Download or read book Continuum Mechanics and Applications in Geophysics and the Environment written by Brian Straughan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-03-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topics covered include soil mechanics and porous media, glacier and ice dynamics, climatology and lake physics, climate change as well as numerical algorithms. The book, written by well-known experts, addresses researchers and students interested in physical aspects of our environment.