Heat generation and transport in the Earth /

Heat generation and transport in the Earth /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jaupart, Claude.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 464 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Terrestrial heat flow. Geological Phenomena. Thermal Conductivity. Earth, Planet. Planets -- Internal structure. Terrestrial heat flow. Earth (Planet) -- Internal structure. Earth (Planet)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826906

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Other authors / contributors:	Mareschal, Jean-Claude, 1945-
ISBN:	9780511992506 0511992505 9780511988714 0511988710 9780511781773 0511781776 9780511991516 0511991517 9780521894883 0521894883 1107219426 9781107219427 9786612967245 6612967242 0511990537 9780511990533 0511986912 9780511986918
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Heat provides the energy that drives almost all geological phenomena and sets the temperature at which these phenomena operate. This book explains the key physical principles of heat transport with simple physical arguments and scaling laws that allow quantitative evaluation of heat flux and cooling conditions in a variety of geological settings and systems. The thermal structure and evolution of magma reservoirs, the crust, the lithosphere and the mantle of the Earth are reviewed within the context of plate tectonics and mantle convection - illustrating how theoretical arguments can be combined with field and laboratory data to arrive at accurate interpretations of geological observations. Appendices contain data on the thermal properties of rocks, surface heat flux measurements and rates of radiogenic heat production. This book can be used for advanced courses in geophysics, geodynamics and magmatic processes, and is a reference for researchers in geoscience, environmental science, physics, engineering and fluid dynamics"--
Other form:	Print version: Jaupart, Claude. Heat generation and transport in the Earth. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521894883
Standard no.:	3610765

Table of Contents:

Historical notes
Internal structure of the Earth
Basic equations
Heat conduction
Heat transport by convection
Thermal structure of the oceanic lithosphere
Thermal structure of the continental lithosphere
Global energy budget
Mantle convection
Thermal evolution of the Earth
Magmatic and volcanic systems
Environmental problems
New and old challenges.