Peter L Olson

Earth's Core

• Author(s): Vernon F. Cormier, Michael I. Bergman, Peter L. Olson

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2021-12-04
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• Publisher: Elsevier

Earth's Core: Geophysics of a Planet's Deepest Interior provides a multidisciplinary approach to Earth's core, including seismology, mineral physics, geomagnetism, and geodynamics. The book examines current observations, experiments, and theories; identifies outstanding research questions; and suggests future directions for study. With topics ranging from the structure of the core-mantle boundary region, to the chemical and physical properties of the core, the workings of the geodynamo, inner core seismology and dynamics, and core formation, this book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on what we know and what we know we have yet to discover. The book begins with the fundamental material...

Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

• Author(s): Gerald Schubert, Donald Lawson Turcotte, Peter Olson

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2001
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• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection, for advanced students and researchers.

Human Needs

• Author(s): United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Categories: Assistance in emergencies

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1980
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Foreign Service List

• Categories: Diplomatic and consular service, American

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1974
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• Publisher: Unknown

Includes field staffs of Foreign Service, U.S. missions to international organizations, Agency for International Development, ACTION, U.S. Information Agency, Peace Corps, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Department of Army, Navy and Air Force

New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences

• Author(s): National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2012-04-26
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• Publisher: National Academies Press

The 2001 National Research Council (NRC) report Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (BROES) described how basic research in the Earth sciences serves five national imperatives: (1) discovery, use, and conservation of natural resources; (2) characterization and mitigation of natural hazards; (3) geotechnical support of commercial and infrastructure development; (4) stewardship of the environment; and (5) terrestrial surveillance for global security and national defense. This perspective is even more pressing today, and will persist into the future, with ever-growing emphasis. Today's world-with headlines dominated by issues involving fossil fuel and water resources, earthquake and t...