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Table A6.1
Symbols
First
Symbol
Name
Units
equation
A
Activity
s
−1
(6.6)
A
Radioactive heat generation
rate per unit volume
Wm
−3
(7.7)
A
Arrhenius constant
(10.26)
A
Amplitude
(4.13)
A
Area
(4.20)
m s
−2
a
Gravitational acceleration
(5.3)
m
2
a
Area
(7.6)
B
Magnetic field
T
(3.2)
B
Amplitude
(4.56)
b
Radius
m
(5.7)
C
Concentration of reactant
(10.25)
Jkg
−1
◦
C
−1
c
P
Specific heat at constant
pressure
(7.9)
D
Declination
degrees
(3.19)
D
Distance
m
(5.7)
D
Compensation depth
m
(5.28)
D
Flexural rigidity
N m
(5.56)
D
Number of daughter atoms
(6.9)
D
Diffusion coefficient
m
2
s
−1
(6.24)
d
Depth to sediment bed
m
(10.5)
d
Depth
m
(4.100)
d
Ocean depth
km
(7.57)
d
s
Sediment thickness
m
(10.1)
d
w
Water depth
m
(10.1)
D
I
Number of decays by
induced fission
(6.58)
D
R
Number of radioactive
decays
(6.56)
D
S
Number of decays by
spontaneous fission
(6.57)
kg m
2
s
−2
E
Energy
(4.27)
E
Young's modulus
Pa
(5.57)
J mol
−1
E
Activation energy
(6.24)
e
Angle
(4.55)
e
Elevation
m
(8.38)
e
Strain
(A2.1)
F
Force
N
(5.1)
Nm
−1
F
RP
Ridge-push force per unit
length
(8.38)
(
cont.
)
