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Physics for Geologists, Second edition

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Figures<br />

Copyright 2002 by Richard E. Chapman<br />

Waves are additive<br />

The sum of the <strong>for</strong>ces acting on a static body must be zero<br />

A triangle of <strong>for</strong>ces<br />

Torque is the product of mass and the distance from the axis<br />

of rotation<br />

Density current<br />

Diagrammatic section of a stable and an unstable sequence<br />

Wall-sticking in horizontal section through the borehole<br />

Tide-generating <strong>for</strong>ces or accelerations on the surface of the<br />

Earth due to the attraction of the Moon<br />

The tractive, tide-generating <strong>for</strong>ces due to the attraction of the<br />

Moon<br />

Sea-surface topography of the Indian and Pacific oceans<br />

Sea-surface topography between Madagascar and Mauritius<br />

Idealized cross-section across a river valley showing the paths<br />

of ground-water flow from the hill to the river<br />

Profile of the water table to a producing bore<br />

The 1970 potentiometric map of Australia's Great Artesian<br />

Basin<br />

The siphon at rest<br />

The siphon at work<br />

The angle of reflection, R, is equal to the angle of incidence, i<br />

Refraction<br />

Huygen's geometric construction of the refraction path, in<br />

section<br />

Polarizer (P) and analyser (A) crossed, and inclined<br />

Diffraction of monochromatic light through a grating<br />

Diffraction of polychromatic light through a grating<br />

(diagrammatic)<br />

Geometrical optics of light paths scattered by a raindrop

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