This volume opens up new perspectives on the physics of the Earth’s interior and planetary bodies for graduate students and researchers working in the fields of geophysics, planetary sciences and geodesy. It looks at our planet in an integrated fashion, linking the physics of its interior to geophysical and geodetic techniques that record, over a broad spectrum of spatial wavelengths and time scales, the ongoing modifications in the shape and gravity field of the planet.
- Self-contained textbook on how to model viscoelastic relaxation, within the frame of most advanced analytical approaches, aimed at acquiring a deep insight into the physics of the modelled geophysical phenomena
- Contains the widest spectrum of geophysical processes where viscoelastic relaxation plays a key role, from post-seismic deformation to geoid anomalies and polar displacements driven by density anomalies due to mantle convection, including post-glacial rebound and sea-level changes
- Accounts for the newest developments in Planetology, dealing with viscoelastic relaxation of ice moons of the Solar System squeezed by tidal forces, most interesting planetary bodies that might offer chances for natural habita