Instabilities in continuous media
By: edited by L. Knopoff, V.I. Keilis-Borok, G. Puppi.
Contributors: Knopoff, Leon, 1925-; Keĭlis-Borok, Vladimir Isaakovich.; Puppi, G.
Series: Contributions to current research in geophysics ;; vol. 12
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Basel; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
Subjects: Geophysics.; Fluid dynamics.; Continuum mechanics.
Other titles: Pure and applied geophysics.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Reprinted from Pure and applied geophysics (PAGEOPH), volume 121 (1983), no. 3"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: On the dynamics of rotating fluids and planetary atmospheres / Raymond Hide; title: Convection-driven zonal flows in the major planets / F.H. Busse; title: The amplitude of turbulent shear flow / Willem V.R. Malkus; title: A model for nonlinear wave interactions / Kenneth M. Watson; title: Nonlinear diffusion / William I. Newman; title: Constitutive relations for fault slip and earthquake instabilities / James R. Rice; title: Patterns of stress corrosion / A.M. Gabrielov and V.I. Keilis-Borok; title: Crack fusion as a model for repetitive seismicity / L. Knopoff and W.I. Newman; title: Deterministic and statistical properties of the Westerlies / A. Speranza; title: The Charney-Stern theorem on barotropic-baroclinic instability / Arnt Eliassen.