Geophysical Field Theory and Method

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The first of a projected three-volume set, this volume presents: physical principles of geophysical methods; physical laws that govern field behavior and their areas of application; the influence of a medium on a field and the distribution of field generators; formulation of conditions when physical laws cannot be used directly for field calculations; systems of field equations and their necessity when some of the field generators are unknown; formulation of boundary-value problems and their importance in determining the field; auxiliary fields and their role in field theory; and approximate methods of field calculations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)