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020			_a0691145148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9780691145143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a069114513X (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9780691145136 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn671916625
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082	0	0	_a550.1 5118 _222
084			_a550.15118 _bSLI-M
100	1		_aSlingerland, Rudy.
245	1	0	_aMathematical modeling of Earth's dynamical systems _h[Book] : _ba primer / _cRudy Slingerland and Lee Kump.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2011.
300			_axii, 231 p. : _bill., maps ; _c21 cm.
520			_aMathematical Modeling of Earth's Dynamical Systems gives earth scientists the essential skills for translating chemical and physical systems into mathematical and computational models that provide enhanced insight into Earth's processes. Using a step-by-step method, the book identifies the important geological variables of physical-chemical geoscience problems and describes the mechanisms that control these variables. This book is directed toward upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, and professionals who want to learn how to abstract complex systems into sets of dynamic equations. It shows students how to recognize domains of interest and key factors, and how to explain assumptions in formal terms. The book reveals what data best tests ideas of how nature works, and cautions against inadequate transport laws, unconstrained coefficients, and unfalsifiable models. Various examples of processes and systems, and ample illustrations, are provided. Students using this text should be familiar with the principles of physics, chemistry, and geology, and have taken a year of differential and integral calculus.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aGaia hypothesis _xMathematical models.
700			_aKump, Lee R.
852			_p44912 _92762.16 _h550.15118 SLI-M _vBook Field International _bGround Floor _dBooks _t1 _q1-New _aJZL-CUI
999			_c70016 _d70016