Mathematics : a simple tool for geologists

This work demonstrates mathematics using geological examples to illustrate mathematical ideas. This approach emphasizes the relevance of mathematics to geology, and gives examples of mathematical concepts in a context familiar to the reader.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Waltham, David
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2000.
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN0632061340
9780632061341
9781444312362
1444312367
0632053453
9780632053452
Physical Description1 online resource (v, 201 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Mathematics as a tool for solving geological problems
  • Common relationships between geological variables
  • Equations and how to manipulate them
  • More advanced equation manipulation
  • Trigonometry, 68
  • More about graphs
  • Statistics
  • Differential calculus
  • Integral calculus.