Download or read book Mantle Convection written by W. R. Peltier and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A text which details the most important advance in earth sciences since the emergence of plate tectonics in the 1960s. Armed with the new techniques of seismic tomography, nine leading scientists in geophysical research present an experimental and theoretical description of the dynamics of the Earth's mantle. What emerges is a coherent modern theory of mantle convection leading to a greater understanding of both surface motions and large-scale structure of the Earth's interior.