Physical Geodesy: Global Elastic Deformation of the Earth (Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment)

This book aims to provide, with comprehensive detail, the fundamental theory of the Earth's global elastic deformation, as well as the associated variations of the gravity field and rotation, that the readers can thoroughly understand with little reference to other books or journal papers.Its contents belong to the essential background physics of geodesy nowadays. The noteworthy style of this book is its inclusion of ample intermediate steps of mathematical derivations and physical interpretations of the mathematical formulae not found elsewhere.It is based on undergraduate mathematics and physics as usually taught to mathematics- or physics-heavy majors.No university-level Earth science knowledge is assumed; the most elementary is provided concisely to the depth required.Mathematics and physics above the level mentioned, notably, vector and tensor analysis, spherical harmonics, elasticity, and solid body rotation, are treated to sufficient depth for preparing the readers to understand