The Solid Earth is a general introduction to the study of the physics of the solid Earth including the workings of both the Earth's surface & its deep interior The emphasis throughout is on basic physical principles rather than instrumentation or data handling The second edition of this acclaimed textbook has been revised to bring the content fully up-to-date & to reflect the most recent advances in geophysical research It is designed for undergraduates on introductory geophysics courses who have a general background in the physical sciences including introductory calculus It can also be used as a reference book for graduate students & other researchers in geology & geophysics Each chapter ends with exercises of various degrees of complexity for which solutions are available to instructors from wwwcambridgeorg 9780521893077 The book contains an extensive glossary of geological & physical terms as well as appendices that develop more advanced mathematical topics