TY - BOOK AU - Cathles, Lawrence M. AU - Cathles, Lawrence M. TI - The Viscosity of the Earth's Mantle SN - 9781400867684 U1 - 551.12 CAT PY - 1975/// CY - New Jersey, 1975 PB - :Princeton University Press KW - Earth Sciences KW - Geology, hydrology, meteorology KW - Earth (Planet) KW - Earth (Planet) Mantle N1 - Frontmatter, pg. i*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xiii*TABLES, pg. xix*ONE. Introduction, pg. 1*A. Equations of Motion of Self-gravitating Elastic and Self-gravitating Viscous Spheres, pg. 9*B. Constitutive Equations to Model the Earth, pg. 23*C. Matrix Methods of Solution, pg. 30*A. Flat Earth, Constant Gravitation, pg. 35*B. Spherical Earth, pg. 72*A. The Duration and Magnitude of the Ice Load: Meltwater Curves and Eustatic Sea Level, pg. 113*B. The Lithosphere, pg. 144*C. The Viscosity of the Uppermost Mantle, pg. 155*D. The Upper Mantle, pg. 173*E. The Viscosity of the Lower Mantle, pg. 196*F. Summary of Conclusions: Recommendations for Further Work, pg. 267*APPENDIX I. Sketch Derivation of the Navier-Stokes Equation after Eringen, pg. 277*APPENDIX II. Flat Space Runge-Kutta Equations, pg. 285*APPENDIX III .Reduction of Equation of Motion in Spherical Coordinates to Scaler Form after Backus (1967), pg. 291*APPENDIX IV. Boundary Conditions at the Fluid Core, pg. 299*APPENDIX V. Spherical Harmonics, pg. 307*APPENDIX VI .The Isostatic Adjustment of a Layered Viscous Half-Space, pg. 319*APPENDIX VII. Glacial Uplift in Canada, pg. 338*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 359*INDEX, pg. 373 ER -