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The continental crust : a geophysical approach

R. Meißner

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Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Crust, Mantle, Lithosphere, and Asthenosphere. The Crust as the Product of a Planetary Differentiation Process. Collecting Physical Properties of Earth's Crust. Contributions from Laboratory Experiments. The Composition of the Continental Crust. Crustal Structure in Various Geologic Provinces. The Evolution of the Continental Crust. References. Index.

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Key concepts: Crust, Continental crust, Geology, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Geophysics, Mantle (geology), Earth science