Front Cover; Advances in Geophysics, Volume 12; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1. Current Deformations of the Earth's Crust; 1. Introduction; 2. Expression of the Deformations Produced by an External Potential on a Point at the Earth's Surface; 3. Form of the Luni-Solar Potential; 4. Expansion of the Potential in Its Principal Waves; 5. Deformations of an Elastic Semi-Infinite Body Limited by a Plane Surface; 6. Study of an Elastic Sphere Subjected to Deformation; 7. Measuring Instruments; 8. Some Results of Recent Observations; References.

Chapter 2. On The Upper Mantle1. Introduction; 2. The Earth's Crust; 3. Asthenosphere and Pa, Sa Waves; 4. The "20° Discontinuity"; 5. Attenuation and Mixed Zones; 6. Free Oscillations of the Earth and Its Outer Shell; 7. Earth's Internal Movements and Volterra's Theory; References; Chapter 3. Wind Stress along the Sea Surface; 1. Introduction: The Transfer of Kinetic Energy; 2. The Atmospheric Boundary Layer; 3. Waves at the Interface; 4. The Transfer of Momentum from Waves to Currents; 5. Conclusions and Questions; Appendix; List of Symbols; References; Chapter 4. Severe Convective Storms.

1. Introduction2. General Thunderstorm Structure; 3. Modes of Convection; 4. The Severe Thunderstorm Environment and Its Modification; 5. Thunderstorms in a Sheared Environment; 6. Storm Movement; 7. Squall Lines; 8. Severe Weather Manifestations; 9. Conclusion; List of Symbols; References; Chapter 5. The Rise of Oxygen in the Earth's Atmosphere with Notes on the Martian Atmosphere; 1. Underlying Principles; 2. Oxygenic Concentration in the Primitive Atmosphere of the Earth; 3. Surface Oxidation in the Primitive Atmosphere.

4. Ecology for Photosynthetic Oxygen Production in a Primitive Terrestrial Atmosphere5. The First Critical Level-O2 -- 0.01 P.A.L.; 6. Identification of First Critical Level with Opening of Paleozoic Era; 7. The Second Critical Level-O2 -- 0.1 P.A.L.- the Late Silurian; 8. Oxygenic Levels in the Late Paleozoie and Ensuing Eras; 9. Further Refinement of the Model; 10. Estimates of the Composition of the Martian Atmosphere and Surface; 11. Life on Mars; 12. A General Theory of Origin and Planetary Atmospheres; References.

Chapter 6. The Theory of Available Potential Energy and a Variational Approach to Atmospheric Energetics1. Introduction; 2. An Exact Theory of the Concept of Available Potential Energy; 3. Applications to Observational Data; 4. Variational Methods in Available Energy Theory; 5. Contributions to the Amount of Available Potential Energy and Its Relationship to Other Quantities; 6. The Dynamics of the General Circulation; 7. Conclusion; List of Symbols; References; Author Index; Subject Index.