1.2 Earthquake descriptors. 2.1.3 Seismic waves. 2.1.4 Earthquake location. 2.1.5 Mechanism of earthquakes. 2.1.6 Focal mechanism solutions of earthquakes. 2.1.7 Ambiguity in focal mechanism solutions. 2.1.8 Seismic tomography. 2.2 Velocity structure of the Earth. 2.3 Composition of the Earth. 2.4 The crust. 2.4.1 The continental crust. 2.4.2 Upper continental crust. 2.4.3 Middle and lower continental crust. 2.4.4 The oceanic crust. 2.4.5 Oceanic layer 1. 2.4.6 Oceanic layer 2. 2.4.7 Oceanic layer 3. 2.5 Ophiolites. 2.6 Metamorphism of oceanic crust. 2.7 Differences between continental and oceanic crust. 2.8 The mantle. 2.8.1 Introduction. 2.8.2 Seismic structure of the mantle. 2.8.3 Mantle composition. 2.8.4 The mantle low velocity zone. 2.8.5 The mantle transition zone. 2.
