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Heat Generation and Transport in the Earth.

An up-to-date treatise on heat transport processes for advanced students and researchers of geophysics, geodynamics and magmatic processes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jaupart, Claude
Otros Autores: Mareschal, Jean-Claude
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Credits; 1 Historical notes; 2 Internal structure of the Earth; 3 Basic equations; 4 Heat conduction; 5 Heat transport by convection; 6 Thermal structure of the oceanic lithosphere; 7 Thermal structure of the continental lithosphere; 8 Global energy budget; 9 Mantle convection; 10 Thermal evolution of the Earth; 11 Magmatic and volcanic systems; 12 Environmental problems; 13 New and old challenges; Appendix A: A primer on Fourier and Laplace transforms; Appendix B: Green's functions; Appendix C: About measurements.
  • Appendix D: Physical propertiesAppendix E: Heat production; List of Symbols; Referenes; Index.